SD-WAN provider InSpeed Networks is expanding its executive team by hiring Sandra Hill as chief marketing officer and Ken VanDerHorst as vice president of sales.

InSpeed Networks’ Sandra Hill

Hill is charged with increasing brand awareness, and bringing programs and tools to partner organizations. She has 30 years of experience in IT and unified communications, has owned her own partner business and was responsible for establishing ShoreTel’s reseller business. She also held channel leadership positions with Mitel, LifeSize Communications and Fonality.

VanDerHorst is tasked with enhancing the sales capabilities of partners delivering InSpeed services. He has more than 40 years of sales leadership experience, including key roles with Motorola, Datapoint, Cable & Wireless, Western Digital and WidePoint.

InSpeed Networks’ Ken VanDerHorst

“I’m excited to have Sandra and Ken join us,” said Michael Mansouri, InSpeed’s chairman and CEO. “Their experience really fuels our momentum. Their arrival comes at the right time since we are growing quickly and have thousands of users who are thrilled with the InSpeed solution.”

During a recent Coffee with Craig and Kevin podcast episode, Ed Basart, InSpeed’s chief strategist, provided a ride through telecom history, describing how he came to found ShoreTel and, more recently, InSpeed. The company’s SD-WAN solution addresses the service quality, performance and security demands of VoIP, videoconferencing and distributed business applications.