Master agent Intelisys Communications has appointed Mike McKenney to the newly created role of vice president of supplier sales.
McKenney is tasked with creating original revenue-driving programs for new and existing suppliers in the Intelisys portfolio. He will work closely with the Intelisys leadership team to develop and implement programs, and will work side-by-side with the existing Intelisys supplier management team.
“With all the valuable talent and resources Intelisys brings to bear, our supplier partners are looking to engage our top performing sales community in creative and groundbreaking ways,” said McKenney. “Supplier sales was created to drive maximum and measurable incremental revenue from our supplier relationships, in the relentless pursuit of Intelisys achieving ‘Top Partner’ status with every supplier partner in our portfolio.”
“Our supplier partners are seeking even greater sales success with Intelisys, and we have invested in this new supplier sales practice to develop new and targeted ways to exceed their expectations,” added Dana Topping, co-owner of Intelisys. “This role was developed to bring new increased value to our sales partners through creative programs not yet seen in the channel. With a growing portfolio of more than 100 supplier partners, we are investing in those relationships in a very meaningful way, aligning resources to maximize opportunity and giving custom programs an international footprint.”
McKenney started with Intelisys in July 2004 as SWAT sales manager and, later, was appointed to director of partner sales. In 2009, he was promoted to vice president of partner sales, a role in which he has since been responsible for all aspects of sales and sales management for Intelisys’ partner sales function, most recently for Intelisys’ West Region.
Prior to joining Intelisys, McKenney was Intelisys’ channel manager at Cable & Wireless, where he was the first direct sales representative in Cable & Wireless company history to win the Annual National Sales Contest for eight consecutive years.
“In Mike’s 20+ year industry history and his 11 years with Intelisys, he has built an amazing personal brand based on loyalty, integrity, hard work, enthusiasm and, most of all, his dedication to all the partners in this great community,” said Jay Bradley, Intelisys president. “A successful channel relationship is threefold – the supplier, the distributor and the sales partner. Mike has done incredible work at Intelisys in developing sales partner relationships. We look forward to the impact he will have on supplier partner relationships and, as a result, increased revenue for our sales partners. When our sales partners win, we all win.”
