Sprint Names Ivo Rook Senior VP of IoT
September 08 2017 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Rook’s Two Decades of Telecom Expertise
Includes Organizational & Sales Leadership
Sprint (NYSE: S) today named seasoned Internet of Things (IoT)
executive Ivo Rook to the newly created position of senior vice
president of IoT. Rook will lead and build Sprint’s IoT business
and will be a strategic advisor to Sprint and Softbank. Rook will
join Sprint January 1, 2018.
Rook has spent his last seven years at Vodafone, most recently
chief executive officer for Vodafone’s IoT Business, which has $1B
in revenue, 50m connections and 1,400 employees spanning 30
countries. In that role, he led Vodafone’s IoT strategy,
driving its growth, products, operations and profit and loss
globally. He also held positions at Vodafone Global Enterprise as
director of Northern Europe and director of Germany and Central
Europe.
“We’re very excited to have someone of Ivo’s caliber and
expertise lead our IoT organization,” said Jan Geldmacher,
president of Sprint Business. “He brings a wealth of experience to
Sprint including organizational leadership, sales success and the
ability to develop end-to-end product and marketing strategy that
leads to sustained growth for companies.”
Rook will lead a group of world-class product specialists to
develop and operationalize IoT solutions in a category that
continues to grow exponentially. He will be responsible for driving
B2B and B2B2C growth strategies, including funding, alliances and
development of operationalized solutions.
Also in his role, Rook will act as the Liaison
Officer to the Softbank Group of companies involved in the IoT
space.
“Sprint is a global leader in the development of IoT solutions,”
Rook said. “I’m thrilled to join a company that is incredibly
focused on this space, which will provide outstanding growth in the
future. My focus will be on developing secure IoT solutions for our
business customers and all people who want to make the best of the
digital revolution.”
Rook earned a Masters in Information Management from Erasmus
University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and has leveraged his
scientific background into a career in strategy and deal making as
a corporate entrepreneur. He is a pragmatic executer and truly
global player, having worked many years abroad and speaks four
languages.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served 53.7 million
connections as of June 30, 2017, and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
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