ViaWest Names Bill Cory as Regional Vice President in Oregon/Pacific Northwest Market
May 2015 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
ViaWest announces the addition of Bill Cory as the Regional Vice President of its Oregon/Pacific Northwest market. Mr. Cory will lead ViaWest’s continued market expansion in the region and focus on enhancing the local customer experience, partner strategy, and cloud and managed services expansion. His immediate focus is to oversee the launch of the Brookwood Data Center in July 2015.
The state of Oregon and the city of Hillsboro offer competitive tax incentives and tax abatement programs to encourage businesses to locate and grow in the area, including no state or city sales tax. Between the tax savings and reduced power costs in Oregon, businesses that are eligible for the full complement of savings may potentially reduce their costs by 30% or more compared to colocation options in neighboring states.
Mr. Cory has nearly 20 years of experience in the telecom industry, 15 of them in the Portland area, working most recently as Sales Director for Integra Telecom. While at Integra, he led award-winning teams which were frequently among the top producing teams nationally. Mr. Cory has significant experience consulting with businesses on improving operations through technology and telecommunications services with a specific focus in Oregon over the last nine years.