NEW YORK ,
May 24,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaleyra, Inc.
(NYSE: KLR) (NYSE American: KLR WS) ("Kaleyra" or the
"Company"), a rapidly growing omnichannel business
communications platform, announced today that Zephrin Lasker has joined its leadership team as
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances,
effective May 17,
2022.
Lasker, a five-time start-up founder and CEO specializing in
messaging, e-commerce, digital marketing, and SaaS platforms,
brings a wealth of knowledge of scalable business models and
high-growth company trajectories. With his expertise, Lasker will
be instrumental in driving Kaleyra's efforts to expand within new
and existing markets while further establishing the Company as a
global leader in the CPaaS industry.
Before joining Kaleyra, Lasker co-founded and served as CEO of
ShopChat, the creator of the world's first shopping keyboard (US
Patent #10,943,290). In 2017, ShopChat was acquired by Rakuten
Viber, where Lasker spent the following two years rolling out the
product to millions of users around the globe. Prior to founding
ShopChat, Lasker was named the Head of Mobile and Social Product at
Constant Contact in 2014 and served in this role through the time
of its acquisition by EIGI for $1.1BN
in 2015. Before that role, he was Co-founder and CEO of Pontiflex,
the breakthrough creator of the signup ad, which was acquired by
Blackstone in 2012. In addition, Lasker is a mentor and investor to
startups through the San
Francisco-based incubator he founded, Edge Drop Labs.
"Zephrin Lasker is a critical
addition to Kaleyra's leadership team as we continue to increase
our presence on the world stage," said Kaleyra Founder and CEO
Dario Calogero. "Zephrin's proven
leadership skills, industry expertise, customer focus, Silicon
Valley experience, and track record as a growth and product leader
make him ideally suited to help Kaleyra advance its brand and
strengthen its relationships with strategic partners. We look
forward to working with Zephrin for many years to come."
Lasker added, "I'm thrilled to be joining Kaleyra at this key
moment, following several crucial acquisitions and expansions as we
position ourselves as a global leader in the CPaaS space. I am
excited to be appointed to this role and am committed to working on
behalf of our team, shareholders, and the board to drive the
strategic growth of the company, awareness of our story, and value
for our customers."
With this new addition, Kaleyra's executive team now consists of
Dario Calogero as Founder, Chief
Executive Officer and Director, Giacomo
Dall'Aglio as Chief Financial Officer, Filippo Monastra as Chief People Officer,
Nicola Junior Vitto as Chief Product
Officer, Mauro Carobene as Chief
Business Officer, Geoff Grauer as
Chief Operations Officer and Zephrin
Lasker as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic
Alliances.
About Kaleyra
Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE: KLR) (NYSE
American: KLR WS) is a global group providing mobile communication
services to financial institutions, e-commerce players, OTTs,
software companies, logistic enablers, healthcare providers,
retailers, and other large organizations worldwide.
Kaleyra today has a customer base of 3800+ companies spread
around the world. Through its proprietary platform and robust APIs,
Kaleyra manages multi-channel integrated communication services,
consisting of messaging, rich messaging and instant messaging,
video, push notifications, e-mail, voice services, and
chatbots.
Kaleyra's technology makes it possible to safely and securely
manage billions of messages monthly with over 1600 operator
connections in 190+ countries, including all tier-1 US carriers
Kaleyra Contacts
Marketing
Contact:
Lori Perkins
Senior Director – Marketing and Communications
lori.perkins@kaleyra.com
Valeria Magoni
Senior Director – Product and Corporate Marketing, Kaleyra
Valeria.magoni@kaleyra.com
Investor Contact:
Tom
Colton or Matt Glover
Gateway Investor Relations
949-574-3860
KLR@gatewayir.com
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