Cable & Wireless Business has announced the appointment of Jaggernauth (Jaggs) Dass as Vice President of Business and Government Sales in Barbados.

In making the announcement, Cable & Wireless Senior Vice President, B2B Caribbean Grant Hume stated that Dass’ appointment forms part of a regional team of Senior Business to Business (B2B) leaders in the Caribbean with responsibility for building and developing a premier sales force that will deliver planned growth in revenue and profit, while delivering unparalleled customer experience and employee engagements.

Hume added that the team will also continue to upgrade the sales force to accompany the upgrading of products and services, as the trusted voice and leader on technology and innovation for the marketplace.

In commenting on his appointment, Dass said that C&W Business was anchored on Columbus’ modern subsea fiber optic infrastructure and CWC’s 140 years of industry experience and mobile leadership.

“This is a very exciting time for C&W Business. As the new combined company, we are offering our customers the next generation of high-performance networks, products and solutions including comprehensive IT services, cloud solutions and next generation mobile business solutions. We will also support these using the strong foundation of our modern, redundant fibre network, unparalleled customer services and the best customer-centric talent.”

He added, “even as we enable our customers and employees to grow, expand and reach their goals, our commitment to social development in Barbados and the region remains unwavering and is entrenched in our corporate promise. We are indeed changing the telecommunications landscape and our mission is to drive industry transformation, commit to social development and work to catapult development in the Caribbean.”

Boasting close to 42,300 kilometres of submarine optical fibre, interconnection among 42 countries and local operations and networks in multiple Latin American and Caribbean countries, C&W Business provides connectivity throughout the region. It also offers a comprehensive portfolio of cloud-based solutions including cloud security, cloud continuity, cloud infrastructure, cloud desktop, cloud collocation and cloud voice. In addition, small business solutions, which are simple, flexible and affordable to meet the varied needs of small to medium sized companies, are also available.