MANCHESTER – FairPoint Communications recognized its outstanding sales leaders at the annual company-wide sales gathering recently, among them was Jim Doyle of Bedford.

Ten Granite Staters were singled out for their top performances in meeting customer needs and outstanding service, including Doyle, Taylor Scott of Hollis, Diane Wall of Manchester, Kelly Powers of Hooksett, Betsy VanDerWater-Fuller of Epping, Charles Marasco of Manchester, Tina Ferrante of Concord, John Herlihy of Thorton, Jeff Litchfield of Hopkinton and Ken Glander of Hooksett.

“These outstanding sales professionals have shown customers the value of doing business with FairPoint and the confidence that comes with knowing their business is riding our state-of-the-art VantagePoint network … and backed by thousands of employees committed to providing outstanding service,” said Kathleen McLean, executive vice president and chief revenue officer.

FairPoint’s VantagePointnetwork, a fiber core, IP-based network, provides businesses of all sizes for voice, data and video communications.