Harry Finer

“It is a pleasure to work with Harry as he's a tremendous asset to the Westcon Services Organization. His keen insight and knowledge of the services market is spot on and have been strategically gaining our customers trust in augmenting our Services capability into their organization. Harry is someone you want on your team or organization!”

“I've known Harry Finer for 25 years. He is a superior manager that provides both leadership and coaching to maximize performance of his people. He is focused, organized, and instills success in all those around him. For these reasons I highly recommend Harry Finer as a sales manager or head of sales, to all those looking for a leader.”

“I have worked with Harry for several years and has been an individual of outstanding character and a valuable resource that has help our company grow. I have had very favorable experience with Braxtel on a previous installation for a customer that has been expanded on for several years now. Without hesitation, I would recommend Harry Finer and Braxtel.”

“Harry is that person that will get you in the door. No tricks or gimmicks, he listens, he works the issues, and he gets the close. Harry’s focus to detail has always kept him a few steps ahead of his competition. As the General Manager for Connecticut Harry made sure that his clients and his team were always in sync. Harry always presented a win-win solution, coaching his team to do the same. Harry will get you results and build an outstanding team to support continued growth.”

“I worked with Harry for almost three years at Nortel and found him to be a very tenacious individual. Harry was professional in his approach and very personable at the same time. He was very proactive and extremely responsive. It was a pleasure working with Harry and consider him a valuable asset to any company he works for.”

“I had the pleasure of working with Harry on the development of affordable strategic marketing initiatives geared towards our SMB partners. Harry is organized, focused and always makes himself available to ensure the success of the partner. I would highly recommend Harry and would welcome the opportunity to work with him again in the future.”

“Harry has clearly demonstrated capabilities to develop and deliver multi-faceted business development programs that net incremental sales for technology organizations. His ability to tenaciously work through granular details and overcome internal, external, and market obstacles to bring a program from conceptual stages, to production, and ultimately to profitablity is superior. Harry's hands on work ethic, and passion for customer facing activity distinguish him from those who rely heavily on their subordinates for the execution of a sales activities. His subordinates have therefore been highly motivated, productive, and exceptionally coached by Harry. I would enthusiastically endorse Harry for any role that involves integrating a new or non-traditional business program within an organization that has legacy practices and procedures that require retooling.”

“Harry was a key contributor to our success in the Canadian convergence business. His ability to work with my team to develop strategic accounts and support them through the entire process had a significant impact on our numbers. Harry is a great team player and would recommend him for any sales or business development position.”

“Harry actually hired our company to provide services for his company. Harry was one of the best clients I have ever worked with. He is very knowledgable and easy to work with. He is organized and very engaged. Harry is proactive and is driven to get results. He doesn't leave things to chance and if things are not working as planned he is right on it trying new approaches. I would love to work with Harry again. There are not a lot of people like Harry and whoever is lucky enough to hire him will not be disappointed.”

“Harry is very customer focused and excels at providing service to all of his internal and external customers. He is extremely responsive and understands very well how best to leverage channels to develop VoIP/Networking solution portfolios into the market. His high energy, enthusiasm and ability to be key member of the team sets him apart and it is a pleasure to work with him.”

“I worked with Harry Finer supporting the channels in the Northeast. Harry always went the extra mile when supporting our mutual partners. Being sales focused, he understood their business and listened to their needs. His greatest strength was to the ability to sell the entire suite of offerings Westcon had to offer. Not just the typical distribution business most Alliance managers are known for. Harry is an excellent team player and would provide value to any sales organization.”

“Harry is one of the best managers I ever worked for. No one worked harder and smarter than Harry. He read more trade rags than 10 people could all at the same time. Harry is a positive person who leads by example and his enthusiasm is contagious. One of Harry's greatest skills is his ability to coach his sales team to provide them feedback in a positive manner yet getting his point across that you have to make changes to be even more effective. When working on deal, Harry is so creative. The great ideas just keep coming from Harry. Customers loved Harry because he is so customer focused yet he took the time to make sure he understood their business so they saw him as a trusted adviser. He had a unique ability to recruit and cultivate new business relationships! I truly learned from the master and I would not only recommend him to anyone who wants to hire him but many of the daily skills I use today came from the mentoring that Harry gave me. Harry is a winner in every endeavor he undertakes.”

