GTT Adds Lumen Alum as Channel Leader

Sara Seegers will lead the Americas channel at GTT Communications.

Seegers announced Monday on LinkedIn that she has accepted a position as senior vice president of Americas channel and partner program at the internet service provider. She thanked CEO Ed Morche, who worked with her at Lumen Technologies; Joan Logan, GTT's America's president; and other GTT leaders.

"To the partner community and team that I look forward to serving in new and meaningful ways, you are equally the reason for my excitement. It is time to experience something better. Raise the bar on your expectations as this program and organization is built to do just that," Seegers wrote.

Seegers most recently worked as national vice president of indirect partner channel at Lumen, where she led the vendor's efforts in the tech services distributor channel. She departed in September. She spent multiple decades multiple companies that eventually became Lumen – Global Crossing, Level 3 and CenturyLink.

GTT officially announced the news on Wednesday.

“We value the crucial role our channel partners have in extending our reach to deliver global networking and security as a service solutions that simplify digital transformation initiatives for our customers,” Logan said. “Sara is an accomplished executive with deep and nuanced experience of the channel ecosystem, and I am delighted to welcome her to the GTT team.”

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Telarus chief commercial officer Richard Murray hailed the hire.

“As the modern distribution channel continues to grow in scale and scope, the importance of having exceptional channel leadership has never been more important," said Murray, whose company is a tech services distributor of GTT. “That's why I couldn't be more excited about having Sara take up the role of channel partner chief at GTT. Sara is a widely respected channel advocate, with an ability to build relationships, programs and mutually valuable sales efforts. I very much look forward to working with her and the incredible team at GTT on furthering the great momentum and growth we see in our collaboration."

GTT announced in May Mia Martuscelli as senior vice president and channel leader for its indirect channel in the Americas. GTT told Channel Futures that Martuscelli left on good terms to pursue other opportunities.

Past GTT channel leaders include Ken Bisnoff (now at AireSpring) and Rob Westervelt (now at Arelion).

GTT has added multiple former Lumen executives since appointing Morche as CEO in 2023, including Joan Logan, chief product and technology officer Fletcher Keister, and chief commercial officer Mike Little. Morche worked for more than two decades at Lumen companies, coming from the Level 3 side. He led North American enterprise and public sector for the company.

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