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OptConnect tabs industry veteran Brian Gill as senior national sales manager

September 17, 2019

Brian Gill

OptConnect, a provider of managed wireless services, has hired industry veteran Brian Gill as senior national sales manager, according to a press release. In his role, Gill will be responsible for continuing to accelerate OptConnect's growth across multiple verticals, with a focus on the vending space.

Gill began his career in vending at Canteen, the nation's largest vending company. He became vice president of business development at Payrange in 2014, a mobile payment service for unattended retail. In that role, Gill helped expand their customer base to over 2,800 customers over a five-year period. This was done across multiple industries, surpassing 100 million transactions while expanding from one core product to a catalog of solutions.

Gill also served as the president of the New York State Automatic Vending Association, a trade association made up of vending companies, product and equipment suppliers and manufacturers, to promote the vending industry.

"Having worked in the vending industry for so long, I have always admired OptConnect for their employee-first approach and have always been intrigued by their products and technology  advancements as well," Gill said in the release. "When the opportunity presented itself to join the company, I was ecstatic to come into a company that I am passionate about."

"We have no doubt that with Brian's experience in vending, micropayments and IoT, that he is going to be a tremendous asset to OptConnect and our mission to connect the world," said Wayne Vandekraak, executive director of national sales, in the release. "With his existing relationships across multiple verticals, we are excited to welcome him to our team and look forward to his contributions."