i2Telecom International, Inc. (OTCBB: ITUI), a developer of mobile phone applications, announced that Tom Murphy has joined its advisory board.
Murphy has 22 years of experience with Sprint, including the position of vice president of consumer sales and sales operations. With an $80 million budget, two million accounts annually and $1.8 billion in yearly revenue, he was responsible for all consumer sales operations for the Sprint National Consumer Organization, including Sprint’s Sales Centers and all vendor operations for voice services and broadband products.
“After 22 years in the wireless space, I am extremely impressed with the opportunity that i2Telecom’s MyGlobalTalk service represents for consumers and businesses that utilize long-distance communications in their daily activities,” said Murphy.
Murphy retired from Sprint in 2001, and then headed up DEM, LLC, as president and CEO, until January 2006. DEM helped start-up companies define growth strategies, with clients that included Global Velocity, Anthony Robbins & Companies and DST Output, among others. He is now president of Prairie Marketing Group.
“Tom has a wealth of knowledge regarding the ‘psycho-graphics’ of consumers when it comes to mobile telecommunications marketing and service,” said Paul Arena, i2Telecom International chairman and CEO. “His experience and enthusiasm should prove invaluable in our efforts to design basic and premium services … as we move forward with the creation of an entirely new category of cost-effective global telecommunications.”
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