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NextiraOne (News - Alert), Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has strengthened its UK team in order to address key markets.

The company’s new appointments reflect its growing focus on customer-centric solutions in contact centers, data centers and unified communications.

Officials with NextiraOne said that the new appointments have neen made to gear up for the ongoing changes in the ICT market.

According to company officials, Shirley Hemstock joins the technology and solutions team in the role of business practice leader - collaboration and customer interaction (CCI). Shirley comes with a wealth of experience in Unified Communications (News - Alert), having worked at Siemens and Avaya, managing solution architects and business consultants.

Jason Brown takes on the role of unified communications business consultant reporting directly to Shirley Hemstock. 

Jason joins NextiraOne with considerable experience in Cisco (News - Alert) Unified Communications, having worked at Logicalis and Affiniti in the roles of Solution Architect and Solution Consultant.

“We have an exceptional team here at NextiraOne and these new appointments and organisational changes will serve to reinforce the immense talent and expertise of each individual by strengthening the teams in which they work and the leadership of these teams,” said Steven Skakel, general manager of NextiraOne UK, in a statement.

“It also reflects the way the company is developing and growing and our increasing focus on customer-centric solutions in Contact Centers, Data Centers and Unified Communications,” said Skakel.

Company officials said that internal changes include the appointment of NextiraOne’s head of marketing, Christopher Lewis to handle the additional responsibility for data center business development.

Marketing communications manager Jane Selvidge will take over the day-to-day management of the marketing communications team, reporting to Lewis who retains overall responsibility for marketing.

Lewis will also work closely with Debbie Starling (News - Alert), who has recently taken on the role of head of secure communications infrastructure, combining both pre-sales and post-sales in one business area to serve the customer better on an ongoing basis and to unite the company’s expertise in data centers and security into one team.

Further organisational changes include the appointment of Stewart Thorley to the role of practice leader – recurring business.

Building services division will be taken over by Peter Smith (News - Alert), who takes on the role of business practice leader and business development manager – unified building services (UBS).

TMCnet in March reported that NextiraOne announced new initiatives and partnerships that will help it gain a significant share in the data center market.

Together with its technology partners Cisco, NetApp and VMware, the company has formed a powerful alliance for the delivery of advanced and comprehensive data center solutions and at same time acquiring profound knowledge of the communications environments that demand such powerful data center solutions, such as unified communications and contact center solutions.