Aspiring For Growth

The services network recently hired Jo Miller, a former telecom services executive, as director of partner relations. That means she'll be responsible for building more ''value'' into 1NService membership by coordinating quarterly and monthly meetings as well as nuturing ties with vendors. In the latter capacity, Miller will work with manufacturers interested in creating programs that touch the entire services group not just individual members.

1NService has put in place an aggressive growth strategy. ''We will continue to work toward ensuring and enhancing the benefit our members receive. It's a bit of a remodeling project, revising and reviving the focus,'' Miller says.

The 1NService network currently comprises close to 20 members who represent more than $220 million in revenue and more than 8,000 customers across North America. The group's next meeting starts Nov. 10 in Minneapolis.

Miller previously was director of strategic relations at KGP Telecommunications, which is a national woman-owned distributor and manufacturer of tele/data communications equipment.