By Justin Lee, theWHIR.com
October 14, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider Verizon Business (www.verizonbusiness.com) announced on Tuesday it has named D. Blair Crump the company’s newly created position of group president of worldwide sales.
This latest appointment follows February’s promotion of Richard G. Black to senior VP of sales in the company’s corporate and government markets division.
In this role, Crump oversees the Verizon Business’ enterprise, wholesale, government and education sales efforts worldwide, leading more than 5,000 sales and support professionals.
“We see huge opportunities in helping globally extended enterprises securely communicate with their mobile and geographically dispersed networks of employees, partners, suppliers and customers,” says John Killian, Verizon Business president. “Integrating our global sales team under Blair’s seasoned leadership will ensure the right focus and drive to sustain our global leadership.”
Verizon Business generated a total of $21.2 billion for 2007 revenues, and this year, the company generated total second-quarter revenues of $5.3 billion, showing a 0.9 percent growth over last year’s second quarter.
The company’s strategic services sales, which include IP and managed services, security, Ethernet and optical services, contributed significantly to this growth. These services generated nearly $1.5 billion in revenue, an increase of 18.7 percent from second-quarter 2007.
Crump first joined Verizon Business in November 2006 as the senior vice president for international and premier sales, serving the company’s top 200 accounts as well as internationally-headquartered customers.
As group president of worldwide sales, Crump will also assume responsibility for all global sales, including all US enterprise, federal and state government, and education accounts, as well as international customers.
