SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE:AVYA) today announced Chris McGugan has
re-joined Avaya in a new role as Chief Technology Strategist. McGugan
will lead Avaya’s technology strategy development to guide future
investments. He will focus on assessing customer needs, market trends
and how new and emerging technologies can drive value and improved
customer experience as part of the digital transformation in
communications that Avaya is leading.
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In an industry undergoing a massive transformation, McGugan will help to
ensure Avaya moves swiftly to deliver game-changing innovation to
customers, and provide a path that enables customers to readily adopt
new digital communications technologies and capabilities that optimize
business performance.
“With his passion, energy, and market insights, Chris’s return to the
company is a great win for Avaya, and for our customers,” said Jim
Chirico, President and CEO, Avaya. “He brings deep experience in
integrating new technologies to meet specific business objectives, which
will help define our next steps as we continue to invest and lead the
industry with transformative new technologies that bring real-world
business benefits.”
With more than 25 years of experience in communications technology,
McGugan is a proven leader who brings a wealth of contact center, cloud
and IoT expertise in his return to Avaya. Most recently, he served as an
operating executive with a major retailer, where he built out cloud and
IoT operations to support strategic initiatives. In his previous tenure
with Avaya, McGugan was Vice President of Emerging Products and
Technology, and of Contact Center Solutions and Marketing. He has also
held executive and management positions at Belkin, Cisco and
Motorola/Symbol Technologies, in addition to several board advisory
positions at technology companies around the globe.
“Companies are just now beginning to understand how strategic
communications technologies can benefit their business,” said Chris
McGugan, Chief Technology Strategist, Avaya. “As we build our
next-generation portfolio, it will be grounded in customer business
cases, and combined with our deep communications expertise along with a
path to modernization that leverages cloud and IoT, to take businesses
to the next level of innovation.”
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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