SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA) has announced the appointment of Tara
Dunning as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In the newly created role,
Dunning will have broad cross-functional responsibility including all
revenue-generation processes from offer development, to pricing,
enablement, sales and channel operations, and tools and automation.
Dunning’s focus will be concentrated on ensuring the speed of commerce
and customer success while driving a rapid transformation and
simplification of Avaya’s go-to-market practices to enable faster
adoption of emerging technologies and strategic priorities. Dunning will
also drive revenue accountability and predictability across all
revenue-generating teams.
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Tara Dunning returns to Avaya, where she had been a key contributor as the company built an industry-leading business model (Photo: Business Wire)
A recognized industry leader who has made a career of building and
transforming teams and processes to enable new growth and market entry,
Dunning brings an execution-focused approach to the new position, along
with deep expertise in sales transformation and new product
introduction. She has held a broad variety of senior and executive
leadership positions for established cloud, software and managed
services companies, including top public startups and other leading and
best-in-class enterprise firms. Dunning returns to Avaya, where she had
been a key contributor as the company built an industry-leading business
model, as she led teams including Global Sales Operations and Business
Transformation.
“Bringing a proven leader like Tara Dunning back to Avaya is another big
win for the company and for our customers,” said Patrick O’Malley,
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Avaya. “As we go on
offense to fuel new growth, Tara’s outside-in, customer-led focus in
leading strategic transformation initiatives will help us re-tool our
go-to-market approach, focusing on efficiencies that help us deliver
solutions the market needs, faster and more effectively. We believe she
will have an impact that helps accelerate growth for our customers, our
partners, and Avaya.”
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
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