OptConnect, a longtime leader in managed wireless services, today announced that they have hired industry veteran, Brian Gill, as Senior National Sales Manager. In his new role, Gill will be responsible for continuing to accelerate OptConnect’s growth across multiple verticals, with a keen focus on the vending space.
With over 30 years of progressive career growth in executive-level positions in the vending, amusement and coin-op laundry industries, Gill is a high-energy business leader with deep industry (multi-generational) relationships and extensive success in various areas such as business development, sales, strategic planning, negotiation, implementation, and business plan achievement.
“We have no doubt that with Brian’s experience in vending, micropayments, and IoT, that he is going to be a tremendous asset to OptConnect and our mission to connect the world,” said Wayne Vandekraak, Executive Director of National Sales. “With his existing relationships across multiple verticals, we are excited to welcome him to our team and look forward to his contributions.”
Gill began his career in vending at Canteen, the nation’s largest vending company. As his career flourished and progressed, Gill was appointed Vice President of Business Development at PayRange in 2014, a mobile payment service for unattended retail. In that role, Gill helped expand their customer base to over 2,800 customers over a five-year period. This was done across multiple industries, surpassing 100,000,000 transactions while expanding from one core product to a catalog of specialized solutions.
During this time, Gill was also the President of the New York State Automatic Vending Association (NYSAVA), a trade association made up of vending companies, product and equipment suppliers and manufacturers, to promote the vending industry. As President from 2012 to 2015, Gill worked on behalf of the entire vending industry in the state of New York directly with Government officials at all levels of the state government on political affairs that impacted the industry.
“Having worked in the vending industry for so long, I have always admired OptConnect for their employee-first approach and have always been intrigued by their products and technology advancements as well,” said Gill. “ When the opportunity presented itself to join the company, I was ecstatic to come into a company that I am passionate about.”
Gill is the latest addition to OptConnect as part of the company’s rapid growth that recently landed them on the Inc. 5000 for the second year in a row.
For more information about OptConnect, please visit https://optconnect.com.
About OptConnect
Established in 2009, OptConnect has rapidly emerged as a premier provider of IoT connectivity solutions, serving diverse sectors including ATMs, vending machines, smart safes, digital signage, security assets and irrigation systems. With the strategic acquisition of Premier Wireless Solutions (PWS) in 2021 and the recent add-on addition of M2MDataGlobal in 2024, OptConnect has solidified its global presence and commitment to delivering cutting-edge wireless connectivity solutions. Our mission remains focused on helping customers design, deploy, and manage their IoT initiatives.
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