bvoip, a notable player in the cloud communications space, has nominated George Bardissi as their Channel Leader for the prestigious ForzaDash Channel Leader 2023 award. George Bardissi’s extensive experience and commitment to collaboration, combined with bvoip’s innovative offerings, showcase their notable achievements and future aspirations.
Key Information:
- Channel Leader: George Bardissi
- Company: bvoip
- Company Founded: 2014
- Current Role: Founder and CEO
- Years in the Channel: 9
- Highest Ranking Channel Executive: Yes
- Reporting to: Himself
Biography: George Bardissi is the Founder & CEO of three companies, including an MSP based in Philadelphia, PA, and a channel-only firm specializing in the Cloud Communications Space. George’s journey in the IT and Managed Services business began in 2000, evolving from break/fix to project to multi-tier to a pure-play MSP. With two decades of experience, he understands the importance of metrics, business data, and early adoption trends in achieving and sustaining success. George’s second firm strategically addresses pain points for IT and MSPs in the Unified Communications (UC) category, offering profit generation, streamlined service delivery, and customer interaction automation. In response to the 2020 pandemic, he founded the MSP Initiative as a community and networking platform, fostering collaboration among IT Service Providers and MSPs during a time when formal industry events were scarce.
Top Services/Products: bvoip’s top services and products in the channel include UCaaS, Cloud PBX, PSA/ERP/CRM Integration, Cloud Contact Center, SMS/MMS Messaging, On-Call Escalation/Notification System, and User Identity Confirmation System.
Channel Accomplishments: bvoip has received recognition from Frost and Sullivan as a leading North American UCaaS provider for multiple consecutive years.
2023 Challenges: Their primary challenge in 2023 revolves around effectively communicating the breadth of their solutions beyond generating leads.
Growth Expectations: bvoip aims to expand its channel by adding approximately 150 partners or more in 2023.
MDF Investment: They maintain a certain percentage of their budget in Marketing Development Funds (MDF) annually, which aligns with the company’s growth.
Top Channel Goals for 2023: bvoip’s primary goals for 2023 include achieving net new partner growth, expanding existing partner accounts, and driving more innovation and integration, with plans to deploy 200-250 features, enhancements, or changes annually.
Collaborative Leader: George Bardissi places a strong emphasis on partnerships, not only with IT and MSP partners but also with fellow Channel Vendors. He believes in the power of collaboration and the potential it holds for achieving remarkable outcomes.
MSP Benefits: MSPs appreciate bvoip’s program for its flexibility, including no long-term agreements, the ability to opt out at any time, a channel-only approach, no direct sales team, no channel conflict, and deep integration.
MSP Advisory Board: bvoip maintains a specific MSP Advisory Board to gather insights and expertise from their partners.
MSP Focus Groups: While they have not held MSP Focus Groups recently, their commitment to the Advisory Board reflects their dedication to partner feedback.
MSP Importance: bvoip rates MSPs as extremely important (10) to their channel program, highlighting their status as a 100% MSP-focused company.
Award Aspiration: If honored as the ForzaDash Channel Leader 2023, bvoip and George Bardissi express their pride in receiving this acknowledgement, reinforcing their commitment to excellence and partnership in the channel.
