John brings with him more than 30 years’ experience working in the telecommunications industry, successfully fulfilling a variety of engineering, pre-sales, project and support management roles. He has previously worked at Avaya and Datapoint and joins Red Box from ShoreTel, where he held the position of Senior Manager, Support and Services.
As Global Operations Director, John will oversee Red Box’s global support team and will work closely with partner organisations to improve how they support their own clients when selling Red Box solutions around the world. In addition, John will oversee the company’s Project Office, managing installation and engineering resources, whilst helping to drive efficiencies and facilitate the timely delivery of product installations.
As Head of Sales UK, Simon has a remit to manage Red Box’s sales team and drive the company’s sales strategy and channel business within the UK. Simon has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 20 years, including 11 years as an Account Manager at Mitel, and more recently at ShoreTel where he managed channel strategy.
Commenting on the appointments, Lee Jones, CEO of Red Box Recorders, said: “The company has enjoyed a fantastic first half of 2015 and with ambitious targets in place we are well positioned to push ahead with the next stage of growth. By recruiting John and Simon, we have made two high calibre appointments that will help to drive our business forward, both in the UK and globally. John and Simon bring a wealth of knowledge to the team and their expertise will be of great benefit to our partners and customers.”