Broadvoice has appointed Darrin Ingram, formerly with SecureAuth, as vice president of client and partner solutions.

Ingram has more than 20 years of IT experience with a focus on sales, operations and sales engineering. Prior to joining Broadvoice, he was vice president of sales engineering at SecureAuth, and before that, BlueCat‘s area director of sales engineering.

Broadvoice’s Darrin Ingram

“There are many exciting reasons to join the Broadvoice family,” Ingram said. “The award-winning products, incredible partnerships, the rapidly growing UC space and leadership’s strategy for the future. For me, however, it came down to people and culture. There is an energy and passion for excellence here at Broadvoice and it’s infectious. I’m am very excited and truly grateful to join this amazing company.”

Ingram is charged with strengthening Broadvoice’s commitment to client and partner experience. Initially, he will focus on refining partner onboarding and quoting processes and documentation; developing a certified installer program; and optimizing internal processes to improve solution design, technical sales consultations, training and the overall sales cycle for channel partners.

“Darrin is an accomplished technologist who has been the lead consultant on solution architecture for some of the largest organizations in the world,” said Jim Murphy, Broadvoice’s CEO. “He’s very good at developing people on his team and enjoys seeing the personal growth of others. Darrin is not only a proven leader but a great fit for our culture. If there’s anyone who needs help, he is always the first one to grab a broom. We’re very excited to have him on board.”

Early this month, Broadvoice announced it is accelerating its entry into enterprise communications by scooping up YipTel, a provider of cloud communications services based in Sandy, Utah.