Antonio Beltran
Geschäftsführer und Director Finance Germany
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Unternehmen und Kurzbeschreibung
Avaya in 25 Wörtern
Avaya gestaltet die Zukunft der Arbeitswelt. Unser Avaya OneCloud-Ecosystem mit der Gesamtheit aller Plattformen und Lösungen ermöglicht es, Unternehmen, Kunden und Mitarbeitern gleichermaßen beste Erfahrungen zu bieten – Experiences that matter.
Avaya in 50 Wörtern
Avaya gestaltet die Zukunft der Arbeitswelt mit Innovationen und Partnerschaften, die die Erfahrungen der Kunden und Mitarbeiter neu definieren. Unsere Avaya OneCloud™ Experience as a Service-Plattform und unser Multi-Cloud-Applikations-Ecosystem ermöglichen personalisierte, intelligente und einfache Kommunikationserfahrungen, die Ihnen helfen, Ihre strategischen Ziele und gewünschten Ergebnisse zu erreichen.
Avaya in 100 Wörtern
Als grundlegende Basis für ihr Geschäft müssen Unternehmen gute Kommunikationserfahrungen bieten. Jeden Tag werden Millionen dieser Erfahrungen von Avaya bereitgestellt. Wir gestalten die Zukunft der Zusammenarbeit mit Innovationen und Partnerschaften, die entscheidende Geschäftsvorteile bieten. Unsere Avaya OneCloud™ Experience-as-a-Service-Plattform und unser Multi-Cloud-Applikations-Ecosystem ermöglichen personalisierte, intelligente und einfache Erfahrungen für Kunden und Mitarbeiter. Unsere umfassenden Kommunikations- und Collaboration-Anwendungen und APIs sind „Compsable Solutions“ und können individuell zusammengestellt werden. Sie ermöglichen z.B. die Entwicklung von KI-gestützten Gesamtlösungen für die unterschiedlichsten Situationen und Interaktionen. Wir möchten Sie dabei unterstützen, Ihre strategischen Ziele und gewünschten Ergebnisse zu erreichen, indem unsere Lösungen beste Erfahrungen – Experiences that Matter.
Über 100 Tsd.
Über 100 Tsd. Kunden weltweit vertrauen auf die zuverlässige Kommunikation von Avaya[15]
190
Avaya hat Kunden in 190 Ländern [14]
40
Regierungen in 40 Ländern vertrauen auf Avaya[25]
Nr. 1
Der Weltmarktführer Nr. 1 für Lösungen für Contact Center[1]
Top 10
Die 10 wichtigsten Geschäftsbanken in den USA verwenden Avaya-Lösungen[24]
Nr. 1
Avaya ist weltweit die Nr. 1 bei Telefonsystemen für kleine und mittelgroße Unternehmen[2]
Top 10
Die 10 wichtigsten medizinischen Einrichtungen in den USA nutzen Avaya für ihre Kommunikation[31]
Über 100 Millionen
Über 100 Mio. bereitgestellte UC-Leitungen bei Kunden weltweit[8]
4.200
Avaya arbeitet weltweit mit 4.200 Channel Partnern zusammen[17]
Geschäftsführung
President und Chief Executive Officer
Jim Chirico
Jim Chirico ist President und Chief Executive Officer. Er übernahm seine neue Rolle am 1. Oktober 2017, nachdem er Positionen als Chief Operating Officer und Global Sales Leader innehatte.
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President and Chief Executive Officer
Jim Chirico is President and Chief Executive Officer. He assumed his new role on October 1, 2017, after previously serving as Chief Operating Officer and Global Sales Leader.
Jim brings depth of experience and consistent results as a business and operational leader in the technology industry, successfully leading teams in sales, worldwide operations, manufacturing and development. Since joining Avaya in 2008, he has been instrumental in the development of the company’s industry-leading business model, including record EBITDA performance, gross margin expansion and best-in-class Net Promoter Score.
In his previous role as COO, Jim was responsible for Global Sales, Global Operations, Human Resources and Quality. Jim optimized Avaya’s global business processes, stabilized sales and has led the company’s effort for Chapter 11 Emergence. In addition, he drove cross-functional alignment of key initiatives, including integration of all acquisitions and enterprise restructuring efforts.
Jim joined Avaya in January 2008 from Seagate Technology, where he was Executive Vice President, Global Operations, Development and Manufacturing. At Seagate, he led a team of more than 50,000 employees located in 14 facilities worldwide, successfully driving step-function change in the operational effectiveness of the organization.
Jim began his career at IBM in 1980, progressing through line leadership and corporate assignment positions to become a Site General Manager and WW Manufacturing Leader. He received a B.S. in Marketing from Providence College in Rhode Island.
