Mark Dressler, Calix EVP of Global Sales, Named CRO of the Year for Transforming Sales Into a Powerful Cloud and Software Engine While Growing Annual Revenue More Than 20 Percent Three Years in a Row

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Dec 13, 2022

Calix%2C+Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced today that Mark Dressler, executive vice president of global sales, was named CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) of the Year by Selling Power and CRO Collective. Dressler was recognized with Selling Power’s highest honor at the Sales 3.0 Conference in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on December 8, 2022. Dressler joined Calix in 2005 and has been the leader of global sales since 2018. Over the past four years, he has grown the Calix sales team by 400 percent while maintaining a cohesive, customer-first culture. At the same time, Dressler has built teams with entirely new competencies to sell software, cloud solutions, and customer success services. A critical part of Dressler’s role is to help align the Calix team to ensure that everyone puts the success of customers first. Under his leadership, Calix has experienced robust revenue growth for three years in a row. For 2022, revenue is projected to grow another 27 percent year-over-year. More importantly, the award recognizes Dressler and the Calix teams’ commitment to helping customers close the digital divide and fundamentally transform their communities.