RingLeader Appoints Telecom Industry Veteran John Roth to Chief Operations Officer

Roth has nearly 40 years of experience in the telecom industry and has held numerous management and leadership positions within prominent communications companies.

RingLeader, a leading provider of Cloud-based voice, messaging, and conferencing services for companies, crowds, and causes, announced the appointment of John Roth to chief operations officer (COO), effective November 2022.

As COO, Roth’s primary responsibility will be to build RingLeader’s sales pods, or teams, to reach decision-makers within nonprofits and associations, real estate, politics, healthcare, and other strategic verticals. In addition, Roth will concentrate on recruiting value-add resources (VARs) to increase the revenue of the company.

Roth has nearly 40 years of experience in the telecom industry and has held numerous management and leadership positions within prominent communications companies. In 2009, as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services were reaching the market, Roth worked for AT&T where he played an integral role in building out the inside sales teams and developing core technical training assets and strategies to increase the company’s market presence and competitiveness.

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Prior to joining RingLeader, Roth was an SVP at Sangoma, a B2B SaaS communications company, where he spearheaded the sales team and enhanced the company’s channel partners. These core capabilities came from his longstanding and successful work as SVP at Star2Star Communications, a unified communications company, where he spent more than 13 years developing strategic partnerships and leading sales enablement.

“John is an immovable force in the telecom industry, and we’re thrilled to have him join the RingLeader team,” stated Neil Darling, founder and president at RingLeader. “With John as our COO, we gain a seasoned veteran that has a proven history of meeting and exceeding sales numbers while working collaboratively with stakeholders and partners to do everything from increasing revenue to improving upon the organization’s workflows and processes. His depth of experience in the communications field will further RingLeader’s goal of enabling professionals in our key verticals.”

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“I know that RingLeader has the potential to be one of the most prized entities in the industry,” said John Roth, COO at RingLeader. “RingLeader’s technology is far superior to anything that I’ve ever worked on, and the leadership and talent behind the organization are top-notch. I’m excited to apply my extensive knowledge and experience to growing RingLeader and putting these next-level communications tools in the hands of people to help advance their causes.”