April 8, 2011

ERLPhase has announced that Laura Hicks has joined the company as Regional Sales Manager of Western Canada and USA, which includes British Columbia. She has recently worked in a sales manager role for RuggedCom, and before that she was a sales manager at GarrettCom where she built territory revenue significantly, through Smart Grid and security applications, said ERLPhase.

She has also held sales positions for companies such as Federal Network Services, Allied Telesyn International, Cabletron Systems and, in the laser industry, Kentek Corporation.

The “consistent performer with focus on quality, customer service, and long-term relationships for referral based sales” has an educational background in Business Administration, as well as IT and sales training.

“A natural customer-first attitude is a key trait for all professionals on our sales team,” said John Swindlehurst, VP Sales and Marketing at ERLPhase. “Ms. Hick’s proven experience entering Western USA’s industrial market will also be beneficial as we look to ensure that market is aware of how our 61850-enabled protection solutions can benefit their applications.”