Manx Telecom has strengthened its account management team with two senior appointments. Chris Crocker is now Account Manager for the Isle of Man Government and Public Sector, while Joseph Walls has joined the Island’s leading communications company as a Corporate Account Manager.

Chris will be responsible for Isle of Man Government and Isle of Man Post Office accounts, and other selected corporate accounts. He has more than 10 years’ experience in account management and sales, and joins the company from IFB (Internet For Business) where he worked for four years as a Senior Corporate Account Manager. Chris takes over the role from Paul Keen who is now Head of Global Solutions Account Management at Manx Telecom.

Joseph Walls’ role as a Corporate Account Manager will see him taking on a sales territory of corporate and small to medium enterprise (SME) customers and matching their diverse telecom and IT needs to Manx Telecom’s products and services. He joins Manx Telecom from Atos where he was IT Service Manager for major accounts including the National Savings & Investments (NS&I) bank.

Richard Fletcher, Head of Corporate and Public Sector Sales at Manx Telecom, welcomed both appointments and commented: “Manx Telecom is offering a more diverse portfolio to its corporate customers than ever before and there has been a particular demand for our hosting and cloud services. The addition of Chris and Joe to the team means that we can improve the attention given to existing customers whilst at the same time incorporating these new and exciting products. An added bonus is that they both bring valuable experience from their previous roles, meaning that they will be able to contribute immediately and add to the overall capabilities of our Corporate Sales team.”

Last year, Isle of Man Government renewed a number of contracts with Manx Telecom – including a continuation of the existing ‘ConnectMan’ telecommunications services agreement which has run since 2005. Manx Telecom now provides Government with mobile services to over 3,000 handsets, local area network infrastructure to over 5,500 end users, wide area networking to over 220 sites, as well as fixed line, internet access and network services. Government became the anchor tenant for Phase 1 of Manx Telecom’s Greenhill Data Centre (GDC) last year – the centre also provides hosting and managed services to a variety of sectors including eGaming, financial services and those requiring access to big data. In addition, Manx Telecom has a Government contract for 25 racks at the company’s Douglas North Data Centre. Manx Telecom also has a seven year Managed Services contract with Isle of Man Post Office which began in 2013. This is for fixed line telephony, internet, wide area and local area network management, and IT service support provided through a dedicated platform. This supports a workforce of 450 Post Office staff in 32 separate locations across the Island, making it one of the biggest deployments of its kind in the Isle of Man.

Photo - Chris Crocker, Manx Telecom’s Account Manager for Isle of Man Government and public sector accounts.