Key leadership roles appointed for channel sales a

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Windstream (NASDAQ: WIN ), a leading provider of advanced network communications, today announced that it has named Ron Beer as vice president of channel sales South division and Michael Brennan as head of national and strategic programs.

“We are pleased to welcome experienced and talented channel sales executives like Ron and Michael to Windstream,” said Layne Levine, president of Windstream’s Cloud & Connectivity business unit. “We are committed to the success of our channel partners, and I'm excited to have them contribute their experience and expertise to continue Windstream's own program evolution.”

Beer has more than 15 years in channel and partner sales in the network services industry including positions as vice president of partner sales at Earthlink and vice president of channel sales at PAETEC/Windstream. During his career, Beer has earned a reputation within the industry for building strong teams that marshal growth for his team and for his partners.

Brennan has held key leadership roles over inside channel sales, account management, and most recently within the national partner program for the past nine years. He was instrumental in the successful channel transformation at Earthlink, most specifically in the master agency program.

Windstream offers a full suite of advanced network communications and technology solutions, including Network & Data , SD-WAN , Voice & Unified Communications , Network Security , Managed Services and Cloud Services . For more information, visit windstreambusiness.com .

About Windstream Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIN ), a FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions for consumers, businesses, enterprise organizations and wholesale customers across the U.S. Windstream offers bundled services, including broadband, security solutions, voice and digital TV to consumers. The company also provides data, cloud solutions, unified communications and managed services to small business and enterprise clients. The company supplies core transport solutions on a local and long-haul fiber network spanning approximately 150,000 miles. Additional information is available at windstream.com . Please visit our newsroom at news.windstream.com or follow us on Twitter at @Windstream .

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