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New SVP Sales, EMEA, at Level 3
With the selection of Edison, a strong industry leader, Level 3 reaffirms its commitment to maximising market growth opportunities in EMEA. In November last year, Level 3 appointed one of the company's most experienced and proven regional leaders, Andrew Crouch , to take the helm as its EMEA regional president. Commenting on this additional appointment, Crouch said, " Andrew Edison has a proven track record and will play a key leadership role across our EMEA business. I look forward to the contributions he will make."
Edison joins Level 3 after 20 years with AT&T. His accomplishments in his most recent EMEA role include revenue and market share growth in the primary markets Level 3 serves, with particular experience across Continental Europe.
"My focus at Level 3 will be two fold; to provide our customers with solutions that support their business objectives around growth, efficiency and security as well as to bring profitable growth for Level 3 through effective sales channels across the region," said Edison. Commenting on his reasons for taking the Level 3 role Edison added: "Joining Level 3 enables me to leverage its global network footprint, an asset crucial to solving the growing connectivity, collaboration and business process challenges enterprises face today."
While at AT&T, Edison worked in the US for three years (2007-2010) as the Vice President, Global Operations Planning. He also held multiple roles in their Paris office from 2002-2007.
Edison began his telecoms career with BT. He is a native of the UK and a respected technology industry advocate who has contributed to the Prince's Trust as a Technology Leadership Group member.
Edison will be based at Level 3's EMEA regional headquarters in London . In EMEA, Level 3 serves customers in more than 30 countries. Level 3 solutions include IP-based voice and data communications; data center and colocation facilities; video and content distribution; security, cloud, managed and professional services.
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