PAETEC Holding Corp. (PAET) told PHONE+ Monday it has named a new channel chief. Donna Wenk, who serves as senior vice president of sales operations and customer care, will add overall national responsibility for the CLEC’s agent channel, effective Jan. 1, 2010.
The role was left open in mid-September when John Leach, who was the company’s South Region president, left PAETEC for a new post as senior vice president of business sales and support at Windstream Corp.
PAETEC also announced that Dan Reinbold will replace Leach as South region president. Reinbold, a senior vice president for PAETEC, has been serving as Central region president. Jeff Howe, in turn, will replace Reinbold as Central region president. Howe had been serving as president of IP PBX maker Allworx, a subsidiary of PAETEC Holding Corp., since October 2008. Howe’s replacement has not been announced.
Wenk will help coordinate the agent channel program in addition to her current responsibilities overseeing PAETEC’s call centers, account development and sales operations.
PAETEC Chairman and CEO Arunas Chesonis explained each of PAETEC’s four regional presidents take on additional companywide responsibilities, such as for the software business or training or, in Wenk’s case, channels. However, each region has a vice president of channels. The regional vice presidents of channels include Jerry Tedino, East region; Ron Beer and Richard Stalder, South region; Mark Denney, Central region; and Dan Harper, West region.
“There is not one channel chief; it’s a lot of chiefs,” he said, explaining the unique structure.
