Reporting to president Michael Sevret, Rocks will be responsible for leading the planning and execution of SRN's global sales, marketing campaigns and customer relationship management initiatives.
"Kevin is a remarkable business leader and strategist, and we are very excited to welcome him to South Reach Networks," says Sevret.
"His exceptional industry experience, coupled with his ability to negotiate and close high-value, long-term revenue contracts and expertise in fast-tracking the carrier onboarding process are just some of the many reasons why he is a perfect fit for our company.”
“I look forward to working with Kevin, a natural born, hands-on sales leader, as he continues our sales momentum and advances our growth strategy."
Entering the role with more than 25 years of global sales and marketing leadership experience in the telecoms industry, specialising in international telecom carriers, with a focus on dark fibre, Ethernet and data centre connectivity.
Specifically Rocks will provide sales leadership and spearhead ROI-focused growth development initiatives for SRN, a global gateway for Latin America and the US via an enterprise and carrier-class data centre in Miami and on-net direct fibre access to multiple subsea cable landing points and data centres.
Most recently Rocks served as the executive vice president of sales & marketing for Cleareon Fiber Networks. Before that he was the CEO and co-founder of Pangaea Networks, a New York City based metro Ethernet service provider.
"It is an honour to join the South Reach Networks' team and begin this exciting new chapter in my telecommunications career. Throughout the years, I have been instrumental in creating and marketing unique and highly competitive telecom solutions from inception. I will be singularly focused on attracting and growing an exceptional, multi-national customer base here in the Southeast US region," added Rocks.
"I look forward to collaborating with the incredible team at SRN, leveraging my sales leadership, marketing acumen and ability to identify new revenue opportunities, while creating value through the premier telecom infrastructure solutions offered by SRN."
Prior to founding Pangaea, Rocks was the manager for the international carrier group at Looking Glass Networks, now part of Level 3 Communications. Before this, Rocks held a variety of sales and management positions with Sphera Optical Networks and Global Crossing.
