NetworkSolutions.com today announced that Tim Kelly will join the company as President on April 1st.

According to the press release, Mr. Kelly joins Network Solutions from Sprint/Nextel where he was the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

“I am very excited to have an executive of Tim’s caliber join our team. Tim’s marketing expertise, broad operational acumen and deep experience around the customer make him uniquely qualified to lead us into the next phase of growth,” said Roy Dunbar, CEO of Network Solutions. “Under Tim’s leadership we will serve and delight a growing number of small businesses with best in class solutions for success on the Internet. Tim’s responsibilities will include Marketing, Product, Sales, and Customer Support.”

“I am most impressed with Roy’s vision for Network Solutions, which is to be first in mind for new and existing small business owners seeking to get online as well as those looking to optimize and expand their online effectiveness,” said Tim Kelly. “Most importantly, I see great opportunity for Network Solutions to become synonymous with small business success through initiatives like the ‘Small Business Success Index’”

During a his 12 year career with Sprint Corporation and Sprint/Nextel Corporation, Mr. Kelly made a number of important contributions to the company’s success. In his most recent role as CMO, Mr. Kelly led all of the organization’s Marketing and Product initiatives. Prior to this role, he held the top post at several Sprint/Nextel Corporation and Sprint Corporation business units as President of Sprint Consumer Solutions President Sprint Business, President Sprint Mass Markets and President Customer Management. In his various executive roles at Sprint, Mr. Kelly was responsible for building the Sprint brand, defining and driving its customer acquisition and retention strategy, optimizing customer service and developing Sprint’s product roadmap among other things.

His career at Sprint was interrupted in 1999 by a stint as President of Tickets.com, where he led the organization’s domestic and international operations. Under Mr. Kelly’s leadership, the company successfully executed a number of acquisitions and deployed a new business model which drove the company from a bricks and mortar ticketing software and distribution focus to an Internet based product and distribution strategy.