CA Technologies veteran George Fischer has joined Verizon Enterprise as senior vice president of global sales.
Fischer will look after customer growth and revenue through Verizon’s direct and indirect enterprise distribution channels across the North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.
He leads a team of 2,100 sales professionals in 82 countries, driving sales of the company’s strategic solutions.
At CA Technologies, Fischer was executive vice president of worldwide sales and service, heading a $4.4 billion business where he led the transformation of CA’s sales organization through various product and service business models, delivery platforms and the integration of several acquisitions.
This apart, Fischer also played a key role in re-engineering CA’s go-to-market and customer engagement strategies and driving new product growth, renewing existing customer contracts and expanding overseas markets.
Christopher Formant, president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions said George will assist its global clients to leverage its enterprise-class solutions in networking, cloud, mobility, machine to machine, security and professional services.