TBI Welcomes Telecom Veteran as National Channel Manager

TBI continues to grow with the addition of a National Channel Manager in Texas.

CHICAGO – September 7, 2016 – TBI announced today that  Bill Vander Vennet has joined the Master Agency as a National Channel Manager to further expand and support the company’s agent community in the Southwest region.

Bill Vander Vennet, based out of Austin, Texas, joins TBI with over 20 years of experience in IT channel sales. Bill Vander Vennet, TBI National Channel ManagerAfter earning a Bachelor’s degree from Miami University, he began his career at Lanier as an Account Executive. Since then, he has assumed various roles within the industry, including Associate Director at AT&T, where he developed and launched channel distribution partnerships with leading retailers (Dell and Hewlett Packard) enhancing sales of AT&T’s consumer broadband, video and voice products. After AT&T, Bill joined Acceller, Inc. as Senior Director of Channel. In this role, he successfully grew the IT aggregator’s channel program to account for 70% of company revenues and exceeded sales targets for five consecutive years. Bill has achieved President’s Club status several times throughout his sales career.

Outside of work, Bill volunteers at local Austin organizations. He enjoys spending time with his two sons, cheering on the Chicago Cubs and playing golf year-round.

“I am very excited to be joining the TBI Channel Team, said Vander Vennet.” “I look forward to contributing to TBI’s growth by expanding our business in the Southwest region.”

“Bill is an excellent addition to the TBI team,” said Mike Onystok, Director of National Channel Sales. He is well equipped to support our partners and I am excited to see the impact he will bring to TBI and our agent community.”

As a National Channel Manager at TBI, Bill is responsible for maintaining and expanding TBI’s network of MSPs, VARs and IT Consultants in the Southwest region. He will provide support to these partners and develop strategy to aid in the success of their businesses.

 

About TBI

TBI is one of the nation’s leading third-party technology distributors. For more than 25 years TBI has been assisting IT consultants, VARs, MSPs, and more than 2,500 other industry professionals to source, advise and quote the right customer solutions.

TBI serves as our partners' advocate, ensuring the most competitive prices and trouble-free provisioning of cloud, internet, data, mobility, voice and managed services from over 70 service providers. Through a variety of training programs, marketing support, and back-office tools, TBI empowers our partners to be the foremost authority and single source provider for all of their customers' technology needs. For more information, visit www.tbicom.com.