NovaCHARGE, Established Leader in Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions, Fortifies Sales and Partnership Efforts with New Hires
Feb 01, 2023 | 2 MIN READ
ORLANDO, Fla., February 1, 2023 – NovaCHARGE Inc. today announced the hiring of Gary Leonard as Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, as well as Eric T. Nichols as Vice President, Sales – North America. Their experience and leadership deepen the bench as CRO Daniel Middleton builds the first-class sales team necessary to best serve customers and expand nationally.
Mr. Leonard brings a storied career in growing revenues via partnerships and alliances for global brands such as Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent. Working with standout technology brands such as Dell Technologies, VMWare, and Google Cloud, he was instrumental in growing partnerships and alliances from start-up to sales that led to several hundred million dollars in revenue.
Leonard is recognized as a trusted advisor to outside alliance partners as well as internal teams. His deep understanding of telecom, networks, and cloud-based technologies is an exceptional complement to NovaCHARGE’s EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) solutions portfolio.
Eric T. Nichols is a highly collaborative multi-channel sales leader with experience in growing both startups and Fortune 500 companies. A multi-discipline thinker and leader, he is adept at collaborating with all areas of a business, including marketing, product management, operations, finance, and more.
During his career, he has consistently achieved 3-to-5x year-over-year revenue growth by building strong, mutually beneficial relationships. His experience in technology ranges from launching EquipmentShare’s heavy-equipment technology sales division to growing the Verizon Wireless “Internet of Things” (IoT) partner revenue over $1M and 100K connected devices in 12 months.
Oscar Rodriguez, Chairman and CEO, made these comments when Leonard and Nichols recently joined the NovaCHARGE team, “Gary and Eric are the perfect complement for NovaCHARGE. They are customer-centric technologists and can evangelize our strengths of open standards, smart network software in our ChargeUP solution, best-in-class chargers, and unsurpassed reliability.“
About NovaCHARGE, Inc.:
NovaCHARGE, Inc., founded in 2008, is a nationally recognized technology manufacturer and turnkey systems integrator of electric vehicle (EV) hardware and cloud software. NovaCHARGE offers innovative EV charging solutions and boasts open standards in both its next generation ChargeUP Network and NC7000 and NC8000 Level 2 hardware lines. As a leading provider of EV networked charging solutions, NovaCHARGE has architected successful deployments for thousands of businesses across the United States. NovaCHARGE is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. ChargeUP is a trademark property of NovaCHARGE, Inc.
For more information, visit www.NovaCHARGE.net.
CONTACT:
Tami Timperio, VP Marketing, NovaCHARGE