New Hires Bring Significant Retail and Technology Services Expertise
NEEDHAM, Mass. – March 22, 2007 – HiWired, Inc. (www.hiwired.com), a provider of services and support that helps consumers and small businesses utilize, enjoy and integrate their technology, announced it has added three new members to its management team, including Michael Phelan, vice president, marketing and sales; Chris Hooven, senior director of business development; Abigail Maines, senior director of business development. These latest additions to the HiWired management team bring additional depth as the company continues to attract key partners and customers.
“It was time to broaden our team,” said Singu Srinivas, president and co-founder of HiWired. “We have been steadily growing and increasing our market presence and needed the right skill sets in retail and technology services to round out our management team. We have made fantastic progress against our business objectives and are excited to welcome the three latest additions to the HiWired team to further accelerate our growth. This is a significant achievement for us as we move to the next phase in our business.”
Michael Phelan, Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Phelan brings extensive sales, marketing and general management experience to the HiWired executive team. He brings deep retail experience and will focus on building strategy and the sales and marketing teams. Prior to HiWired, Phelan was director of marketing programs at Staples, vice president of marketing and partnership development at Student Advantage, category director at Reebok and executive director of worldwide marketing at Polaroid.
Chris Hooven, Senior Director, Business Development
Hooven brings experience in partner development and partner program management to the HiWired executive team. He brings extensive experience in originating and expanding partner relationships and will focus on strategic broadband partnership opportunities. Previously, he was the director of strategic partnership development for Vistaprint.com, where he drove partner acquisition for retail business initiatives and was responsible for sourcing and managing the company’s on-line partnership programs for key partners including Monster and Microsoft. Prior to Vistaprint.com he was director of business development for OSTG.com.
Abigail Maines, Senior Director, Business Development
Maines brings significant knowledge in business development, partner relationship management and launch of new programs. She brings an extensive network of technology contacts nurtured through previous positions where she sourced and managed technology services programs for the retail channel. She will focus on sourcing of strategic partnerships in retail and management of large programs. Prior to HiWired, she was with Dell Inc and the director of business development for INSTALLS, Inc. where she worked with partners like Best Buy, Costco and Walmart.
About HiWired, Inc.
Founded in 2004 by IBM services veterans Singu Srinivas and Michael Wexler, HiWired provides consumers and small businesses with immediate, expert support for the PC and any technology that integrates with the PC including wireless networks, iPods, digital cameras, and smartphones.
Through its remote technology management services HiWired makes it simple for consumers and small businesses to utilize, enjoy and integrate their technology.
HiWired offers incident-based and ongoing remote technical support for customers struggling with technology tasks ranging from setup of new computers and digital devices to problem solving with more complicated technology and networking configurations. For more information visit www.hiwired.com.
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