8x8 Appoints Matthew P. Zinn as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Privacy Officer
September 24 2018 - 8:15AM
Business Wire
8x8, Inc. (NYSE:EGHT), a leading provider of cloud voice, video,
collaboration and contact center solutions, today announced the
appointment of Matthew P. Zinn as Senior Vice President, General
Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Privacy Officer. In this
newly created role, he will report directly to Vikram Verma, 8x8’s
Chief Executive Officer, and will be responsible for overseeing the
company’s global legal, regulatory, privacy, and compliance
efforts, as well as serving as the corporate secretary.
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Matthew P. Zinn, Senior Vice President,
General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer & Corporate Secretary,
8x8, Inc. (Photo: Business Wire)
“With more than 170 patents, 8x8 has pioneered the core
technology and services that help global mid-market and enterprise
companies move communications, collaboration and customer
engagement to the cloud,” said Vikram Verma, CEO, 8x8. “Matt has
deep expertise in anticipating and managing legal and regulatory
challenges, enforcing intellectual property, and a proven track
record positioning companies, such as TiVo, to pioneer new
technologies and successfully disrupt traditional industries. His
leadership will be critical as we continue to introduce new
innovations around our recently launched 8x8 X Series
platform.”
Matthew Zinn brings almost 30 years of broad legal experience to
8x8, including corporate governance, corporate and securities law,
data privacy, regulatory compliance, and intellectual property
portfolio management.
“I am excited to join 8x8 at this pivotal industry inflection
point. Data is the new currency of the digital world. As the cloud
disrupts legacy markets, data is becoming a key decision driver for
the largely untapped $40 billion unified communications,
collaboration and contact center market,” said Matthew P. Zinn,
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer &
Corporate Secretary, 8x8. “By owning the fundamental communications
technology to deliver one system of intelligence across one cloud
platform, and by making strategic investments in artificial
intelligence and machine learning, 8x8 is uniquely positioned in
the industry to provide its customers with insights to optimize
every valuable moment of employee and customer engagement.”
Matthew Zinn previously served as General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary at Jaunt, Inc., overseeing worldwide legal affairs for
the virtual and augmented reality company. Prior to joining Jaunt,
he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate
Secretary, and Chief Privacy Officer for TiVo Inc. for 16 years.
The San Francisco Business Times and San Jose Business Journal
recognized Zinn as the Judge’s Choice for the Best Bay Area
Corporate Counsel in 2014, and he was awarded Dealmaker of the Year
by the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel in both 2012
and 2013 for negotiating a series of litigation settlements as part
of a patent enforcement program that resulted in a total of more
than $1.6 billion in guaranteed payments for TiVo. Prior to TiVo,
Zinn held senior legal positions with MediaOne Group Inc.,
Continental Cablevision, and the law firms of Cole, Raywid &
Braverman, and Fisher, Wayland, Cooper & Leader. Zinn holds a
J.D. from George Washington University’s National Law Center, and a
B.A. in Political Science from the University of Vermont.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NYSE:EGHT) is a leading provider of cloud voice,
video, collaboration and contact center solutions with over a
million business users worldwide. 8x8 helps businesses transform
the customer and employee experience through one system of
engagement for cloud voice, video, collaboration and contact center
and one system of intelligence on one cloud communications
platform. With X Series from 8x8, employees now can communicate
faster and smarter to exceed the speed of customer expectations.
For additional information, visit www.8x8.com, or follow 8x8 on
LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
8x8® and 8x8 X SeriesTM are trademarks of 8x8, Inc.
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