LOS ANGELES, CA — (Marketwired) — 03/10/16 — GAWK Inc. (OTC PINK: GAWK) CEO Scott Kettle announced today that the Company has retained Larry Messinger as Vice President of Sales for GAWK and its wholly owned subsidiary, Connexum, LLC., which GAWK acquired January 18, 2016 (). Messinger will play a key role in driving and implementing GAWK–s organic national sales strategies. Messinger will also focus on retail marketing, and increasing the Company–s agent–s sales channel to generate demand and achieve revenue objectives across all Connexum and GAWK product lines.
Kettle said, “Larry Messinger is considered by many in the telecommunications space as one of the leading advocates of growth strategies. We at GAWK and Connexum look forward to his vision and energy positively impacting our revenue.” “GAWK–s expansion plan is quickly becoming a subject of great interest in our arena,” Messinger said, “and I–m delighted to become part of an outstanding management team.”
The acquisition of Connexum brings the Company–s annual revenue up from $2 million to just under $6 million. GAWK reported in its latest quarterly report on December 17, 2015, that year to date revenue was significantly higher, up 1089%, for the first nine months of 2015, over the same period in 2014.
Messinger, a graduate of California State University, previously was Vice President, Sales and Vendor Operations, at Unique Marketing Concepts for nearly six years, where he increased company revenue by 25%. He also was Varinet Technologies Group for 3 1/2 years, , at Trisun Communications Corporation, , Inexcom and Energy Distribution.
About GAWK, Inc.
Gawk, Inc. offers a suite of cloud communications, cloud connectivity, cloud computing, and managed cloud-based applications solutions to small, medium, and large businesses; and offers domestic and international voice services to communications carriers worldwide. It offers a suite of advanced data center and cloud-based services, including fault tolerant, high availability cloud servers, which comprise platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, and a content delivery network; managed network services that converge voice and data applications, structured cabling, wireless, and security services, as well as include Internet access via Ethernet or fiber at speeds ranging from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps; and data center solutions, including cloud services, colocation services, and business continuity services, such as storage and security.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this release that are not strictly historical facts are “forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking statements are based on GAWK–s current assumptions, beliefs and expectations, and involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause GAWK–s actual results to be materially different from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some can be identified by the use of words such as “expect,” “plan,” “possibility,” “offer,” “if,” “negotiate,” “when,” “believe,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” and similar expressions. Risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: ongoing and future intellectual property enforcement actions; the ability to successfully litigate or settle claims of patent infringement; GAWK–s ability to obtain necessary financing, generate sufficient cash flow, and maintain appropriate indebtedness; and the increasing development of market competition in the area of telecommunications. These factors and others are described in more detail in GAWK–s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risks discussed in the “Risk Factors” section in GAWK–s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of these reports can be found on GAWK–s website () under the heading “Investor Relations.” GAWK is providing this information as of the date of this release and, except as required by law, does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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