Management
Bruce Garrison
Vice President and Head of International Services, GTS Central Europe
Bruce Garrison was appointed Vice President & Head of International Services for GTS Central Europe in November 2011. Bruce brings over 10 years of experience in the telecommunications industry to GTS. Prior to joining GTS, he was Director of Sales at EarthLink Business responsible for the Gulf Coast region of the US. Before EarthLink Business, Bruce was VP of Commercial Sales Midwest at Cavalier Telephone Corporation. Bruce spent over 8 years at Cavalier Telephone in various leadership roles including Area Sales Manager, Director of Sales, then Vice President of Commercial Sales Midwest until its acquisition by PAETEC in 2010. Bruce holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Marketing from McNeese State University in the US.
Grzegorz Mieszczak
Sales Director, International Services
Grzegorz Mieszczak was appointed Sales Director of International Services in January 2011. Grzegorz gathered his business experience on Sales positions in Netia, Formus Polska as well as Sales and Product Management positions in TeliaSonera International Carrier. Prior to joining GTS, he was Sales Director in the region of CEE and Managing Director of Poland. He obtained a postgraduate diploma in Financial Management and Marketing from University of Nicolas Copernicus in Torun and MBA degree from Quebec University at Montreal.
Vít Koucký
Wholesale Director in Czech Republic and Slovakia, International Services
Vít Koucký was born and graduated from University of Economics in Prague. In GTS CE, he is responsible for International Wholesale Data Service Management. Vít has been working in telecommunications business since 2001. He joined the Group in November 2009 when promoted from GTS Novera, the Group’s subsidiary in the Czech Republic. Earlier, he had worked for Nextra Czech Republic and Czech Telecom (Telefónica O2 now).
Viktória Kalocsai
Wholesale Director in Hungary, International Services
Viktória was appointed Hungarian Head of International Wholesale Business Unit in December 2007. She started her career with the firm as a marketing assistant in 1996, then 2 years later was transferred to sales. In 2000, when the International Sales Department was formed within GTS Datanet, she was promoted to Sales Manager serving international clients. Five years later, she was put in charge of expansion strategy in the SEE region. Viktoria has acquired significant experience in doing business in the Balkan countries and handling international wholesale carriers as a single point of contact. She studied economics at Budapest Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Catering and Tourism.
Dagmara Prochenka - Marek
Wholesale Manager in Poland, International Services
Dagmara started her job in GTS in November 2010 and took position of Senior Carrier Relations Manager responsible for some of major IS Customers. In the same time she took over the acting role position of Sales Manager of Polish IS Sales Team. She has over ten years of experience in management of sales development in the telecommunications services sector first to business and subsequently to wholesale customers. Before she joined GTS she was Senior Account Manager in Netia where she was responsible for wholesale data business. She studied economics at Warsaw School of Economics, major International Economic Relations.
Vlad Aldea
Wholesale Director in Romania, International Services
Vlad Aldea was appointed Wholesales Director of International Services for Romania in October 2010. He has an extensive experience with telecommunication services, having previously worked with Datek Telecom since 2002. At Datek, he held management positions in national and international sales; he had an active role in setting up strategic partnerships with international operators and outsourcing assignments for specific corporate telecom services. Prior to Datek, Vlad had worked with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Born in Bucharest, he graduated the Faculty of Management within the Bucharest University of Economics.
