Alteva Sales Director, Guy Yasika, Joins Technology Channel Advisory (TCA) Board

PHILADELPHIA, PA--(Marketwired - Aug 8, 2013) -  Alteva, Inc. ("Alteva") (NYSE MKT: ALTV), a premier provider of hosted Unified-Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS), announces that Guy Yasika, Alteva's Sales Director, has been appointed to the Technology Channel Association (TCA) Advisory Board. TCA is the groundbreaking non-profit industry trade association focused on the indirect sales professionals working as agents and consultants who drive a significant portion of the telecommunications industry's growth. 

"I am honored to be a part of TCA and serve on the Advisory Board of this outstanding association," comments Yasika. "Alteva has a long history of successful channel utilization and growth. I look forward to bringing this experience to the Advisory Board to further the association's value to its members."

TCA's mission is to serve as a voice, best practices driver, champion and resource for the indirect sales channel and its professionals and develop strong collaborative relationships with the vendor community. The organization provides training, certification and powerful advocacy, which is all helping to define the impact of the indirect channel in a rapidly evolving industry.

"The growing importance of the agent channel makes the TCA's role ever more important," says TCA President Jeff Ponts, who is also the COO/Executive Vice President of Datatel Solutions. "We are very fortunate to be in a position to leverage the experience and leadership of Advisory Board Members like Yasika, who have deep operational, analytical and industry executive knowledge that provides a uniquely powerful resource for the indirect sales channel community."

"The formation of the TCA's new Advisory Board helps us leverage the vast experience and leadership of our membership base. We recognized the opportunity to involve our past board, vendor and agent members to shape the future initiatives of TCA. The TCA Board of Directors are excited to incorporate the wealth of insight the Advisory Board gives us, as we continue to build the voice of the indirect sales channel in telecommunications," said Dave Wallace, TCA Vice President and President of Aligned Communications.

For more information about Alteva, visit www.alteva.com. For information or to join TCA, call (609) 799-4900 or email info@tcasite.org. An online application can be found at www.tcasite.org. 

About Alteva
Alteva (NYSE MKT: ALTV) is a premier provider of hosted Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) that significantly enhances business productivity and efficiency. Alteva's UCaaS solution integrates and optimizes best-in-class cloud-based technologies and business applications to deliver a comprehensive voice, video and collaboration service for the office and mobile workforce. Alteva is committed to delivering meaningful value to our customers through a consistent, high quality and unified user experience across multiple devices, platforms and operating systems. These attributes have positioned Alteva as a leading hosted communications provider and the partner of choice for a growing number of business customers nationwide and internationally. To learn more about Alteva, please visit www.alteva.com. You can also follow Alteva on Twitter @AltevaInc or LinkedIn.

About the Technology Channel Association (TCA)
The Technology Channel Association (TCA) is the first-ever non-profit trade association serving professionals working in the indirect telecommunications sales channel. Their mission is to promote the growth and success of the indirect sales channel by addressing industry challenges, delivering value-added programs and services to meet the needs of agents and vendors alike and to identify and develop industry-wide best practices to empower individual businesses. More information about the association is available at www.tcasite.org.