Avaya Appoints Stephen Spears as Chief Revenue Officer
02 September 2020 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
SaaS and Cloud Industry Leader Joins Avaya to
Accelerate Growth and Deepen Customer and Partner Engagement
Globally
Avaya (NYSE: AVYA), a global leader in solutions to enhance and
simplify communications and collaboration, today announced a key,
strategic addition to its executive management team as Stephen
Spears joins the company in the newly created role of Chief Revenue
Officer.
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Stephen Spears, Chief Revenue Officer,
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Reporting to President and CEO Jim Chirico, Spears will oversee
the strategy, performance, and alignment of revenue operations for
Avaya, helping to accelerate execution on the company’s growth
strategy and delivering experiences that matter to Avaya customers
and partners worldwide. In this role, Stephen will have full
ownership of the company’s revenue generating organizations,
customer lifecycle and go-to-client functions, including global
sales and marketing, partner management and all channel related
activities.
“Stephen has a keen understanding of what it takes to drive
sales, marketing and customer success, making him an ideal fit to
help lead execution on our very deliberate strategy,” said Jim
Chirico. “The re-imagined Avaya has never been more relevant to our
growing base of customers and partners globally, and the way we are
executing shows the winning mentality, expanding commitment to our
customers, and strong culture of Avaya. We could not be more
excited to have Stephen join our team.”
Spears’ management career spans nearly three decades and
includes extensive go-to-market experience as well as deep
expertise in the SaaS and Cloud arena. He has spent the previous 17
years in a variety of key senior leadership roles at SAP, most
recently serving as Chief Revenue Officer of SAP SuccessFactors. In
this capacity, Spears helped redefine the HCM category to Human
Experience Management (HXM) and was able to grow annual revenues by
approximately 30 percent with more than 7,000 customers in over 200
countries and territories worldwide.
“Joining Avaya at this critical juncture in their long-term
strategy demonstrates Avaya’s continuing commitment to their
extensive customer base and vibrant ecosystem. Putting people at
the center of communications is at the heart of every successful
business worldwide, and Avaya’s unwavering commitment to this goal
will help drive a customer-centric approach that will generate
top-line growth and sustainable solutions for decades to come,”
said Spears. “I am thrilled to be joining such an experienced and
passionate management team.”
About Avaya
Businesses are built by the experiences they provide, and
everyday millions of those experiences are delivered by Avaya
Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA). Avaya is shaping what's next for the
future of work, with innovation and partnerships that deliver
game-changing business benefits. Our cloud communications solutions
and multi-cloud application ecosystem power personalized,
intelligent, and effortless customer and employee experiences to
help achieve strategic ambitions and desired outcomes. Together, we
are committed to help grow your business by delivering Experiences
that Matter. Learn more at http://www.avaya.com.
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