“Harry is always focused on increasing the speed to revenue by ensuring his customers are successful. Every week, Harry came to our stategy sessions armed with innovated ideas for marketing and sales programs designed to drive revenue. Harry understands how to partner with customers, evaluate their business so that in time they look to him as the advisor. He just gets it! Harry is known for his abundance of infectious, positive passion in all that he does. His enthusiasm towards his work, team, colleagues and customers motivates those around him to succeed. Because of Harry's diverse experience, he understands how to drive a sales team, market and sell to his audience and make his customers successful. I was a better Marketer for having worked with Harry and I highly recommend him!”

“Harry Finer is a fantastic person to work with, at our first meeting at Westcon we initiated a joint Nortel go-to-market business plan. As an ISV SMB Channel Partner to Westcon, I can't say enough of Harry. Simply put, Harry "Gets the Job Done"!”

“Harry was a major reason why we had success with recruiting new SMB channel partners last year. He was able to leverage his channel and direct sales experience to lead his team to recruit a significant number of resellers and drove his plan to insure the highest production level in a very complex environment. Harry’s “out-of-the-box” thinking, determination, and management skills served him very well during the project. He is a valuable contributor and would be a great addition to any organization looking to increase sales through relationship building and creating compelling offers.”

“I worked with Harry at Digital equipment Corporation where I watched him take over a telecom & Utilities sales Team that was not making it's goals and objections and turned it into one of the Top branches at Digital 's Connecticut office. He has the ability to select, mentor and manage sales professionals to bring the best out of them. I highly recommend Harry Finer.”

“Harry worked for me for 3 years on the SMB program. He is a quick learner with a thirst for knowledge. He was able to take the concept of the program and drive the results by staying closely involved with the extended team of participants, collaborating on goals and then executing the plan with laser focus. Harry's passion and drive are his most notable assests which I believe he would bring to any position or company.”

“Harry is a professional in the communications industry with the passion and energy to succeed. He has a wealth of ideas and a great approach to motivating his team to deliver results. He is extremely customer focused, always striving to exceed expectations and make it easy to do business. It is a pleasure to work with Harry.”

“At COMTEL, we have a tremendous amount of respect and appreciation for Harry and the service he provided us over the years. Harry was a key force in helping us achieve an authorized reseller agreement with Nortel in 2006. Over the years, he has helped us navigate the many channels of Nortel’s inner-workings and Westcon’s distribution. At the same time, he's consistently kept us informed of sales opportunities, products and industry news. He is also the kind of person who can always connect you to the right person if a particular question or issue is something he cannot immediately answer or solve himself. He was a key resource countless times and he always came through. He is well known and liked by many in the telecom industry.”

“Harry is a Great guy to work with. He is personable and works extremely hard to get the job done right and on the first try. Cant say enough good things about Harry”

“I worked closely with Harry in his role as the Strategic Alliance Manager at Westcon while I was selling to Westcon at Nortel. Harry was great at managing his team to recruit new resellers to sell the Nortel portfolio and bring those resellers up to speed on the product portfolio as rapidly as possible.Harry has the ability to develop close relationships quickly and he is always focused on insuring the success of his clients. I would highly recommend Harry.”

“I have had the great pleasure to work with Harry Finer on three occasions -Digital Equipment, eTechnologycorp, and NextiraOne. Harry is a tireless and enthusiastic manager. Always thinking of his customers and how better to improve business for the company he works for. I hope to get to work with Harry again one of these days.”

“When you work with Harry and experience his energy and drive first hand you quickly realize why he is so well connected in the industry. We first worked together as business partners 6 years ago when his understanding of the reseller sales model was critical to the successful market introduction of a major product for Nortel. Since then Harry has successfully built from scratch a SMB Nortel Line of Business at Westcon. Harry fosters open communication and is good to work with.”

“Harry Finer has enjoyed success and recognition as GM for AT&T where me managed a large direct sales/support organization in Connecticut. He was also responsible for initiating AT&T's partner organization to represent and resell AT&T data, voice, video, internet, and hosting services which became the model for AT&T's channel program nationwide. Harry's success is the result of unusually high energy and creativity along with the most extensive network of professionals that he has leveraged to build business. Harry is a tireless worker, a great team player, and possesses a strong IT and telco background along with excellent interpersonal skills.”

“Harry worked for me at NextiraOne. He was a great asset to the company, focused and able to penetrate a customer to understand their clear business needs and match those to the capabilities of the organization. I would have no difficulty recommending Harry for any position.”