Thrive Names Technology Sales Veteran as CRO

Thrive, a provider of next-generation managed services, announced that John Panzica has joined the company as its new head of sales. Panzica will be based in New York City, working with Chief Strategy Officer Marc Pantoni, after the company’s acquisition of Precision IT.

Prior to joining Thrive, Panzica most recently served as a senior vice president at vXchnge. Prior to vXchnge, he was the senior vice president of sales and marketing at FiberMedia (acquired by vXchnge), the founder and vice president of the financial services practice at Switch and Data, and a senior sales manager at InterNAP, MCI, and AmeriPak.

“John is a proven executive with a strong track record of delivering consultative solutions that provide our customers with direct, measurable benefits. John will be a tremendous asset to Thrive in both his sales leadership and overall executive leadership roles,” said Rob Stephenson, Thrive’s CEO.