Costa Nikols has been named VP of Sales Enablement for Riedel Communications’ global team, to ‘design, develop and institute programmes to build the foundational and technical knowledge’. He will be based in Montreal and report directly to Daniel Url, CCO of the company’s Product Division.
Nikols will ensure Riedel delivers solutions and platforms that enable its customers to be successful, while improving the customer journey by providing a more fluid and informed sales engagement.
‘Costa brings an impressive and quite extensive background of experience successfully guiding both colleagues and customers through several huge technological disruptions,’ Url says. ‘As Riedel continues to grow and evolve, Costa will ensure the customer journey through the sales process is smooth and successful for both the team and the customers.’
Nikols previously served as VP of Global Sales Enablement at Grass Valley, where he helped guide the company through its transition from a hardware-based to a software-enabled brand. For more than 20 years he has held leadership positions at Grass Valley and its acquisitions, including as Senior Product Manager at Snell & Wilcox and Sales Engineering Group Manager at Miranda Technologies.
‘Joining Riedel Communications has been a wonderful experience,’ Nikols says. ‘I was instantly welcomed and felt like I was contributing right away.
‘Being with a company that values technical innovation, customer experience, and the prosperity of its employees is like being in a little patch of heaven. Now, working for an industry leader in wireless communication and intercom solutions, my experience lends itself well with the company’s strategic technologies vision, and I also love that I am learning new things from people that are passionate about what they do.’
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