Mitel Appoints Tim Gaines Vice President of Sales for the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America

May 08, 2013

Mitel® (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW), a leading provider of cloud and premises-based unified communications software solutions, has tapped industry veteran Tim Gaines to lead the company's sales team in the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America. Gaines is the latest addition to the Americas sales leadership team, which Mitel continues to grow under Joe Vitalone, executive vice president of sales for the Americas.

"An innovative pioneer in VoIP and communications technology, Tim Gaines combines deep industry expertise with more than 20 years of sales and management experience," said Vitalone. "He has built and managed successful sales organizations for several companies and I'm excited to welcome him as a core member of our sales leadership team."

A seasoned executive sales leader, Gaines has held senior management positions at several companies including ShoreTel, where for the last six years he was the Western regional vice president of sales and most recently the vice president of sales North America. Prior to that, Tim was vice president of sales at Covad Communications (now MegaPath), and general manager for a U.S. subsidiary of Fujitsu.

"Mitel is poised for growth as organizations seek to improve collaboration and focus on delivering deeper, more immersive customer experiences. In addition Mitel is extremely well positioned competitively with an attractive, straightforward path to the cloud through its Freedom Architecture," said Gaines. "This is an exciting time to be part of the Mitel team and I'm thrilled to help the company take advantage of this tremendous market opportunity."

About Mitel

A global market leader in business communications powering more than two billion business connections, Mitel helps businesses and service providers connect, collaborate and provide innovative services to their customers. Our innovation and communications experts serve business users in more than 100 countries. For more information, go to www.mitel.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @Mitel.

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