Antonio Beltran
Antonio Beltran ist seit März 2014 Geschäftsführer der Avaya GmbH & Co. KG und seit Dezember 2015 auch der Avaya Deutschland GmbH. Zudem ist er Director Finance Germany, zuständig für beide Gesellschaften.
In dieser Funktion ist er für die Sicherstellung der finanziellen Zielerreichung, die strategische Finanzplanung, das Forecasting, die Kostenkontrolle, das Risiko-Management und die finanzielle Integrität im Reporting verantwortlich.
Antonio Beltran blickt auf mehr als 30 Jahren Berufserfahrung in leitender Funktion im Bereich Finanzen in verschiedenen IT- und Telekommunikationsunternehmen.
Bevor er im Januar 2012 zu Avaya kam, war er bei der euromicron systems GmbH in Essen als kaufmännischer Leiter für alle finanziellen und kaufmännischen Belange verantwortlich. Vorher hat er bei Nortel als Director Finance, Central Region für die Länder Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Tschechien, Slowakei und Ungarn verantwortlich gezeichnet. Zusätzlich hat er als Geschäftsführer für Nortel in Ungarn die Gesamtverantwortung getragen.
Roberto Schmidl
Roberto Schmidl ist Vice President Services Sales International und seit April 2019 Geschäftsführer der Avaya GmbH & Co. KG.
Seit Mai 2018 verantwortet er außerdem in Personalunion die Vertriebs- und Serviceteams für das Marktsegment der kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen in Deutschland.
Roberto Schmidl verfügt über mehr als 25 Jahre Erfahrung in der Technologiebranche. Bei Avaya leitete er zuvor das Private Cloud Sales-Team und die Kundenservices in EMEA, wo er verschiedene Bereiche im Services einschließlich Montage und Implementierung verantwortete.
Als Director Channel Services EMEA führte Roberto Schmidl zudem taktische und strategische Wachstumsinitiativen durch und war für die Erhöhung des Umsatzes mit Channel Services und die Verbesserung der Partner- und Kundenerfahrung verantwortlich.
Vor seiner Tätigkeit für Avaya hatte Roberto Schmidl verschiedene Führungspositionen bei Lucent Technologies und CompuServe Central Europe inne.
Wolfgang Zorn
Wolfgang Zorn ist Geschäftsführer der Avaya Deutschland GmbH und der Avaya GmbH & Co.KG und ist als Area Controller für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz verantwortlich.
Wolfgang Zorn ist Mitte 2007 als Senior Manager EMEA Collection bei Avaya eingestiegen. 2008 wechselte er auf die Position des Sub-Regional Controllers High Growth Market für Osteuropa, MENA, Russia/CIS und ist seit Juli 2010 als Sub-Region Controller verantwortlich für die DACH-Region. Seit September 2011 ist Wolfgang Zorn Mitglied der Geschäftsführung von der Avaya Deutschland GmbH und der Avaya GmbH & Co.KG.
Zuvor war er in leitenden Funktionen u.a. bei StorageTek und Sun Microsystems tätig.
Sein BWL-Studium absolvierte Wolfgang Zorn an der Universität Frankfurt am Main.
Nidal Abou-Ltaif
Nidal Abou-Ltaif is President for Avaya International, where he is responsible for a combined operational region that covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific.
Nidal joined Avaya in 2003 as the sales leader for the Middle East, expanding his role into a variety of leadership positions. Prior to joining Avaya, he held leadership roles with NCR and ATT.
Nidal holds a Master of Business Administration from Washington International University.
Tony Alfano
Tony Alfano is Senior Vice President, Global Services. He is responsible for selling and delivering services to accelerate customer success, provide a seamless experience for Avaya’s global customer base to consume new and innovative service offerings, and enhance the company’s service capabilities to address the increased customer demand for digital transformation initiatives.
His extensive experience includes over thirty years of service delivery and management experience for leading technology companies. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at NTT, helping the organization transform its value-added reseller model to one based on high-value services. Tony also spent over twenty years at SAP in a number of senior-level leadership positions, most recently as Global Head of Operations and Strategy for the company’s flagship ERP Cloud solution.
Tony holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut.
Frank Ciccone
Frank Ciccone is Senior Vice President, North America Sales, and is responsible for sales and delivery of product and professional services across all customer segments, both direct and partner-led.
Frank joined Avaya in 2019 with more than 25 years of sales and engineering experience. Prior to joining Avaya Frank led the Advanced Solutions unit at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, a group inclusive of Verizon's global Collaboration, Customer Experience and Security practices. In his 16 years at Verizon and several years at ATT, Frank held various VP roles in strategy, business development and operations in the Enterprise space.
Frank holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College and a Masters of Business Administration from Hofstra University.
Simon Harrison
Simon Harrison is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, leading the global marketing function to engage new and existing customers and partners, drive adoption of the company’s software solutions and support Avaya as the leading player in a dynamic digital communications market.
