SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - August 04, 2016) - Advantel Networks, a premier technology provider, announced today the appointment of David Black as the new Chief Financial Officer, formerly held by Advantel's Chief Executive Officer, Tom Vignau.
David has over 23 years of experience in financial management roles in high growth technology companies, and will serve as a key driver in supporting Advantel's strategic growth initiatives, and promoting greater financial efficiencies.
"We are extremely pleased to have David on board and look forward to benefiting from his approach to leveraging Advantel's business model," said Tom Vignau, Advantel's Chief Executive Officer.
For the past five years, David has provided high-level, financial consulting services to a number of Bay Area firms, including Advantel. Prior to that, he served as a senior finance executive for GridIron Systems, Tribal Brands, Facetime Communications, and Consenty Networks where he built world class accounting, finance, legal and human resource departments.
He has also served in senior financial roles at Fortinet, Extreme Networks and BEA Systems, contributing to their successful IPOs while helping scale controls and processes during the companies' high growth phases. David holds a BS in Business Finance from San Diego State University.
"I am very excited to join the team at Advantel," said David Black, Chief Financial Officer of Advantel Networks. "The company is well-positioned to take our business to the next level, and I look forward to helping provide the financial vision and strategy to accomplish our future goals."
About Advantel Networks
Advantel™ Networks is a premier technology provider that designs, implements and maintains powerful converged communication and data network solutions to businesses worldwide. For over 30 years, Advantel Networks has focused on reducing infrastructure costs and simplifying IT administration for SMB to Fortune 100 enterprises. Our company delivers critical business solutions and services, such as Security, Data Centers, Storage and Virtualization, Unified Communications, Contact Centers, Cloud, and Integrated and Managed Services. Advantel was recently named to The Channel Company's CRN Solution Provider 500 list, underscoring its value in the IT landscape. For more information, visit advantel.com.
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