Stratix has named Darren Barnes as SVP of sales and marketing, reporting directly to CEO Gina Gallo. Known for his ability to drive growth, profitability and competitive advantage in dynamic markets, Barnes will support the company’s continued expansion in the rapidly evolving enterprise mobility space.

“Darren’s market insights, strong leadership and customer success focus will help Stratix provide value to a growing base of enterprise customers,” Gallo says. “He understands how to build and lead solutions-oriented sales teams and deliver results while meeting customer needs.”

Barnes has a 25-year track record of navigating sales teams through complex environments and enabling revenue and profit growth. His responsibilities at Stratix include leading the global field sales, solution architects and strategic partnership teams. In addition, Barnes will be focused on expanding Stratix’s market presence and offerings into new verticals and geographies.

An exceptional sales leader for technology service-driven organizations, Barnes has overseen sales teams at Motorola, Avaya, Dimension Data, Cisco, TeleTech Inc. and Core BTS, among others. While at Core BTS, Barnes achieved over 100 percent year-over-year EBITDA growth and the largest revenue growth in company history. Barnes also fueled sales growth of 30 percent for two consecutive years for his teams at Motorola. In addition, as Vice President and General Manager for Avaya’s South US area, Barnes led his team to the top sales performance in the company.

“Enterprise mobility management is a market with huge potential, and Stratix has the solution portfolio, experience and expertise to make significant gains in this rapidly growing field,” Barnes says. “I’m thrilled to work with Gina and the rest of the Stratix team to continue developing and expanding our MMS strategy with leading global enterprise organizations.”