EagleTEQ

CF: Are there any lessons you’re taking from your past job at EagleTEQ Advisors?

KB: After I left my former role and the pandemic hit, I took a little time off. When I started to get back into it, I thought through what it is I like to do. I like to work with people I respect, admire and like, and that correlates to GTT. I like helping a business grow, and that’s what we were doing with EagleTEQ, and that will continue. My DNA is someone who’s customer-facing and partner-facing. My favorite part of my job is to be helping them with their business. Growth, problems, issues as the case may be. At EagleTEQ I continued that in a consulting role. I enjoyed that opportunity. I worked with several different types of companies. Some boutique managed services providers. Some UCaaS companies. We worked with the investor community, which is always trying to really get a street-level view about a variety of companies, trends and product sets.

I leave EagleTEQ in good hands. I formed it with four good friends of mine with ties to the channel: Cardi Prinzi, Curt Allen, Steve Braverman and Mike Cromwell. They have a wealth of knowledge and experience to continue to support those customers. My DNA is to get into a business and help build the business. I came to realize that, and then the opportunity came. As I said, I really wasn’t looking or chasing. It was just that everything lined up and matched well with me and where GTT is looking to go.