Chris Peterson is Senior Manager of Commercial Offers and Product Management at Avaya, where he drives the development and enablement of Infinity Cloud, Avaya Subscription, and cutting-edge customer success solutions. He plays a vital role in supporting Avaya’s position as a premier technology partner for U.S. federal, state, and local governments.
A customer-centric leader with 35 years of dedicated telecom and IT experience, Chris's journey began in 1991 at a Western Electric fiber optic manufacturing plant. Throughout his tenure across AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Avaya, he has built extensive expertise spanning services delivery and product management for both cloud and on-premises solutions. He is highly regarded for his ability to lead and collaborate across diverse teams to bring complex, results-oriented commercial offers to market.
Outside of work, Chris is a devoted family man who shares three children and two grandchildren with his wife of 18 years. Deeply active in their community, they teach a Sunday school class, lead a prison ministry, and participate in global mission work, recently traveling to Kenya. Chris is an avid outdoorsman and a proud, lifelong fan of his alma mater, the Georgia Bulldogs.
