Modernize Communication Systems: X10 Technologies and SIPPIO Relationship for Cost Savings in Alberta's Public Sector

X10 Technologies and SIPPIO


In today’s public sector, with increasingly tight budgets and high expectations, the need to find inventive ways to cut costs without sacrificing exceptional service has never been more paramount. Organizations involved in education, government, and community services throughout Alberta are finding new avenues to make communication systems leaner through a partnership between X10 Technologies and SIPPIO. That’s just the beginning from this dynamic duo, offering up game-shifting insights—including how to integrate voice services directly into Microsoft Teams. Public sector organizations can rethink the way they communicate—both internally and externally—while saving thousands by leveraging existing Microsoft licenses.

 

Why This Matters for Alberta’s Public Sector:

Reduce Costs While Enhancing Service Delivery: By making the most of your Microsoft licenses, you can eliminate expensive legacy phone systems and cut telecom costs by up to 30%. This means more funds to reinvest in what really matters: supporting Alberta’s communities’

Streamlined Communication:

SIPPIO allows your staff, students, or citizens to make and receive calls directly in Teams, improving communication and collaboration without the need for extra hardware or complex systems.

Secure and Compliant: 

In Alberta, security and compliance are key. SIPPIO ensures your communication is secure and compliant with local regulations, giving you peace of mind while protecting sensitive information.

Support for Local Communities: 

We understand that the work you do directly impacts the lives of people across Alberta. Whether you’re in a classroom, a city hall, or a community center, SIPPIO helps you communicate more effectively, so you can focus on what matters most—serving your community.

We recently worked with the City of Kimberly, who were facing rising communication costs. By integrating SIPPIO into their Microsoft Teams setup, they saved 40% on their annual telecom budget—funds they’ve reinvested into technology upgrades for students and community projects:

Alberta’s Public Sector

Exclusive Offer for Alberta’s Public Sector

At X10 Technologies, we’re offering special pricing and dedicated support to K12 schools, higher education institutions, and municipalities across Alberta. Our tailored packages are designed to ensure you can transition smoothly to SIPPIO and start realizing the benefits right away.

Would you be open to a quick conversation to explore how SIPPIO can support your organization’s communication needs? We’re happy to set up a 15-minute consultation to discuss your specific challenges and how we can help.

We look forward to connecting and helping you make the most of your Microsoft Teams investment!

For those looking to unlock maximum value from their Microsoft investments, feel free to reach out to our Senior Advisor – Technology Strategies, Mr. Hussein Kurji. 

Position: ACCOUNT MANAGER (Cybersecurity, Networking, Cloud and Data Center Solutions)

Location: Manila, Philippines
Employment Type: Full-Time
 
About X10 Networks
X10 Networks is a leading IT consulting and solutions provider, trusted by partners andcustomers across the Philippines. We deliver cutting-edge cybersecurity, networking, cloud, anddata center solutions that help organizations secure, optimize, and modernize their ITinfrastructure.
As demand grows nationwide, we are expanding our sales team to bring on amotivated Account Manager who can drive growth, build strong client relationships, and helpcustomers solve real business challenges with technology.
 
1. ROLE PURPOSE
The Account Manager is accountable for:
  • Assigned revenue, gross profit, and quota attainment
  • Pipeline creation and structural health within assigned accounts and territory
  • Customer account ownership discipline and documented account strategy execution
  • Accurate CRM administration, forecast submissions, and activity traceability
  • Timely deal registration, pricing discipline, and commercial readiness
  • Renewal protection, upsell expansion, and multi-year contract development
  • Cross-functional coordination required to convert opportunities into booked, collectible business
  • Compliance with sales governance, ethics, training, and professional conduct requirements
  • This is a revenue-generating execution role with direct accountability for commercial discipline.
  • The Account Manager owns both customer progression and the quality of the underlying sales record.
 
2. CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES
 
2.1 Revenue, Quota and Gross Profit Ownership
The Account Manager is fully accountable for:
  • Quarterly and annual revenue target attainment
  • Gross profit generation within approved margin guardrails
  • Renewal retention and expansion of existing customer spend
  • New opportunity creation within assigned accounts and whitespace
  • Quota progress visibility and risk-weighted forecast contribution
  • Accountability includes:
  1.  Pursuing revenue that is commercially sound and collectible
  2. Protecting margin through disciplined pricing and discount management
  3. Escalating target risk early with documented recovery actions
  4. Maintaining execution focus on both net-new and renewal outcomes
 
2.2 Account Ownership, Strategy and Expansion
The Account Manager is responsible for:
  • Operating only within assigned accounts, territories, and approved ownership rules
  • Maintaining current account strategies for designated focus accounts
  • Building multi-layer stakeholder coverage across executive, management, technical, and operational contacts
  • Driving whitespace capture, product expansion, and contract growth opportunities
  • Supporting shared-account arrangements only when approved and documented in CRM
  • Must maintain:
  1. Clear ownership records and split-credit documentation before invoicing
  2. Active engagement plans and next-step discipline for strategic accounts
  3. Escalation of account conflicts or ownership ambiguity to Sales Leadership
 
2.3 Deal Registration, Pricing and Commercial Governance
The Account Manager must:
  • Submit vendor deal registrations within required timelines after events and customer meetings
  • Maintain complete deal-registration content, including value proposition, competition,deal value, and timing
  • Pursue special pricing and margin optimization on material opportunities
  • Review renewals for upsell, feature expansion, and multi-year contract potential
  • Escalate pricing, channel conflict, and exception scenarios before customer commitment
  • Commercial discipline requires:
  1. No unsupported default markups or unapproved discounting
  2. Written documentation of rejected registrations, pricing constraints, and approval requests
  3. Alignment with vendor, distributor, procurement, and contractual requirements
 
