Channel Sales Manager at PEER 1
Greater Atlanta Area
Channel Sales Manager at PEER 1
Greater Atlanta Area
Lee has over 10 years of business development, direct and channel sales experience. His current position involves managing channel sales for PEER 1, a leading IT Infrastructure provider. Lee's most recent project was the creation and launch of the PEER 1 Partner Network.
Prior to joining PEER 1, he held a variety of sales positions working with a wide range of clients, from SMB to Fortune 500.
His IT Infrastructure experience includes Managed Hosting, SaaS Hosting, Co-location Hosting and Content Delivery Network.
His software experience includes SaaS Incubation and Enablement, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Directory Server, Red Hat GFS, Red Hat Cluster Suite, JBoss Middleware, SQL Server and mySQL.
Lee is a graduate of the University of Florida.
Managed Hosting
SaaS Incubation & Enablement Services
Co-location Hosting
Content Delivery Network
Scalability / IT Architecture Planning
Networking / Bandwidth Services
Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
JBoss
Managed Services
SAN
Database Clustering
Database Mirroring
Channel Sales
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
PEER 1 is a leading IT infrastructure provider to various size businesses, delivering highly scalable hosting solutions that allow customers to focus on the possibilities of the Internet, not the problems. We provide award-winning Managed, Self-Managed (ServerBeach), and Co-location hosting services through 15 state-of-the-art data centers in 12 cities across North America connected together by our ultra-fast network. We host over 10,000 customers worldwide in areas from retail and manufacturing to Web 2.0 and SaaS to online dating and gaming. No matter which business you are in, our goal is to ensure you get an unbiased hosting solution that is right for you and your budget.
Since 1999, PEER 1 has grown in to a highly respected, profitable organization with over 300 employees in the United States and Canada. Our unique combination of high touch and high performance is a key reason why many businesses choose PEER 1 as their preferred IT infrastructure provider.
(Internet industry)
February 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 7 months)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHT; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — February 2007 (6 months)
• Drive adoption of Red Hat and JBoss as the operating system and java middleware of choice for select Fortune 1000 based customers.
• Responsible for the sale and contract negotiation of subscription based support services, training, and consulting services to named enterprise level accounts. Products include Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Red Hat Directory Server; Red Hat Certificate System; Red Hat Global File System; Red Hat Network; JBoss Application Server, Apache Tomcat, JBoss Cache, Messaging, Clustering, Hibernate, JBoss Rules, jBPM, JBoss Transactions (JTS & Web Services), JBoss Eclipse IDE, SEAM, Apache Web Server, NHibernate, Portal & JBoss ON (Monitoring & Management)
• Red Hat Certified Salesperson
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — September 2006 (8 months)
JBoss was acquired in April 2006 and integrated in September 2006 by Red Hat, Inc.
• Drive adoption of JBoss as the enterprise middleware software solution of choice for select Fortune 1000 based customers.
• Responsible for the sale and contract negotiation of subscription based support services, training, and consulting services in the US Mid-Atlantic region across functional business units within large complex organizations. Products include JBoss Application Server, Apache Tomcat, JBoss Cache, Messaging, Clustering, Hibernate, JBoss Rules, jBPM, JBoss Transactions (JTS & Web Services), JBoss Eclipse IDE, SEAM, Apache Web Server, NHibernate, Portal & JBoss ON (Monitoring & Management)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; PIX; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2005 — February 2006 (6 months)
- Responsible for the sale and contract negotiation of PEER 1 Network suite of products, including Advanced Hosting, Colocation, Messaging and related Managed and Professional Services, across functional business units within medium to large organizations;
- Provided professional and comprehensive account management of customer accounts, effectively managing customer expectations regarding service features, delivery, and implementation;
- Calling on end-users directly, and selling into the mid -market with channel partners;
- Prospecting, qualifying and closing direct accounts;
- Identifying, and partnering with, top developers, consultants and system integrators;
- Accurate forecasting of monthly and quarterly business
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; INLD; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1999 — September 2005 (5 years 10 months)
Division acquired by PEER 1 Network, Inc. in September 2005.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Real Estate industry)
January 1998 — December 1999 (2 years)
BSBA, Finance, Management, Real Estate, January 1994 — December 1997