AVCT Names New Chief Product Officer and Chief Revenue Officer To Focus On Cloud Collaboration Through The Kandy Platform
May 03 2022 - 4:31PM
American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:
AVCT) (the “Company”) today announced several changes to its
management team, including the addition of two new senior
executives: Chief Product Officer Jay Patel and Chief Revenue
Officer Chris Koeneman who will both report directly to AVCT’s
Chief Executive Officer Darrell J. Mays. Kevin Keough transitioned
from the role of President into the role of Chief Transformation
Officer and is also reporting to Mr. Mays.
“Jay and Chris bring a wealth of relevant industry experience
and expertise to our cloud-based, real-time communications platform
Kandy that will be instrumental in helping drive a new strategy
going forward,” said Mr. Mays. “In recent months, Kandy has
developed and aligned around a refined cloud communications
strategy; Kevin’s role will be to work with the team to drive the
comprehensive transformation to this new strategy,” said Mays.
Mr. Patel joins Kandy following his role as Chief Product
Officer at Vonage where he led the product management for Unified
Communications as a Service (UCaaS), Contact Center as a Service
(CCaaS), and Communications platform as a Service (CPaaS) product
lines. Mr. Patel spent 27 years with Motorola and Motorola
Mobility, ultimately serving as the Vice President of Strategy
following Motorola Mobility’s sale to Google and Vice President of
Engineering, following the division’s sale to Lenovo. He holds a
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Illinois at Chicago.
“We are in the middle a transformation of business
communications to the cloud. I’m excited to be part of the Kandy
team that is uniquely positioned to help accelerate this
transformation,” said Mr. Patel.
Mr. Koeneman is an international sales and marketing executive
who brings extensive experience with both public and private
companies to Kandy. He most recently served as Vice President of
Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Aware, Inc, where he oversaw
significant revenue growth and an expansion to cloud services.
Prior to Aware, Mr. Koeneman held several senior sales positions in
technology corporations including Cisco Systems, Avici Systems,
ADTRAN, and MOBI, which was acquired by Tangoe. He holds a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Political Science and Journalism from Indiana
University and completed his Master’s in Business Administration at
Georgia State University.
“Kandy is bringing to market the innovation that allows a
dispersed, work-from-anywhere enterprise to collaborate and operate
efficiently. I am pleased to be part of the Kandy team that will
transform cloud communications,” said Mr. Koeneman.
AVCT previously announced the sale of its Computex business unit
to Calian Group, completing AVCT’s transition to a pure-play cloud
communications and collaboration company.
“With these strategic changes to our leadership team, I am
confident the Company is well-positioned to maximize the Kandy
platform’s core competencies in cloud communications to drive
shareholder value,” said AVCT’s Chairman of the Board Michael
Tessler.
About American Virtual Cloud Technologies,
Inc.American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. is a premier
global cloud communications offering proprietary UCaaS, CPaaS, and
CCaaS capabilities. Our mission is to provide global technology
solutions with a superior customer experience. For more
information, visit https://www.avctechnologies.com.
About KandyKandy is a cloud-based, real-time
communications platform offering proprietary UCaaS, CPaaS, CCaaS,
Microsoft Teams Direct Routing as a Service, and SIP Trunking as a
Service capabilities. Kandy enables service providers, enterprises,
software vendors, systems integrators, partners, and developers to
enrich their applications and services with real-time contextual
communications, providing a more engaging user experience. With
Kandy, companies of all sizes and types can quickly embed real-time
communications capabilities into their existing applications and
business processes. For more information visit https://kandy.io
Contact:Info@avctechnologies.com
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