By Telecom Lead Team:
Avaya, a global provider of business communications and collaboration systems
and services, has announced new appointments and changes to the company’s
senior executive committee.
Marc Randall joins Avaya as senior vice president and
general manager for Avaya Networking. Randall most recently served as vice
president and general manager of Cisco Systems’ Scalable Network Business Unit.
He has also held positions as president and CEO for Force10 Networks and senior
vice president of Brocade Communications.
Gary Barnett moves to the executive staff to lead Avaya
Collaboration Infrastructure as senior vice president and general manager.
Prior to Avaya, Barnett held positions as CEO for Prospect Software and
president and CEO for Aspect Communications.
Brett Shockley will take on responsibility for Avaya
Applications including the Contact Center and Unified Communications
portfolios, as well as maintain oversight of Emerging Technology as senior vice
president and general manager. Shockley recently led the company’s Corporate
Development, Strategy and Innovation team, where he played a key role in
defining and articulating Avaya’s strategic direction and product innovation.
Alan Baratz becomes senior vice president for Corporate
Development and Strategy, with related responsibilities for mergers,
acquisitions and alliances, company pricing models, market intelligence and
analyst relations. Baratz most recently served as senior vice president and
president of Avaya’s Global Communications Solutions (GCS) unit.
All of these senior executives will report to Avaya
president and CEO, Kevin J. Kennedy.
