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Avaya Appoints New Senior Executive to Lead Global Sales
| Source: Avaya Inc.
BASKING RIDGE, NJ--(Marketwire - May 19, 2008) - Avaya Inc. today announced the
appointment of Todd Abbott to lead its global sales and field marketing
organizations. Abbott was named senior vice president and president, Field
Operations.
Abbott joins Avaya from Seagate Technology, where he was executive vice
president, Sales, Marketing and Customer Service.
Prior to joining Seagate, he was senior vice president, World Wide Sales
and Marketing for Symbol Technologies. Abbot also held positions of
increasing responsibility at Cisco Systems, Inc., including group vice
president, Service Providers in Europe, vice president of South Asia, and
sales leadership roles in the U.S. financial services sector.
"Todd Abbott brings to Avaya a proven reputation for leading highly
successful sales organizations," said Lou D'Ambrosio, president and CEO,
Avaya. "His passion for customers and knowledge of our Industry and
Partners will be strong assets in accelerating our leadership in delivering
world class communication solutions for customer value."
About Avaya
Avaya delivers Intelligent Communications solutions that help companies
transform their businesses to achieve marketplace advantage. More than one
million businesses worldwide, including more than 90 percent of the FORTUNE
500®, use Avaya solutions for IP telephony, unified communications,
contact centers and communications-enabled business processes. Avaya Global
Services provides comprehensive service and support for companies, small to
large. For more information, visit the Avaya Web site at
http://www.avaya.com.