2.4 CRM, Pipeline and Forecast Discipline
Responsible for:
  • Maintaining CRM as the sole system of record for accounts, opportunities, activities, and forecasts
  • Completing mandatory fields accurately and on time for every active opportunity
  • Progressing stages based on verifiable customer evidence and realistic close dates
  • Removing stalled, inactive, duplicate, or invalid opportunities from the working pipeline
  • Submitting weekly forecasts derived exclusively from CRM data
  • The standard includes:
  1. Credible pipeline hygiene and documented next steps
  2. Forecast classifications that reflect evidence-based commit and upside views
  3. Timely meeting notes, KPI updates, and activity timestamps in CRM
 
2.5 Order Booking, Compensation and Change Management
The Account Manager is accountable for:
  • Advancing opportunities to booked status only when formal order, pricing, and approval conditions are satisfied
  • Understanding when revenue, quota retirement, and commission eligibility are triggered
  • Notifying the Sales Director immediately of cancellations, deferrals, scope changes, orcollection risks
  • Ensuring commission splits, opportunity ownership, and booking records are complete prior to invoicing
  • Supporting accurate downstream order, invoice, and collectible tracking
  • This includes:
  1. No representation of quotes or verbal commitments as booked business
  2. Prompt updates to CRM and forecast records when commercial facts change
  3. Awareness that only primary sales KPIs determine commission outcomes
 
2.6 Enablement, Compliance & Professional Conduct
The Account Manager is responsible for:
  • Completing onboarding, CRM certification, vendor enablement, and required policy acknowledgements
  • Maintaining current knowledge of products, partner programs, approved messaging, and governance rules
  • Participating actively in mandatory training, reviews, and meetings
  • Representing the company professionally in-person and on camera
  • Complying with ethics, confidentiality, gifts, hospitality, and conflict-of-interest requirements
  • Expected discipline includes:
  1. Camera-ready participation in required remote sessions
  2. Prompt escalation of ethical concerns, improper requests, or conduct issues
  3. Readiness for coaching, individual KPIs, PIRs, or PIPs when performance discipline deteriorates
 
2.7 Cross-Functional Execution Alignment
The Account Manager ensures:
  • Presales resources are engaged at the right stage and only on sufficiently qualified opportunities
  • Procurement and ecommerce pathways are understood and introduced early where required
  • Finance, operations, and delivery stakeholders receive accurate commercial inputs
  • Implementation timelines, scope assumptions, and margin expectations remain realistic
  • Risk, dependency, and escalation points are visible to the Sales Director before they become customer issues
 
Qualifications and Experience
  • 3–5 years of proven experience in IT security, networking, cloud, or managed services sales.
  • Demonstrated success in territory development, new business acquisition, and accountmanagement.
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity, network infrastructure, cloud platforms, and data center technologies.
  • Experience working with public sector accounts, RFP processes, or government frameworks is an advantage.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively across internal team sand external partners.
  • High integrity, accountability, and a results-oriented mindset.
 

Unleash Your Inner Tech-Titan

Account Executive, British Columbia

About X10 Technologies

Where IT Doesn’t Just Work, It Transforms.

Let’s be real: IT challenges are getting tougher than a two-dollar steak. At X10 Technologies, we’re the national systems integrator who walks into that complexity and says, “Hold our coffee.”

We are the trusted advisors for organizations who want to operate not just securely, but ahead of the curve. Our secret sauce? A relentless focus on cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, and managed services, delivering outcome driven solutions that actually make a difference.

We don’t do short-term flings; we build long-term partnerships anchored in technical mastery. If you’re looking for a place that doesn’t just deliver solutions but actively powers transformation, welcome home.

 

Role Overview

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it (Spoiler: You Should)

Are you ready to be the growth catalyst for X10 in British Columbia? Think of yourself as the highly caffeinated, strategically brilliant engine driving our market expansion.

As our Account Executive, you won’t just be “selling stuff.” You’ll be the person opening doors that matter, forging strategic relationships that last, and bringing future forward technology solutions to life for clients who need them yesterday.

If you’re craving a seat at the table where strategy, technology, and opportunity don’t just meet, they collide in a shower of sparks, this is it.

We’re looking for someone who treats a cold call like a conversation with a future best friend.

 

Key Responsibilities

•  Develop and grow a portfolio of assigned accounts through strategic planning, prospecting, and relationship management
•  Build and maintain senior-level relationships with customer stakeholders, decision-makers, and influencers
•  Understand customer challenges and align X10’s technology offerings to deliver measurable business outcomes
•  Manage the full sales cycle from opportunity identification through to close, including contract negotiation and forecasting
•  Collaborate with internal technical teams and vendor partners to architect winning solutions
•  Represent X10 at industry events, trade shows, and partner engagements
•  Achieve and exceed annual sales targets, contributing to overall company growth
•  Maintain accurate pipeline and CRM data to support forecasting and reporting
•  Stay informed on emerging technologies and industry trends relevant to client needs

 

Qualifications

•  10+ years of progressive sales experience in the IT industry, preferably with a manufacturer, Value-Added Reseller (VAR) or systems integrator
•  Experience working with public sector clients (education, government, or healthcare) is preferred
•  Proven track record of meeting or exceeding quota in a high-performance sales environment
•  Deep understanding of enterprise technology solutions including networking, cybersecurity, cloud, and managed services
•  Strong communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
•  Self-starter with a high degree of initiative and accountability
•  Ability to build and maintain trust-based, consultative relationships with clients and internal stakeholders
• Market-leading base salary complemented by commission earnings
• Prior experience in the industry is required, with a background working for a VAR or vendor.