Retail Energy Supplier Names New EVP Of Sales & Business Development

Retail energy supplier Inspire, known for its subscription plans, announced the appointment of Mike Courtney as Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development.

In this newly created role, Courtney will be responsible for expanding and diversifying the company's sales and business partnership strategy to support the company's next phase of growth.

Reporting to Inspire's President, Brad Bentley, Courtney will oversee Inspire's sales and related business efforts, with a focus on cultivating deeper B2B customer and partner relationships, deploying new sales channels, and expanding the company's go-to-market strategy.

Courtney previously held various leadership positions at AT&T, charged with turning around sales channels, launching new products, and building new organizations. At AT&T, Courtney launched the Cross Channel Sales Strategy organization, responsible for go-to-market sales planning across all consumer sales channels. Most recently, as Associate Vice President, Indirect Dealer Channel at AT&T, Courtney was responsible for the company's national field sales organization, managing independent retailers, door-to-door, buying groups and wholesale distribution.

Prior to AT&T, Courtney served as the Vice President of National Dealer Sales at DIRECTV