Rodney Gaines
VP Sales, Western Europe at Comfone AG- Claim this Profile
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German Full professional proficiency
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Swedish Full professional proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Swiss Dialect Full professional proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Bio
Louis-Abel Dumas
I've been a customer of Rodney for Signalling services for many years now. Beyond his well-rounded sales approach, Rodney definitely puts his customers at the centre of his preoccupations. With him, it's never only about selling, it's about understanding the needs and enabling possibilities. Rodney truly cares and I've been able to enjoy brainstorming with him on some projects that one could consider unconventional. In the end, Rodney isn't afraid to go down a creative path to tailor solutions that actually bring business forward and respond to his customer's expectations. Rodney's charisma, kindness and great sense of humour only add to his undoubted professionalism: a great and rather rare combination to allows to build trust and develop strong long-lasting relationships, dare I say, friendships.
Christian Perron
I know Rodney for many years as a very friendly and helpful colleague. He is not only an excellent and successful sales manager and account manager, but also an expert in Mobile Communication and Roaming business. His considerable language and negotiation skills have enabled him to finalize many important agreements with new and incumbent Mobile Operators in Europe.
Jan Signell
I worked with Rodney in Malaysia nearly 30 years ago. He started in my organization as a support engineer and quickly advanced to the position of Operations and Support Manager. Rodney is pleasant, approachable, constructive and solution oriented. I still marvel at his language skills, which certainly play a large part in his ability to connect with customers and colleagues alike. Rodney is true asset to any organization!
Louis-Abel Dumas
I've been a customer of Rodney for Signalling services for many years now. Beyond his well-rounded sales approach, Rodney definitely puts his customers at the centre of his preoccupations. With him, it's never only about selling, it's about understanding the needs and enabling possibilities. Rodney truly cares and I've been able to enjoy brainstorming with him on some projects that one could consider unconventional. In the end, Rodney isn't afraid to go down a creative path to tailor solutions that actually bring business forward and respond to his customer's expectations. Rodney's charisma, kindness and great sense of humour only add to his undoubted professionalism: a great and rather rare combination to allows to build trust and develop strong long-lasting relationships, dare I say, friendships.
Christian Perron
I know Rodney for many years as a very friendly and helpful colleague. He is not only an excellent and successful sales manager and account manager, but also an expert in Mobile Communication and Roaming business. His considerable language and negotiation skills have enabled him to finalize many important agreements with new and incumbent Mobile Operators in Europe.
Jan Signell
I worked with Rodney in Malaysia nearly 30 years ago. He started in my organization as a support engineer and quickly advanced to the position of Operations and Support Manager. Rodney is pleasant, approachable, constructive and solution oriented. I still marvel at his language skills, which certainly play a large part in his ability to connect with customers and colleagues alike. Rodney is true asset to any organization!
Louis-Abel Dumas
I've been a customer of Rodney for Signalling services for many years now. Beyond his well-rounded sales approach, Rodney definitely puts his customers at the centre of his preoccupations. With him, it's never only about selling, it's about understanding the needs and enabling possibilities. Rodney truly cares and I've been able to enjoy brainstorming with him on some projects that one could consider unconventional. In the end, Rodney isn't afraid to go down a creative path to tailor solutions that actually bring business forward and respond to his customer's expectations. Rodney's charisma, kindness and great sense of humour only add to his undoubted professionalism: a great and rather rare combination to allows to build trust and develop strong long-lasting relationships, dare I say, friendships.
Christian Perron
I know Rodney for many years as a very friendly and helpful colleague. He is not only an excellent and successful sales manager and account manager, but also an expert in Mobile Communication and Roaming business. His considerable language and negotiation skills have enabled him to finalize many important agreements with new and incumbent Mobile Operators in Europe.
Jan Signell
I worked with Rodney in Malaysia nearly 30 years ago. He started in my organization as a support engineer and quickly advanced to the position of Operations and Support Manager. Rodney is pleasant, approachable, constructive and solution oriented. I still marvel at his language skills, which certainly play a large part in his ability to connect with customers and colleagues alike. Rodney is true asset to any organization!
Louis-Abel Dumas
I've been a customer of Rodney for Signalling services for many years now. Beyond his well-rounded sales approach, Rodney definitely puts his customers at the centre of his preoccupations. With him, it's never only about selling, it's about understanding the needs and enabling possibilities. Rodney truly cares and I've been able to enjoy brainstorming with him on some projects that one could consider unconventional. In the end, Rodney isn't afraid to go down a creative path to tailor solutions that actually bring business forward and respond to his customer's expectations. Rodney's charisma, kindness and great sense of humour only add to his undoubted professionalism: a great and rather rare combination to allows to build trust and develop strong long-lasting relationships, dare I say, friendships.
Christian Perron
I know Rodney for many years as a very friendly and helpful colleague. He is not only an excellent and successful sales manager and account manager, but also an expert in Mobile Communication and Roaming business. His considerable language and negotiation skills have enabled him to finalize many important agreements with new and incumbent Mobile Operators in Europe.
Jan Signell
I worked with Rodney in Malaysia nearly 30 years ago. He started in my organization as a support engineer and quickly advanced to the position of Operations and Support Manager. Rodney is pleasant, approachable, constructive and solution oriented. I still marvel at his language skills, which certainly play a large part in his ability to connect with customers and colleagues alike. Rodney is true asset to any organization!
Experience
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Comfone AG
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Switzerland
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Telecommunications
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100 - 200 Employee
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VP Sales, Western Europe
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May 2019 - Present
Support business needs of customers interested in providing world-class roaming and signalling services for voice and data.
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Regional Sales Director
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Sep 2013 - May 2019
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SBB CFF FFS
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Switzerland
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Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
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700 & Above Employee
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Leiter New Business
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Feb 2010 - Jul 2013
Evaluation and implementation of new third-party business ideas or products. Evaluation and implementation of new third-party business ideas or products.
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SBB CFF FFS
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Switzerland
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Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Mobile Innovation
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2007 - 2009
Program Manager for Mobile Ticketing Services. Overall responsibility for project team which successfully introduced iPhone application SBB Mobile. Program Manager for Mobile Ticketing Services. Overall responsibility for project team which successfully introduced iPhone application SBB Mobile.
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Swisscom
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Switzerland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Strategy and Business Development Manager
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Feb 2003 - Feb 2007
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Ericsson
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Sweden
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Key Account Manager Marketing & Sales
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1998 - 2002
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Operations Manager
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1995 - 1998
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GSM System Expert
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1993 - 1995
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Ascom
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Switzerland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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500 - 600 Employee
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System Expert
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1989 - 1993
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Education
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2001 - 2003
The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
MBA -
1983 - 1988
Michigan State University
BSc
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