New regional head to lead Xura's Americas operations to build upon
customer relationships, drive strategic initiatives and execute on
growth opportunities.
WAKEFIELD, Mass., Sept. 06, 2016
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xura, Inc., a leading provider of digital
communications services, today announced the appointment of Charles
Marsh as Managing Director for its Americas operations, which
includes its North and Latin American businesses. With almost 30
years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Marsh will
play a pivotal role in strengthening the company's presence in the
region, building relationships with customers and driving new
commercial growth opportunities. Based in Xura's office in Plano,
Texas, Marsh will report directly to Xura's Chief Executive
Officer, Philippe Tartavull, and will also sit on Xura's Executive
Committee.
"Charles is an exceptional leader with unique and
wide-ranging experience in digital communications, and it is great
to have him as part of our leadership team," said Philippe
Tartavull, CEO of Xura. "This, coupled with his extensive
relationships, deep knowledge of the global telecommunications
value chain and focused mindset to advance the company's regional
growth ambitions, made him the logical choice for Xura. His remit
will now be to execute our strategy locally, while driving and
optimizing the Americas team to create demand for our products
across our messaging and monetization portfolios."
Commenting on his appointment, Marsh said: "I am
delighted to be part of Xura's exciting journey. We have an
enormous opportunity to work with carriers to seize and further
shape the digital ecosystem while cultivating change, and being
part of the team that will drive this is extremely exciting. Xura
is a dynamic organization that is already well positioned to
provide the highest quality, most innovative mobile messaging,
security and virtualized services to our customers, and I look
forward to helping accelerate its footprint in the region and drive
return on investment."
Marsh joins Xura from Hewlett Packard Enterprise
(HPE), where he led the Enterprise sales group for the
Americas. Prior to HPE, Charles spent 28 years at
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), most recently as President of Americas Sales,
managing the order and sales processes across all its accounts in
the United States, Canada and Latin America. While at ALU, Charles
also held the positions of Vice President, North American Sales,
and Vice President of Sprint and tier 2/3 telcos.
About Xura,
Inc.
Xura offers a portfolio of digital services
solutions that enable global communications across a variety of
mobile devices and platforms. We help communication service
providers (CSPs) and enterprises navigate and monetize the digital
ecosystem to create innovative, new experiences through our
cloud-based offerings. Our solutions touch more than three billion
people through 350+ service providers and enterprises in 140+
countries. You can find us at Xura.com.
Media Contact:
Maria Hudson
Xura
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