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PHOENIX – February 9, 2010 -- PHONE+ magazine, a publication of Virgo Publishing LLC for the telecommunications indirect sales channel, is pleased to announce that Greg Plum, director of business development for The Conference Group (News - Alert), has been selected as a finalist for Channel Executive of the Year. The 10 finalists will be honored during an awards ceremony wherein the winner will be announced March 1, at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Las Vegas.

 

The finalists and winner also will be featured in the April issue of PHONE+.

 

Plum joined The Conference Group in 2000, at which time he set out to further develop the company’s channel strategy. Since then, The Conference Group has experience substantial growth, expanding program to include hundreds of agents and resellers in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. 

 

“Each year, PHONE+ is honored to announce the finalists for Channel Executive of the Year,” said Mike Saxby, group publisher for PHONE+. “After a close race, where hundreds of votes were placed, these individuals clearly stand out as the cream of the crop. Each of the finalists should be recognized for the role they play in the success of the indirect channel model.”

 

“I am honored to have been nominated for such a prestigious award,” Plum said.

 

To determine the Channel Executive of the Year, PHONE+ solicited nominations from channel partners. To be eligible, a nominee must have been the top person in the company’s channel operations – at the executive level of vice president or higher – at a telecom vendor (network operator/service provider/manufacturer). Channel partners were then asked to vote for the Channel Executive of the Year based on nominees’ leadership, longevity, innovation and contribution to the indirect channel.

 

 

The Conference Group is an audio, video and Web conferencing services bureau that has serving customers for 10 years. Privately held, the company is located in Newark, Delaware. For information, visit www.conferencegroup.com.

 

 

Virgo Publishing is a dynamic information services company specializing in communications through print and electronic media, trade shows and special events, education and training, and value-added business services. In general, each print magazine serves as a platform to create communities through the integration of publishing, events and the Web. For information, visit www.vpico.com.

 

PHONE+ magazine is the country’s leading publication for communication distribution channels. For more than two decades, PHONE+ has been the undisputed leader in providing news and analysis to alternate distribution channels serving the communications industry. It is the unrivaled resource for resellers, aggregators, agents, brokers, VARs, systems integrators, interconnects and dealers that provide network-based communications and computing services and associated CPE, applications and professional services.

 

PHONE+ has a companion Web site (www.phoneplusmag.com), a weekly newsletter, an annual buyer’s guide, an annual Fact Book and an annual Channel Program Guide.

 

It also hosts the Channel Partners Conference & Expo, the industry’s only event exclusively for the channel. The spring conference is set for March 1-3 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. For more information, visit www.channelpartnersconference.com.