Avaya Canada Appoints Rejean Bourgault as Managing Director and President of Sales

Proven leader focused on further increasing Avaya’s footprint in the Canadian market

Markham, ON, February 13, 2017 – Today Avaya announced the appointment of Rejean Bourgault as Managing Director and President of Sales. In his new role, Bourgault will be responsible for driving revenue growth and increasing market share in Canada. He will report directly to Galib Karim, Vice President of Americas International. 

With 28 years of experience in the IT industry, including international assignments in Europe and Asia, Bourgault has a proven track record spanning across operations, sales and engineering roles. Previously at Avaya as a Leader in Sales and Operations for Canadian Federal Government accounts, he successfully led his team in some of the largest and most strategic IT initiatives in the country, focusing on cloud and managed services opportunities. 

An accomplished leader who has a passion for customers and the future of technology, Bourgault is a member of the World Future Society and holds an Engineering Degree from Sherbrooke University. Bourgault is also recognized for his thought leadership and delivering keynotes on technology to a wide array of audiences with unique energy and passion. Rejean will lead the Canadian Sales Team and continue to deliver best practices and execution across the entire sales organization. 

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“I’m excited about this tremendous opportunity and eager to work closely with Avaya customers, service providers, partners and consultants to deliver superior communications experiences and support them through their digital transformation. By providing integrated, secure software and services on premise, in the cloud, or as hybrid solutions, Avaya will continue to help Canadian businesses and governments improve their customer service, increase productivity, reduce time to service and boost profitability across the board.”   

-    Rejean Bourgault, Canada Managing Director and President of Sales, Avaya

About Avaya:
Avaya enables the mission critical, real-time communication applications of the world’s most important operations. As the global leader in delivering superior communications experiences, Avaya provides the most complete portfolio of software and services for contact center and unified communications with integrated, secure networking— offered on premises, in the cloud, or a hybrid. Today’s digital world requires some form of communications enablement, and no other company is better positioned to do this than Avaya. For more information, please visit www.avaya.com.

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