Overview
News Release
For Immediate Release
For More Information Contact:
Stuart Graetz
HotWire Marketing
404-228-6703
stuart@hotwiremarketing.com
Global Wireless Data names Carlin Alford national manager of Managed Wireless Services
Firm Continues to Aggressively Expand Capabilities and Staff
Norcross, GA, December 20, 2006 – On the heels of announcing the launching of their new Managed Wireless Services division, Global Wireless Data (GWD), one of the nation’s most prominent and fastest growing wireless master dealers, has announced that Carlin J. Alford has taken the newly established position of National Manager, Managed Wireless Services.
Mr. Alford joins GWD from Asurion Managed Wireless where he was Channel Accounts Manager. In this position Mr. Alford led the firm’s managed wireless carrier training, sales, and marketing initiatives. Mr. Alford has more than a dozen years marketing and telecom experience and has worked closely with virtually all the major wireless carriers and many industry-leading OEMs. In his new position Mr. Alford will be responsible for constructing best-of-breed partnerships to provide value-added services to end customers, the firm’s dealer channel, and the wireless carriers. These services will allow private enterprises and government to offload the costly and resource-consuming tasks associated with deploying and managing organization-wide wireless technologies.
According to Tom French, Global Wireless Data’s president and CEO, the addition of Carlin to the staff expands the value the firm now offers its channel and partners. “With the addition of Carlin we’ve acquired the comprehensive skill set and experience to address virtually all components of wireless IT deployment. He led Asurion’s Managed Wireless Services initiatives was at the forefront of developing and marketing comprehensive solutions that address the end-users’ needs. Carlin’s understanding of the challenges organizations now confront regarding this rapidly changing environment will allow Global Wireless Data’s dealers and partners to help their customers regain and maintain control of their wireless technology deployments.”
About Managed Wireless Services
Global Wireless Data provides a full array of cost-saving, efficiency-boosting managed wireless services. These services allow organizations to offload the time consuming and resource-devouring tasks associated with procuring, deploying, supporting, and managing their wireless telecom requirements.
Many IT departments are overburdened as they now have to provide additional wireless services to an expanding pool of users in a rapidly changing environment. Global Wireless Data provides the knowledge and portal technology to help firms procure, deploy, and upgrade the appropriate wireless devices, manage cross-carrier environments and consolidate vendors, acquire and distribute custom applications, provide all help desk and logistical support, manage invoice reconciliation, and more. Enterprise and government IT organizations realize cost savings and efficiency improvements by outsourcing these tactical functions which allows them to focus on their strategic needs.
About Global Wireless Data
Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, Global Wireless Data is a full service value added master dealer for wireless data communication products and services. Since 1997, Global Wireless Data has specialized in providing Channel Partners and their customers with the widest variety of wireless data products and the most comprehensive professional services in the industry. The firm is the largest distributor of Wireless Wide Area Data and Voice Products from many leading manufacturers. Learn more about the firm at www.wireless-data.com.
