ViaWest Announces New Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing

DENVER, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaWest, a leading provider of adaptable colocation and managed services, has announced the selection of Paul Gerrard as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing.  Mr. Gerrard will be responsible for the comprehensive direction and organic growth strategy in all of ViaWest's current and future target markets.

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"Paul is a great addition to our executive management team," said Roy J. Dimoff, ViaWest CEO & Chairman. "He has a solid record of success and the indispensable industry experience we need to help us truly focus our efforts in a competitive marketplace." Roy continued, "As a company, we have placed a high expectation on growth, both in our current markets as well as expansion markets, and we plan to leverage Paul's expertise to accomplish those goals."

Prior to ViaWest, Paul was the Senior Vice President of Sales for SunGard's Western Region.  Paul also has held previous executive positions in Sales & Marketing with both MindShift Technologies as well as Inflow, and spent over 20 years in Sales Management with Hewlett Packard.  

For additional information on Paul Gerrard and other ViaWest management, as well as all the company's available products and services, please visit the company web site (www.viawest.com).

About ViaWest

Headquartered in Denver, ViaWest provides a unique set of colocation and comprehensive managed services to mid-sized and enterprise level businesses.  As a super-regional service provider ViaWest maintains 16 enterprise-class data center facilities in Colorado, Texas, Oregon, Utah, and Nevada, and offers broad expertise to furnish customers with leading technology infrastructure solutions, as well as the critical resources to support their unique business needs. ViaWest currently serves thousands of customers nationwide including Frontier Airlines, Red Robin, Chipotle, and Northrop Grumman.  The company was also recently named 'Technology Company of the Year' 2008 by CSIA, and one of 'Colorado's Top 10 Companies to Work For'.  For additional information on ViaWest, please visit www.ViaWest.com or call 1-877-448-9378.

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