Kevin J. Kennedy

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Kevin J. Kennedy
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Kevin J. Kennedy in 2009
Born1955
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBusinessman
Known forAvaya Inc.

Kevin J. Kennedy (born 1955) is an American business executive. He is currently[1] a Senior Managing Director of Blue Ridge Partners,[2] the management consulting firm exclusively focused on helping companies accelerate profitable revenue growth.

He was the president and CEO of Avaya Inc. from January 2009[3][4] to October 2017[5]

Kennedy holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MS and a PhD in engineering from Rutgers University and an EMBA from the University of Michigan.[3] Before joining Avaya, he was CEO of JDS Uniphase Corporation, and prior to that he had worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Cisco Systems[6] where he became a Senior Vice President, and then as Chief Operating Officer of Openwave Systems.[7] During his career he has been elected to the board of directors of the following companies/organizations; Agility Communications, Canary Foundation,[8] Freescale Semiconductor, JDS Uniphase, KLA-Tencor,[9] Openwave,[10] Polycom,[11] Quantum Corporation, Rambus[12] Synchron Networks.[13]

In 1987, he was a congressional fellow at United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and in 2010 President Barack Obama appointed him to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.[14]

From 1982 to 1984, Kennedy was an adjunct professor at Rutgers where he published papers on computational methods, data networking, and issues of technology management.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Avaya's former global chief executive Kevin Kennedy joins Blue Ridge Partners - ET Telecom".
  2. ^ "Home Page".
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kevin Kennedy to Join Avaya Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer". Avaya. October 30, 2008. Retrieved 20 Aug 2011.
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  5. ^ "Kevin Kennedy Stepping Down, Will New Leadership Help Guide Avaya Back into Prominence?". www.techzone360.com. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  6. ^ Duffy, Jim. "Shakeup at Cisco". Network World Fusion. Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 21 Aug 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Cisco redux?". Network World. September 3, 2001. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ^ "Board of Directors". Canary Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  9. ^ "KLA-Tencor Elects Kevin Kennedy, John Dickson to Its Board of Directors". KLA-Tencor. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  10. ^ "Openwave Strengthens Board With New Appointments". PR Newswire. October 15, 2002. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.[dead link]
  11. ^ "Polycom Appoints Kevin Kennedy To Board Of Directors". Polycom. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  12. ^ "Rambus Elects Kevin Kennedy to Its Board of Directors". Rambus. April 8, 2003. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  13. ^ "Kevin Kennedy Has Joined Synchron Board Of Directors". Synchron Networks Inc. 25 March 2002. Retrieved 10 Feb 2012.
  14. ^ "Obama to appoint Kevin J. Kennedy as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee". Telecom News. 17 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  15. ^ http://soe.rutgers.edu/story/kevin-kennedy

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Business positions
Preceded by
Charles Giancarlo 		President & CEO
Avaya
2009–2017 		Succeeded by
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