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Avaya Appoints Thomas Manley as Chief Financial Officer
| Source: Avaya Inc.
BASKING RIDGE, NJ--(Marketwire - July 7, 2008) - Avaya Inc. today announced that Thomas
Manley has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.
Manley comes to Avaya from Cognos, an IBM company, where he was Chief
Financial Officer and senior vice president, Administration. In this role,
he was responsible for the company's finance, information technology, and
human resources organizations.
Before joining Cognos, Manley held increasingly responsible general
management and finance positions with Nortel Networks, including chief
financial officer, High Performance Optical Component Solutions; senior
vice president, finance, Service Provider and e-Business; and vice
president, finance, Enterprise Systems.
"Tom Manley's deep financial and operational expertise, as well as his
knowledge of the communications and software industries, makes him an
excellent addition to Avaya's executive team," said Charles Giancarlo, CEO,
Avaya. "He has a record of success in growing businesses and leading
operationally excellent global teams. These will be invaluable assets as
we continue to grow and diversify Avaya's business."
Manley graduated with distinction from Carleton University in Ottawa, with
a bachelor's degree in engineering, and holds an M.B.A. from Queen's
University in Ontario.
About Avaya
Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for more
than one million businesses worldwide, including over 90 percent of the
FORTUNE 500®. Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world
leader in secure and reliable Internet protocol (IP) telephony systems and
communications software applications and services.
Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with business
applications -- and distinguished by comprehensive worldwide services --
Avaya helps customers leverage existing and new networks to achieve
superior business results. For more information visit the Avaya website:
www.avaya.com.