Former Accenture and Zettics executive joins TEOCO to drive growth in Europe
FAIRFAX, VA., USA AND LEATHERHEAD, UK - 5 February 2015 - TEOCO, the leading provider of assurance, analytics and optimization solutions to communications service providers (CSPs), today announced the appointment of Ken Parkinson as Vice President of Sales for Europe. In his new role, Ken will be responsible for leading new sales initiatives and driving growth in Europe.
Prior to joining TEOCO, Ken was the Vice President of Sales for EMEA for telecoms data analytics company Zettics, where he established strong brand awareness for Zettics and worked with a number of tier1 mobile operators to create solutions in the areas of marketing analytics, customer care, network analytics and data monetization. He also managed local relationships with technology partners including IBM, Oracle, Teradata and EMC to bring to market joint big data analytics offerings for telecom operators.
Previous to Zettics he spent four years at Accenture, where he developed the streaming music consultancy practice and initiated projects with Deezer, Spotify, Aspiro, Simfy and Rara to provide streaming music services to telecoms clients in Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Commenting on Ken's appointment, TEOCO CEO Atul Jain said, "Ken is a welcome addition to our executive management team, and his experience and industry insight are a valuable asset as TEOCO expands its business globally. Ken will work closely with operators across Europe to adopt new methods and tools for improving the performance of their networks and adding value to their bottom line."
"I'm thrilled to join TEOCO," added Parkinson. "Since its acquisition of AIRCOM, TEOCO has created a broad and impressive portfolio of analytics products and services for telecom operators. I'm looking forward to advancing TEOCO's relationships with its existing operator customers and also identifying new international growth opportunities for the company."
Ken holds a BSc Hons in Electronic Engineering and Microcomputer Systems from Bath University.