Simon joined Avaya in 2020 from leading research and advisory firm, Gartner, where he was research director and lead analyst for the Unified Communications and Contact Center market. In a career spanning over 25 years he has been a thought leader, product strategist, marketer and consultant in the communications solutions industry. Prior to Gartner, he held leadership roles in Marketing, Sales, Product Marketing and Product Management for companies like Cirrus, Vocalcom, Siebel Systems and others.
Fred Hayes
Fred Hayes is Senior Vice President, Global Business Operations. He is responsible for functions including IT, Sales and Operations Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, Worldwide Procurement, Supplier Quality, Order Management, Collections, and Real Estate.
Prior to joining Avaya, Fred was Vice President, Procure to Pay at Autodesk where he led a major transformation and significant improvement in cost savings and cash flow. He also spent ten years at Dell in multiple leadership roles, including Vice President, Global Materials responsible for the supply chain strategy, global inbound logistics and overall responsibility for continuity of worldwide supply. He previously held supply chain and operations positions at several high tech companies including HP, Compaq and Sun.
Fred holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Northeastern University.
Galib Karim
Galib Karim is Vice President, Caribbean & Latin America Sales, and is responsible for a combined operational region that covers the Caribbean, Latin America, and Brazil.
Galib joined Avaya in 2010 as the managing director of Avaya Mexico after the Nortel acquisition. Since then, he’s expanded his role into a variety of leadership positions. Prior to joining Avaya, he held leadership roles at Nortel, Bay Networks and Intersys.
Galib holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences and Management from Tecnológico de Monterrey and leadership certifications from London Business School and Carleton University.
Kieran McGrath
Kieran is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. His responsibilities include financial governance and management of Avaya's financial operations, including overall responsibility for the controller organization, financial planning, treasury, tax and investor relations.
Kieran joined Avaya in 2019 and brings thirty-plus years of technology industry financial, operational and transformational experience in software as a service, cloud computing, and technology services.
He most recently served as Executive Vice President and CFO at CA Technologies, and prior to that held several executive Finance roles at IBM.
Kieran holds a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John’s University.
Shefali Shah
Shefali Shah is Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. She is responsible for Avaya’s worldwide law department and global human resources organization.
Shefali joined Avaya from Era Group, one of the largest helicopter operators in the world, where she served as SVP, general counsel, and corporate secretary. Previously, Shefali held several senior management roles with Comverse Technology, Inc. She began her legal career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar, P.C.
Shefali holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University, and a Juris Doctorate in Law from Duke University Law School.
Stephen Spears
Stephen Spears is Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, delivering new levels of client success for customers and partners by overseeing the strategy, performance, and alignment of revenue operations for Avaya. Stephen has full ownership of the company’s revenue generating organizations, and customer lifecycle and go-to-client functions, including global sales and marketing, partner management and all channel related activities to help to accelerate execution on the company’s overall growth strategy, directly benefitting Avaya’s customers.
Stephen’s management career spans nearly three decades and includes extensive go-to-market experience as well as deep expertise in the SaaS and Cloud arena. He joined Avaya in 2020, and spent the previous 17 years in a variety of key senior leadership roles at SAP, most recently serving as Chief Revenue Officer of SAP SuccessFactors.
Stephen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University.
Anna-Marie Crowley
Anna-Marie Crowley is the Chief Human Resources Officer. Anna is responsible for leading Avaya’s HR team, which includes strategic HR planning; mergers and acquisitions; international resource planning; new business; talent recruitment, engagement, development & DEIB. In her previous role at Avaya she served as Head of Talent Development, Recruitment and DEIB.
Anna joined Avaya from Sacramento Municipal Utility District, where she was HRBP to the CEO and the HR team responsible for HR strategy, Learning and Development, Process Excellence, and employee engagement. Prior to this Anna had transitioned to the US from Ireland when working as Global Vice President of Organization Capability and Effectiveness with Wyndham Exchange and Rentals for 10 years. Previous experience included working in a European start-up airline with BA and running an English Business school in Italy.
Anna grew up in the UK but has lived and worked in several countries including Italy, Germany, Ireland, and Canada after completing her postgraduate studies at Warwick University, UK.
Todd Zerbe
Todd Zerbe is Senior Vice President, Engineering. Todd leads the company’s engineering functions, teams and programs globally, helping Avaya to innovate the best platform and applications meeting the needs of customers across multiple vertical markets and geographies. He brings more than twenty-five years of software development experience to Avaya. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President of Product Development at Blackboard, Inc., an educational technology company. Prior to that, he held senior-level positions with contact center solution providers including Genesys and Interactive Intelligence Group. At Genesys, Zerbe was Senior Vice President of Product Development for their CCaaS product. Throughout his career, he has successfully managed large teams and deployments of multiple product lines with a strong focus on contact center technologies.
Todd holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering from Purdue University.
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