Your vast knowledge and experience in the telecom industry saved AVX Corporation a considerable sum of money, both with the Release and Settlement Agreement and the new contract. Your attention to detail was outstanding.
Larry W. Edwards
Divisional VP Corporate Strategic Planning & Services
Advocate's assessment of our services proved to be extremely accurate with regards to the potential for savings and optimization. The recommendation to take both wireline and wireless services to market via two competitive RFP's was well received, and proved highly beneficial to Brambles. When faced with a challenging, dynamic business environment Advocate Networks was able to adapt and bring both projects to closure with superior results. I would be glad to recommend the Advocate team to anyone!
Julie Brignac
Group Vice President - Procurement, LeanSigma and Quality, Brambles Limited
Our recent strategic sourcing project, yielded outstanding results. A new three-year contract with our leading vendor will greatly reduce our costs over the term of the agreement.
Chris Flores
Vice President – Network Planning
Advocate was able to quickly and efficiently assess our carrier service contracts and pricing, benchmark these to best-in-class and recommend an actionable roadmap to secure leading edge agreements. Advocate then executed on the recommended roadmap, and prosecuted both wireline and wireless RFP projects. This resulted in state-of-the-art flexibility and protections, and delivered 44% savings over our starting spend. Advocate's methodology and process is excellent; they are true professionals and approach their mission with integrity and candor.
Brian Lillie
Chief Information Officer
A savings of over $292,000 already, and another $440,000 in projected savings, the local services telecommunications project has been a great success. Your team was able to inventory all 172 locations as well as perform a detailed analysis in preparation for a results oriented implementation plan. Hagemeyer plans to reduce its cost for local telecommunications services in excess of $2,000,000 over the next 3 years. I am happy to recommend you and your team to anyone!
Derrick Clayton
Manager, Network Services
Through your efforts, we have reduced our annual telecommunications costs by more than 40% with no reduction in the quality of service provided.
Stephen M. Beckman
Chief Information Officer Motley Rice, LLC
Advocate Networks magnificent performance in assisting our telecommunication cost reduction initiative. Your firm's collective market and technical knowledge met our expectations in every way. This reduction provided OSF Healthcare System a two month return on investment on the Advocate Network fees.
Dan Noeth
Asst. Corporate Director of Materials Management
Advocate Networks has the process, team and track record to help companies succeed in local and global telecommunications procurement. Advocate Networks is a trusted advisor to PGi Worldwide and has helped us drive and accelerate procurement results. Advocate Networks focuses not only on the analysis, but also on achieving outcomes through a savings roadmap, strategic procurement and a network optimization methodology.
Mike Vonderscher
Vice President of Procurement, PGi Worldwide
Our new Disaster Recovery Data Center based on the planning and implementation process that Advocate Networks initiated .. lead to a successful conclusion. We would not have been successful without the valuable knowledge, experience and collaboration of your team.
Nick Grecco
General Manager Vice President, Technology Services
We did not have a good grasp on total telecommunication spend due to multiple recent acquisitions. IT management was given the task of cutting cost and delivering efficiencies by finding synergies throughout our new companies and utilizing economies of scale. Advocate Networks' efforts lead to an average of over 25% savings across all of our wireless and wireline telecom services.
Blaine Williams
Infrastructure & Architecture Manager, North America
Through optimization opportunities and new contract rates, the project saved Univision an estimated 28 percent on its wireless communications costs. Thanks for your tenacious work, expertise and guidance throughout the process.
Lindsey Johnson
Director of Technology Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
We have worked with Advocate Networks to analyze, assess, and procure a range of telecommunications services and develop telecommunications management plans for our members. In total, your work has resulted in over $2 million in hard dollar cost reduction in the first year and over $4 million in the next 2 years.
Terry Johnson
Vice President, Finance & Administrative Services
Your firm was instrumental in helping Maritz save in excess of $4 million dollars over the next three years. ..we were able to utilize these savings to fund several other key technology projects. In all, we have had one heck of a year!
Mark. A. Bryzeal
Vice President, Director MGTS - Network Operations