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PanTerra Networks Appoints Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Explosive Growth
David Eads Joins Award-Winning Unified Communications Software-as-a-Service Company to Lead Worldwide Sales Efforts
| Source: PanTerra Networks
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - November 19, 2008) - PanTerra Networks (www.panterranetworks.com),
a leading provider of
on-demand unified communications services for small and mid-sized
businesses, today announced the appointment of David Eads as Vice President
of Sales. Eads will report directly to the CEO, Arthur Chang. With more
than a decade of experience in sales leadership roles, Eads is ideally
suited to lead PanTerra Networks' worldwide sales efforts, as well as
directly contribute to the company's overall growth in the unified
communications market.
Eads came to PanTerra Networks from Fonality Inc. As VP of Sales for
Fonality, he recruited and managed a national sales team since day one when
the company was founded. Under his leadership Fonality's customer base grew
to over 5,000 businesses and over 125,000 end users. Eads also built
Fonality's PBXtra channel program and grew it to several thousand channel
partners worldwide in twenty-two countries. Before joining Fonality, Eads
was Director of Sales at Wayport Inc. (acquired by AT&T), where he grew
revenue by 380% in one and a half years and signed numerous fortune 500
strategic partnerships such as Intel, Sony, Microsoft, SBC and ATT
Wireless. Prior to that, Eads held senior level sales leadership positions
at Fourthstage Technologies and Net-Tel Corporation.
"We are very excited to welcome David to the PanTerra team," said Arthur
Chang, PanTerra's CEO. "In our search for a sales leader, we were looking
for someone with deep solution-based selling experience, a strong team
player with proven track record and startup working ethic. We are confident
that David's success in building a startup business from ground zero,
combined with his experience in motivating and directing sales teams, will
be instrumental in expanding PanTerra's domestic and worldwide reach."
"I am thrilled to be part of the company that delivers the only seamlessly
integrated unified communications on-demand
platform in the industry," said David Eads. "Throughout my career, I
have helped startups to rapidly grow emerging technologies and services. I
look forward to driving the strong sales momentum at PanTerra. With a slow
economy, in particular the short of capital access that SMBs are facing,
our transformational
software-as-a-service model is poised for record growth."
About PanTerra Networks
PanTerra Networks is a leading provider of on-demand unified communications
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for small and medium sized
businesses. The Company's WorkSuites provide a complete set of
communication, collaboration, call center and messaging services including
unlimited voice, web meeting and conference, secure instant messaging,
multimedia conferencing, remote desktop sharing and ACD/call center
services delivered in a single easy to provision and easy to use and
administer interface. WorkSuites have the ability to tightly integrate with
other business applications like Salesforce automation, which makes it an
ideal productivity tool. PanTerra's WorkSuite on-demand services keep
capital investment low and align operating expense to business value.
WorkSuites are co-branded and re-sold exclusively through service
providers, distributors and resellers. The Company is headquartered in
Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit
http://www.panterranetworks.com or call +1 408.702.2200.