Reasons for Joining

Many financial options exist for agents looking to sell their businesses, but Checksfield said Amplix stood out for a number of reasons. 

First, he described Amplix as a company “run by operators.”

“When we looked across the the options, we were a little bit anxious around someone who was going to do some financial engineering or try to create a business based on EBITDA aquisition. We were much more interested in a company that was going to create something valuable not just for the shareholders, but for the organization, employees as well as the customers,” he said.

He also pointed the back office of ROI Communications.

“Everybody knew that ROI maintained and operated the best back office in the business. It was something that was always very attractive to Net7 as a competitor,” he said.

Moreover, he praised the leadership pedigree of Joe Destefano.

“There’s nobody in this industry that I would rather work for and work with to build a brand that we’re going to build an Amplix,” Checksfield told Channel Futures. “What he has done is second to nobody, and what the combined organization is capable of, is something that I’m more excited about than than I have been in a long time.”