BlinkPipe appoints Richard Barnes to drive commercial development

Cambridge-based BlinkPipe, named last month by Business Weekly in The Killer 50 as one of a number of important Cambridge cluster companies to watch, has a expanded its team with the appointment of Richard Barnes as Business Development Manager.

Cambridge-based BlinkPipe, providers of incredibly simple to use ‘just dial’ large screen video conferencing, have further strengthened their growing team with the appointment of Richard Barnes as Business Development Manager. Richard has over 15 years' business development experience across a broad range of industries including e-learning, digital media and consumer electronics.

Excited by the opportunity to help develop BlinkPipe's presence in the global video conferencing market, Richard said on his new appointment: “Telepresence has long been the remit of large global organisations with gargantuan IT support resources.  This is the first solution I have seen which makes video conferencing child's play.  PhoneCamHD is a real game-changer, combining ease of use with HD video and ultra reliability. I can't wait to get out there to introduce the world to BlinkPipe-powered communication.”

Reporting into co-founder, Dave Gwilt, Richard’s role will be to develop BlinkPipe's client base both directly and through channel partnerships focusing initially on the UK marketplace.

Dave Gwilt added, “In addition to growing sales, Richard’s remit is to continuously improve the PhoneCamHD user experience by gathering customer feedback and reporting back to our development and marketing teams.  ”As a start up company, BlinkPipe is running a launch offer on PhoneCamHD for one month in two meeting rooms for less than £100. For details on this offer please click here.

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