Vonage Names New Director of Strategic Partners

Vonage has named Greg Franzen director of strategic partners for North America. Franzen will work with strategic partners in the eastern U.S., and will focus on execution and strategic alignment.

Franzen comes from Sierra Wireless, where he directed efforts for strategic partners, VARs and MSPs. He also spent 13 years at Windstream, where he oversaw their Mid-Atlantic agent channel.

He will report to national vice president of strategic partners Kevin Thomsen.

“We are committed to the success and growth of the channel as we continue to revolutionize the way we support partners through investments in sales, marketing and technology infrastructure to help them be more successful and better serve their customers,” Thomsen said. “Greg is a proven leader in the channel, with experience in driving incremental growth, motivating partner teams, and developing successful, collaborative go-to-market strategies.”