LONDON & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 21, 2026--
Iceblue Global, a global provider of managed connectivity, today announced the appointment of Mary Ann Rose as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this role, Mary Ann will lead the company’s global revenue strategy, overseeing sales, customer growth, partner engagement, and go-to-market execution as the company continues to scale internationally.
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Mary Ann brings significant senior leadership experience within telecommunications, cloud connectivity, and partner-led commercial models. She is widely recognized for building high-performing revenue organizations and for her hands-on approach to working with customers to simplify how connectivity is designed, priced and ordered — improving speed, accuracy, and competitiveness in the process.
“Mary Ann is a trusted leader in the connectivity industry and someone I have had the opportunity to work alongside at multiple points in my career,” said Patrick Shutt, CEO of Iceblue Global. “She brings a rare combination of deep connectivity expertise and a genuine passion for helping customers compete more effectively. That shared focus on simplifying connectivity through automation makes her a great strategic fit for Iceblue.”
Prior to joining Iceblue Global, Mary Ann held executive roles at several connectivity and technology organizations. Most recently, she served as SVP of Global Sales & Marketing at Connectbase, where she led global sales strategy and revenue execution. Previously, she co-founded the connectivity division of Unitas Global and served as SVP of Strategic Partnerships, helping scale the business through strategic alliances. Her career also includes leadership roles at Global Capacity, Universal Access, Verizon Business, and MCI.
As CRO, Mary Ann will focus on accelerating customer growth, strengthening strategic relationships across the service provider ecosystem, and aligning Iceblue Global’s commercial strategy with the Resolute NEXUS technology model.
“I am excited to join Iceblue Global at a time when the industry is demanding more automation, transparency, and execution discipline,” said Mary Ann. “Connectivity should be a competitive advantage, and Iceblue’s approach to simplifying global connectivity creates an unmatched foundation for carriers and service providers.”
About Iceblue Global
Iceblue Global is a provider of managed internet connectivity, enabling global service provider and system integrator partners to meet growing enterprise demands through automated, end-to-end lifecycle technology. Operating in over 180 countries, Iceblue accelerates procurement with rapid access to local pricing and seamless execution, empowering customers to capture new revenue opportunities worldwide. Learn more at iceblueglobal.com.
Mary Ann Rose Joins Iceblue Global as Chief Revenue Officer
Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic “Sinners” led all films with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for the most in Oscar history.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters showered “Sinners” with more nominations than they had ever bestowed before, breaking the 14-nomination mark set by “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land.” Along with best picture, Coogler was nominated for best director and best screenplay, and double-duty star Michael B. Jordan was rewarded with his first Oscar nomination, for best actor.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s father-daughter revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another,” the favorite coming into nominations, trailed in second with 13 nominations of its own. Four of its actors — Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn — were nominated, though newcomer Chase Infiniti was left out in best actress.
In those two top nominees, the film academy put its full force behind a pair of visceral and bracingly original American epics that each connected with a fraught national moment. Coogler’s Jim Crow-era film — the rare horror movie to win the academy’s favor — conjures a mythical allegory of Black life. In “One Battle After Another,” a dormant spirit of rebellion is revived in an out-of-control police state.
Both are also Warner Bros. titles. In the midst of a contentious sale to Netflix, the 102-year-old studio had its best Oscar nominations morning ever. As the fate of Warner Bros., which Netflix is buying for $72 billion, hangs in the balance amid a challenge from Paramount Skydance, Hollywood is bracing for potentially the largest realignment in the film industry’s history.
The 10 films nominated for best picture are “Bugonia,” “F1,” “Frankenstein,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme,” “One Battle After Another,” “The Secret Agent,” “Sentimental Value,” “Sinners” and “Train Dreams.”
Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” and Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” all scored nine nominations.
The nine for “Marty Supreme” included a third best actor nod for 30-year-old Timothée Chalamet, the favorite in the category he narrowly missed winning last year for “A Complete Unknown.” With Jordan and Chalamet, the nominees are Leonardo DiCaprio for “One Battle After Another,” Ethan Hawke for “Blue Moon” and Wagner Moura for “The Secret Agent.”
Nominated for best actress was the category favorite, Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”), along with Rose Byrne (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”), Kate Hudson (“Song Sung Blue”), Renate Reinsve (“Sentimental Value”) and two-time winner Emma Stone, who landed her sixth nomination, for “Bugonia.”
The year’s most-watched movie, with more than half a billion views on Netflix, “KPop Demon Hunters,” scored nominations for both best song (“Golden”) and best animated feature. Sony Pictures developed and produced the film, but, after selling it to Netflix, watched it become a worldwide sensation.
Blockbusters otherwise had a difficult morning. Universal Pictures’ “Wicked: For Good” was shut out entirely. While “Avatar: Fire and Ash” notched nominations for costume design and visual effects, it became the first “Avatar” film not nominated for best picture. The biggest box-office hit nominated for Hollywood's top award instead was “F1,” an Apple production. The streamer partnered with Warner Bros. to distribute the racing drama.
The first category read by presenters Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman was supporting actress. The nominees are Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter LilIeaas for “Sentimental Value,” Amy Madigan for “Weapons,” Wunmi Mosaku for “Sinners” and Teyana Taylor for “One Battle After Another.”
For supporting actor, the nominees are Jacob Elordi for “Frankenstein,” Sean Penn for “One Battle After Another,” Stellan Skarsgård for “Sentimental Value,” Benicio del Toro for “One Battle After Another” and Delroy Lindo for “Sinners.”
This year, the Oscars are introducing a new category for casting. That new honor helped “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” pad their already impressive stats. Along with those two films, the nominees are “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme” and “The Secret Agent.”
The 98th Academy Awards will take place on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will be televised live on ABC and Hulu. YouTube's new deal to exclusively air won't take effect until 2029. This year, Conan O’Brien will return as host.
For more coverage of the Oscars and nominations, visit https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards.
A replica of an Academy Awards statuette is pictured prior to the 98th Oscars nominations announcement on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
FILE - An Oscar statue appears at the 91st Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon, Feb. 4, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)
