SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE:AVYA) today announced strategic moves that
highlight its continued focus on innovation and accelerate its momentum
in driving customer success. Avaya has formed a new Innovation Incubator
led by Laurent Philonenko, SVP, Innovation. Chris McGugan, who recently
re-joined Avaya, will assume Philonenko’s former role as SVP, Solutions
and Technology. McGugan’s deep domain knowledge of communication
technologies coupled with his passion about delivering solutions that
enhance business outcomes will benefit Avaya’s portfolio and go to
market capabilities.
“Avaya’s transformation is rapidly progressing, solidifying the
foundation for growth,” said Jim Chirico, Avaya’s president and CEO.
“Our results consistently demonstrate that we maintain a best-in-class
operating model, we continue to execute with speed, precision and
accountability, and we seek to deliver industry leading capabilities
that will dramatically improve the customer journey. The Avaya
Innovation Incubator enhances our position as a technology leader and
ensures continued relevance of the solutions and offerings in our
roadmap and skills to drive success for Avaya, our customers, partners
and shareholders.”
The Avaya Innovation Incubator is chartered with creating new,
disruptive solutions in the market, such as the recently announced Avaya
Mobile Experience. The Incubator will focus on mobility, security
and artificial intelligence in particular, drawing on input from
customers, partners, internal development and a future planned ecosystem
to foster promising start-ups and entrepreneurs.
About Avaya
Avaya is a global leader in digital communications software, services
and devices for businesses of all sizes. Our open, intelligent and
customizable solutions for contact centers and unified communications
offer the flexibility of Cloud, on-premises and hybrid deployments.
Avaya shapes intelligent connections and creates seamless communication
experiences for our customers, and their customers. Our professional
planning, support and management services teams help optimize solutions,
for highly reliable and efficient deployments. Avaya Holdings Corp. is
traded on the NYSE under the ticker AVYA. For more information, please
visit www.avaya.com
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Avaya Holdings Corp.
Deborah Lewandowski, 630-245-2720
Deblewan@avaya.com
Source: Avaya Holdings Corp.