Former Avaya, ShoreTel executives bring collective 50 years
experience selling to and supporting enterprise clients
BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
RingCentral,
Inc. (NYSE:RNG), a leading provider of enterprise cloud
communication and collaboration applications, today announced that it
has brought on new executives to champion its sales and support for
large enterprise customers around the world.
Carson Hostetter, formerly Vice President of Sales at Avaya, joins
RingCentral as Vice President of Enterprise Sales; David Marler,
formerly in leadership positions at ShoreTel and CA Technologies, joins
RingCentral as Vice President of Customer Success; and Chuck Emmette,
also a former Avaya Vice President, joins as Head of Professional
Services. Together, these three professionals bring more than 50 years
of experience selling to and supporting large enterprise clients.
“The cloud communication applications industry has reached a tipping
point and the debate between on-premise and cloud is over,” said David
Sipes, Chief Revenue Officer of RingCentral. “We’re proud to bring on
talented sales and support leaders as we continue to scale our
enterprise sales team and invest further in the success of enterprises
that are migrating from on-premise to the cloud.”
Business Communications Veterans Bring Enterprise Expertise to
RingCentral
Hostetter brings more than 15 years of experience in enterprise sales
leadership to RingCentral, having previously served as Vice President of
Sales at Avaya where he was responsible for nearly half a billion
dollars in annual enterprise sales. Prior to joining Avaya in 2009,
Carson assumed roles of increasing responsibility over 10 years at
Nortel Networks highlighted by leadership roles in Channel Sales,
Services Sales, and Global Sales Strategy. In his new role at
RingCentral, Hostetter will lead the enterprise sales team.
Marler has 28 years of post-sales and customer success experience having
served in a variety of leadership roles. Most recently, he was the
founder and CEO of Hakalix, Inc., a customer lifecycle management
platform company. He’s also held various professional services and
customer success executive leadership roles at companies such as
ShoreTel and CA Technologies.
Emmette brings to RingCentral a wealth of global enterprise expertise in
the business communications and intelligence applications sector. He
spent 15 years at Avaya, where he held a number of key leadership
positions in project and program management, advanced solution
architecture and enterprise implementations. Most recently, he served as
professional services partner for Teradata Applications. He will be
responsible for RingCentral’s Global Professional Services, fulfilling
enterprise deployments service delivery.
About RingCentral
RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE:RNG) is a leading provider of cloud-based
business communications and collaboration solutions. RingCentral’s cloud
solution is easier to manage, and more flexible and cost-efficient than
legacy on-premise communications systems. It meets the needs of modern
distributed and mobile workforces spanning SMB to Enterprises globally.
RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont, Calif. RingCentral and the
RingCentral logo are trademarks of RingCentral, Inc.
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RingCentral
Mariana Kosturos, 650-562-6545
Mariana.kosturos@ringcentral.com
Source: RingCentral, Inc.