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Peter J. Stewart

Group VP, Product Innovation & Management, Premiere Global Services

Peter Stewart is Group VP for Product Innovation & Management at Premiere Global Services, a public $550M enterprise.  He leads global new product development initiatives and product portfolio management for the company's business communication solutions.  Mr. Stewart leads a global, geographically dispersed team and is responsible for setting product strategy and driving innovative products to the market.  He has held senior technology management positions at IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Sprint-Nextel.  His expertise is in Software-as-a-Service, web-based collaboration tools, and wireless mobility solutions.  He is frequently interviewed by leading analyst firms for his industry perspective including Gartner, Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, and Wainhouse.  Mr. Stewart earned an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a Bachelors of Civil and Environmental Engineering from Georgia Tech.  He resides in Atlanta with his family.

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Frank X. Gartland

Managing Principal, Focused FX, LLC

Frank is driven by the belief that coordinated focus on perfection produces positive results. As Joe Montana penned, “if you miss perfection, you end up with greatness.” Frank is passionate about making decisions based on integrity and loves the process of instilling confidence through progress and proactive communication. He injects energy and enthusiasm into everything he does and loves connecting with people and growing relationships.

Frank’s approach is aimed at helping the three teams that kindle growth – Product, Sales, and Marketing – to work together and identify where focused energy will best increase revenue potential, customer satisfaction and the organization’s ability to execute. Once priorities are established, he helps these disparate groups devise a plan, execute the right attack and recognize when course correction is necessary – and when it’s not.

Frank provides product teams direction on how to build products people want to buy; while helping Marketing to engage Sales through focused enablement programs that work. At the same time, he communicates complex concepts in ways that evoke confidence and inspires Sales to position offerings in ways that better connect with customers and prospects.

As a dynamic, high-energy executive, Frank creates inspirational environments where team members take pride in delivering quality. He enjoys watching teams get excited about executing the plan and proactively fueling the vital course-correction process. Our transparent approach helps eliminate organizational apathy through practical planning and follow-through and we help create environments where people love their work and are excited to drive improvement in customer satisfaction.

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