Damian Kay, MD of Telcoinabox, which plans to triple its revenue in five years
Telcoinabox plans to triple its revenue over the next five years and is gearing up for growth with four new major Australian appointments to help achieve its goal.
Managing director of the telecommunications business, Damian Kay, said “We have some ambitious goals for the company. Our vision is to triple our revenue over the next five years. To achieve this our plan is to strengthen our financial position through raising capital, growing our current service providers by launching new and improved voice, mobile, data and internet products, and adding to the mix, non organic growth options.
“Hiring the right people in strategic positions will allow us to achieve these goals and free up the management team to concentrate on potential acquisition opportunities and actioning our NBN [national broadband network] strategy.”
New appointments
Tony Crossley, new CFO at Telcoinabox
Finance: In the newly created position of chief financial officer will be Tony Crossley, joining the senior management team after a decade at Mortgage Choice. Crossley brings experience in funding and risk management of a 400 franchise network to his new role and will lead the company’s micro-acquisition program in a financial management capacity for all service providers in Australia and New Zealand.
IT: On the IT front, Ahad Aboss joins the company as network and IT manager. A network engineer with more than 10 years’ experience, he has worked for iGreen and Swiftel and recently Exetel. As the company expands into layer 2 DSL, SHDSL, VoIP, hosting and cloud technology, Ahad will lead a team of three engineers into this phase along with managing all internal IT requirements.
Jeanette Slack joins Telcoinabox as group product manager
Product and sales: Jeanette Slack joins the team as group product manager responsible for product management, development and strategy. Slack has 14 years telecommunications experience, and brings with her an in depth knowledge in mobile, VoIP and fixed line. She was previously with Veda Advantage then Optus and ACN. The sales team will be bolstered by the addition of ex-AAPT Adrian Atherton as sales manager. Atherton will focus on bringing the Telcoinabox model to ISPs, small telcos and existing telco dealers looking to expand their product folios or increase their customer base.
“Finding good people can be a limiting factor for high-growth companies like Telcoinabox,” said Telcoinabox Australian CEO Paul Line. “With these recent additions to the team we are in good stead to maintain our vision to be the number one telecommunications reseller in Australia.”
