Converged Communications, Sales and Marketing
Manchester, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Managing Director at Tailored Communications
- Owner at Stonestreet Property Development
- Past
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- Sales & Marketing Director at Comms Factory
- Consultant at IC Cubed
- Sales at Energis/Cable & Wireless
- Channel Development at AVAYA
- Education
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- The Manchester Metropolitan University
- The University of Manchester
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Edwin Stonestreet’s Summary
Having experience from the network and hardware markets I have found myself ideally positioned to exploit the growth in converged communications and working with Comms Factory to deliver voice and data services into the business partner channel.
Comms Factory supply products and services to our Business Partners, enabling them to provide intelligent Converged Communications Solutions to their customers.
Comms Factorys’ philosophy is to allow Business Partners to focus on their inherent strengths whilst moving into the Converged Communications market, ensuring that they are fully supported at each step.. They have a broad and flexible non-proprietary set of products and services that integrate with the partners existing portfolio and capabilities complimenting rather than replacing existing skill sets and supporting our Business Partners only in the areas that they require.
Comms Factory have a policy of continued portfolio review and expansion in response to the requirements of our Business Partners to enable them to deliver the very best intelligent Converged Communications Solutions to their customers.
Uniquely in the market Comms Factory are able to provide every element of the Converged Communications portfolio from hardware through connectivity to complex applications and software integration all supported by the dedicated Comms Factory team.
Edwin Stonestreet’s Specialties:
Proven expertise in IP Telephony from consumer and network perspective. Working in a consultative capacity with Businesses to help prepare for the advent of IP based technologises.
In addition we can call on experts in a variety of other fields to ensure a comprehensive service delivery across PBX, data networking, mobility, SS7, IP Telephony, Hosted solutions, Carrier Services, CPS, Non-Geographic servies and the Next Generation Network (NGN) or 21CN (21st Century Network).
Edwin Stonestreet’s Experience
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Managing Director
Tailored Communications
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
September 2007 — Present (11 months)
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Owner
Stonestreet Property Development
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Construction industry)
March 2003 — Present (5 years 5 months)
STONESTREET was established to provide a vehicle for private investors to exploit the skills that the company has in Property Development. The company shows an average ROI of 23% almost irrespective of market conditions due to smart buying and our ability to genuinely add value to the property/site. Investors have certain gaurentees around the surity and security of their capital and any gains are paid pro rata with the investment.
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Sales & Marketing Director
Comms Factory
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for delivering growth through the Business Partner channel.
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Consultant
IC Cubed
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2006 — January 2007 (11 months)
We are focused on working with customers from all vertical sectors to develop strategies, build relations with suppliers and ensure cost competitiveness in their converged communications.
Bringing experience from PBX manufacturers, mobile service providers, data networking manufacturers, ISPs and Telco's we can provide a full, entirely independent service whether in pure consultancy or procurement and deployment.
We have also recently been heavily involved with brokering consolidation deals within the sector enabling companies to acquire or be acquired without the normal brokerage costs associated.
Together with colleagues from other areas the services we offer vary from pure consultancy on any element of converged voice/data communications to procurement and supplier negotiation. All services are delivered in an entirely objective and independent manner with the sole goal of delivering value back to the customer. -
Sales
Energis/Cable & Wireless
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2004 — March 2006 (2 years 1 month)
Responsible for Developing new and exisiting channels to market. High level sales to owners/boards of the UKs largest providers of telecoms and datacoms.
Strategic consultancy with partners looking to enter new markets or change their strategic focus.
Managed large partners with a sales target of £10 million annualised.
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Channel Development
AVAYA
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
Responsible for building new Channels to market to serve new product offerings.
Key Accounts included: ComputaCenter, Damovo, Getronics and Redstone
Sales target of £50mil annualised committed revenue. 111% in last full year.
Edwin Stonestreet’s Education
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The Manchester Metropolitan University
BA Hons, English and Philosphy, 1995 — 1998
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The University of Manchester
BA Hons, English and Philosophy
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Edwin Stonestreet’s Interests:
Converged Communications, IP Telephony, IPT, Voice and data Networking, Mobility, Consultancy, Independent Consultancy,
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