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Sprint appoints Jan Geldmacher president of Enterprise

By TechTaffy Desk

Sprint has appointed Jan Geldmacher, a veteran of European telecom companies, as president of Enterprise. Mr. Geldmacher will oversee business-to-business sales and business development, supporting enterprise customers with wireless communications solutions and services, said the company in a statement.

Reporting to Marcelo Claure, Sprint president and CEO, Mr. Geldmacher joins Sprint from Vodafone where he led Vodafone Global Enterprise, a business unit responsible for defining the strategy and operational execution of the company’s relationship with multinational corporate customers. He also previously served as Vodafone’s director of the Enterprise Business Unit, CEO of British Telecom Germany, and in various management and sales positions at European telecom companies.

 

Mr. Geldmacher graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne.

[Image courtesy: Sprint]

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