Vonage Appoints Mario DeRiggi as SVP of National Channel Sales

Mario DeRiggi has joined Vonage as senior vice president of national sales and operations.

With more than 25 years of experience in building sales channels and programs for business cloud solutions from the ground up, Mr. DeRiggi’s expertise in these areas will further advance the company’s channel program.

“Vonage has experienced significant growth over the last year in channel sales, and we are continuing to invest in our channel leadership to keep this momentum going,” said Kenny Wyatt,  chief revenue officer at Vonage. “Mario’s deep experience in the Channel and vast knowledge of the Cloud and business communications space will help Vonage continue to enhance the solutions, tools and support partners need to help their customers drive better business outcomes.”

Prior to joining Vonage, Mr. DeRiggi served as executive vice president at integrated communications provider Broadview Networks (now Windstream) where he drove UCaaS, cloud and managed services sales among enterprise customers across all sales channels, and go-to-market strategies, channel sales support, technical service, training and customer support.

He also held executive sales, marketing and operations roles at various software and communications companies including 10N2 Technologies, PAETEC, Cablevision Lightpath, WinStar Communications and AT&T.

“I am thrilled to be joining an organization that is so committed to its partners’ success and to helping their customers to transform how they do business,” said Mr. DeRiggi. “Vonage’s considerable growth in the channel is testament to this commitment, and I look forward to helping to build upon this upward growth trajectory and create deeper relationships with both new and existing partners.”