Avaya Names Anthony Bartolo as Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer
November 19 2019 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Accomplished, proven communications industry
and product leader joins Avaya to accelerate its transformation and
drive the company’s leadership in innovation and cloud
Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE:
AVYA) today announced a strategic addition to its management team
as Anthony Bartolo will join the company as Chief Product Officer
effective December 9, 2019. Bartolo will be responsible for product
development, product management, emerging technologies and
corporate strategy across the company’s premise and cloud-based UC,
CC, and collaboration solutions. Bartolo will report to Avaya
president and CEO Jim Chirico.
“Anthony is a proven
innovator, strategic thinker and operational executive with an
impressive track record of leading large-scale, technology
development organizations that span the entire communications
ecosystem from unified communications to contact center to mobility
and AI across cloud and premise-based consumption models,” said Jim
Chirico, president and CEO Avaya. “Anthony’s leadership in building
teams that deliver outstanding products with a customer-led focus
makes him a perfect addition to the Avaya executive team, and he
will be instrumental in shaping the growth trajectory of the
company.”
Bartolo’s decorated career
spans nearly three decades. He returns to Avaya after having spent
the last several years at Tata Communications Limited where he
served as its executive vice president and chief product officer,
most recently based in Singapore. Prior to Tata, Bartolo was vice
president at Avaya in both the unified communications and contact
center business units responsible for product development and the
SMB business segment.
“I am very excited to re-join
Avaya, as the company enters the next phase of its amazing journey
of transformation to a customer-led, cloud first company,” said
Anthony Bartolo. “Avaya has a rich history as an innovator and
communications leader, and has an incredible, loyal customer and
partner base. I have great passion for taking a role where I can
help amplify and build on that heritage. I very much look forward
to hitting the ground running.”
Today the company also announced additional executive changes.
Chris McGugan, SVP of Solutions and Technology will assume the
newly created role of Chief Technology Officer reporting to
Bartolo. The company also announced the departure of Gaurav Passi,
SVP and president of Cloud effective today.
About Avaya
Businesses are built on the experiences they provide, and
everyday millions of those experiences are built by Avaya (NYSE:
AVYA). For over one hundred years, we’ve enabled organizations
around the globe to win – by creating intelligent communications
experiences for customers and employees. Avaya builds open,
converged and innovative solutions to enhance and simplify
communications and collaboration – in the cloud, on-premise or a
hybrid of both. To grow your business, we’re committed to
innovation, partnership, and a relentless focus on what’s next.
We’re the technology company you trust to help you deliver
Experiences that Matter. Visit us at www.avaya.com.
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