8x8, Inc. Appoints Alison Gleeson to its Board of Directors
August 10 2021 - 8:45AM
Business Wire
8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT), a leading integrated cloud
communications platform provider, today announced that Alison
Gleeson, former Senior Vice President of Cisco Americas, has been
appointed to the company's board of directors.
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8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT) announced that
Alison Gleeson has been appointed to the company's board of
directors. (Photo: Business Wire)
Gleeson is a globally recognized executive who was previously
Senior Vice President of Cisco Americas organization, where she
focused on evolving Cisco’s go-to-market strategy, strengthening
relationships with top partners, and spearheading innovative
solutions for customers. She demonstrated her expertise managing
the organization’s 9,000 employees and $25 billion revenue,
accounting for Cisco’s largest geographic region, which included
the US Commercial, US Public Sector, and the Global Enterprise
Segment focused on the organization’s top 28 customers. She has
been awarded Connected World's "Woman of IoT" award, Diversity Best
Practices’ "Above and Beyond Legacy Award," and the Michigan
Council for Women in Technology's "Woman of the Year Award."
Gleeson currently serves on the Board at Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) and
on the Advisory Board and Executive Committee of the Eli Broad
College of Business at Michigan State University, her alma
mater.
“Alison is an experienced leader with demonstrated success
scaling customer-first, global organizations that serve enterprise
customers,” said Dave Sipes, Chief Executive Officer at 8x8, Inc.
“The workplace and how organizations communicate and engage with
customers is changing, as evidenced by 8x8 XCaaS momentum. We look
forward to leveraging her expertise advising on go-to-market and
high growth strategies as we grow and scale, and drive customer and
partner success with our products and solutions.”
“Every employee and customer touchpoint has become critical for
businesses today. 8x8 is well positioned with XCaaS to provide a
wide breadth of integrated cloud communication solutions to power
employee and customer experience needs while building a competitive
business advantage. I’m honored to join the company’s board of
directors and to contribute to the next phase of 8x8’s growth,"
said Gleeson.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT) is transforming the future of business
communications as a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of 8x8
XCaaS, an integrated contact center, voice communications, video,
chat and API solution built on one global cloud communications
platform. 8x8 is powering all employees globally to connect
individuals and teams so they can collaborate faster and work
smarter. Real-time business analytics and intelligence provide
businesses unique insights across all interactions and channels so
they can delight end-customers and accelerate their business. For
additional information, visit www.8x8.com, or follow 8x8 on
LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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