Jerry Dotson

Jerry Dotson

Vice President, Avaya Government Solutions

Jerry Dotson is Vice President, Avaya Government Solutions, a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions and a key technology partner for the US Federal, State, and Local Government. In his current role, Jerry has overall responsibility for business supporting the mission of all the US Federal (Civilian & Intel) and Department of Defense customers.

Jerry joined Avaya in 2005 supporting the Public Sector for Avaya. Prior to his current role, he was the Regional Sales Lead for Avaya’s Foreign Account Module, HUD, NRC and EPA to name a few. Jerry has over 32 years’ experience in the Information Technology industry. His experience ranges from installation to operations, from implementation to engineering and proposal management. Jerry has supported the government throughout his entire career and has assisted the in various challenging requirements; one of which was the first VoIP implementation for the US Department of State.

Jerry received his PhD in 2011 from Kingsbury University. He has a wonderful wife of 24 years, a son currently attending Liberty University, and a daughter that is currently a senior in high school. Jerry and his wife are very active in their community. They set up and ran a food bank in Fairfax County VA. The food bank served as many as 500 families a month over the past 6 years