Dr. Alan Baratz is the senior vice president and president of Avaya's Global Communications Solutions. Baratz was most recently the senior vice president for Cisco's Network Software and Systems Technology Group. In this role, he was responsible for the Cisco IOS, its core operating system, comprising over 2,400 software developers and supporting more than $20B of network product sales. Previously, he served as the president of Sun Microsystems' SunSoft division, responsible for all of Sun's software products including Solaris and JavaSoft. He has also held leadership positions at IBM and served as CEO of several information technology startups as well as partner and advisor to several venture capital and private equity firms. | 
