Avaya Appoints New Executive Leadership in Corporate Strategy and Government Solutions

Santa Clara, Calif. – Sept. 1, 2016 - Avaya today announced two new executives have been appointed to lead corporate strategy and government solutions.

Mark Castleman joins as vice president, Corporate Strategy, to evolve the company’s strategic vision as well as evaluate and develop partnerships and new business ventures. Mark’s lengthy resume in the software and communications industry includes tenures as a CEO, startup founder, product leader, designer, board member, startup mentor and investor. Currently a limited partner with Capital Factory and serving on the boards of Cerebri AI and Preschool2Me, Castleman was previously Bell Labs’ first Entrepreneur in Residence where he built and led FutureX Labs, a program designed reinvigorate the lab’s research by infusing entrepreneurial, market-driven perspectives. Prior to Bell Labs, he served as CEO of Vobi, a pioneer in contextual communications, and he spent more than a decade as President of PBX Central. Castleman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and studied Linguistics at Georgetown University.

Read Castleman’s blog: What is Happening in the Business Communications Space?...I Joined Avaya to Participate in the Answer

Jerry Dotson has been elevated to lead Avaya Government Solutions as vice president, Civilian and Advanced Programs. An experienced executive who combines technical expertise and commitment to customer satisfaction, Jerry’s primary focus is on designing and implementing effective and trusted communications networks to enable the diverse agency missions supported by Avaya Government Solutions. Prior to his tenure at Avaya, Jerry was with CSC where he was responsible for a number of enterprise IT programs at the Departments of State, Treasury and several other Federal government organizations.  Jerry holds Bachelor’s and Master of Divinity degrees from CornerStone Christian University and a Doctorate of Ministerial Studies from Kingsbury University.  He also completed an Executive Master of Business Administration program at Duke University. 

“With more than 5,500 patents, Avaya has a great opportunity to guide our customers into the digital age through our leadership in communications technologies. Mark and Jerry bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and enthusiasm that will help Avaya continue to drive innovation and execution as we create the best communications experiences for our customers. We welcome them in their new positions.”

Laurent Philonenko, SVP, Corporate Strategy, Development and CTO

About Avaya

Avaya is a leading provider of solutions that enable customer and team engagement across multiple channels and devices for better customer experience, increased productivity and enhanced financial performance. Its world-class contact center and unified communications technologies and services are available in a wide variety of flexible on-premises and cloud deployment options that seamlessly integrate with non-Avaya applications. Avaya Breeze enables third parties to create and customize business applications for competitive advantage.  The Avaya fabric-based networking solutions help simplify and accelerate the deployment of business critical applications and services.  For more information please visit www.avaya.com.

Certain statements contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "should" or "will" or other similar terminology.  We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While we believe these are reasonable, such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. These and other important factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. For a list and description of such risks and uncertainties, please refer to Avaya's filings with the SEC that are available at www.sec.gov. Avaya disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

All trademarks identified by ®, TM, or SM are registered marks, trademarks, and service marks, respectively, of Avaya Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners

###

Follow Avaya