[July 27, 2011] EarthLink names presidents for two newly established divisions Tweet Jul 27, 2011 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- EarthLink, Inc., an IP infrastructure and services company, has announced that two senior sales executives have joined the company's leadership team to run its newly established Premier Business Solutions and National Accounts divisions. Reporting to EarthLink Chairman and CEO Rolla Huff, the business units were reportedly created to establish a consistent customer-focused approach to leveraging EarthLink's IP networking and managed services capabilities. The company will continue to have a centralized Marketing and Shared Services organization, led by Cardi Prinzi Executive Vice President of Marketing. Mae Squier-Dow joins EarthLink as the president of Premier Business Solutions, overseeing the EarthLink Business mid-market sales and account management teams. Squier-Dow has a 27-year track record of engaging customers and producing results in value-added service businesses. She was most recently Senior Vice President of Business Development at Current Group, and previously held leadership positions at Choice One Communications as Senior Vice President of Sales and Service, President of Network Services and Chief Operating Officer. "The powerful combination of a robust product portfolio, strong internet and security roots and viable financial position and leadership team, make EarthLink a compelling company to do business with and to work for," commented Squier-Dow. "It's exciting to find such a unique opportunity to join a company that is so clearly positioned for success." Vikram Desai joins EarthLink as President of National Accounts. Desai is a recognized senior executive leader with enterprise data center solution expertise and in-depth knowledge of the managed services space. He has held CEO level positions with entrepreneurial data center IT, web application and security companies and also served as COO of application networking company Radware, where he guided the company through a period of record growth. His industry experience includes President of Global Accounts for Global Crossing, as well as business unit and National Accounts sales leadership positions with Worldcom and MCI. "EarthLink is uniquely positioned to provide its customers with powerful and reliable application services covering critical areas of business operations freeing them to focus more closely on core competencies and resulting in a clear competitive advantage," noted Desai. "It's exactly this type of business proposition, delivered by a company with clear future vision and strong financial strength that makes EarthLink the ideal partner for even the largest of customers." Additionally, EarthLink has announced the promotion of Brian Fink to Executive Vice President of Managed Services. Fink joined EarthLink in January 2011 as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Program Delivery. He has over 20 years of IT and telecommunications executive leadership in both entrepreneurial and large growth companies. In his new role, Fink will leverage the core capabilities of EarthLink Cloud to position EarthLink as a national Managed Services Provider offering a full set of secure IT solutions for small, mid-market and national customers. "EarthLink currently offers traditional cloud computing and security services, and we are expanding these offerings to provide a full range of IT services for our customers. These new services coupled with our robust nationwide MPLS and VoIP capabilities will enable customers to rely on EarthLink as the one trusted partner to meet their IT and communications needs," explained Fink. http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]