Managed Server Company Names Sales Executive

Grand Central Server, a New York City based outsourcing firm, is announcing its expansion by hiring its first sales executive. Robert E. Allen Jr.,an experienced sales professional and entreprenuer, has accepted the position of Vice President of Sales.

New York, (PRWEB) October 20, 2004 -- Grand Central Server, LLC (grandcentralserver.com) announced today that Robert E. Allen, Jr. has been named Vice-President of sales for its newly expanded sales division. Allen, a 1980 graduate of Cornell University, who spent most of his career in sales and management at IBM, will provide the leadership the New York based GCS needs to expand into the national marketplace for Linux-based, managed office servers.

Allen, 47, began his career in sales as an account rep for NCR in 1980. He left NCR to join IBM as a marketing rep in 1983 and rapidly moved through the ranks with positions in both direct sales and channels management. He left IBM in 1996 to open a Voice-Tel franchise business in the Syracuse, NY area. He became national vice president for corporate accounts when Premiere Technologies purchased the worldwide Voice-Tel system in 1998. Before joining GCS, Allen was regional vice president of sales for Newark, NJ based Norvergence, Inc. He opened their San Francisco, CA office, quickly expanding that branch to sixth in sales among nearly 75 national markets.

Robert brings a wide range of sales and management talent to GCS," said GCS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alexis Rosen. His background in both information technology and telephony, combined with the ability to quickly develop new markets, is critical to our strategy to become the market leader in managed office servers for small to medium sized businesses."

Allen will report directly to Rosen and assume his business duties immediately.

Headquartered in New York, Grand Central Server (GCS) is the parent company of the Public Access Networks Corp. (Panix), one of the worlds longest running Internet Service Providers, with over 15 years experience in remote management of server fleets. GCS provides remotely managed office servers for all sizes and types of enterprises. GCS GuardianTM servers run Linux instead of Windows, providing dramatically improved security while maintaining total compatibility with Windows or Mac workstations. Outsourcing through GCS allows a companys IT staff to focus on strategic, revenue generating projects instead of chasing down server problems. To discuss your requirements, contact Mr. Allen at (646)223-0928 or (212) 741-4400 ext. 213. Also, via email to rallen@grancentralserver.com.

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