Avaya Holdings Corp. announced that Alan Masarek has been appointed as its President and as a member of Avaya's Board of Directors, effective August 1, 2022. Mr. Masarek will succeed Jim Chirico, who will be removed from his positions as President of Avaya, effective August 1, 2022.

Mr. Chirico will remain employed with Avaya through August 16, 2022 and will work with Mr. Masarek to ensure a smooth transition for all stakeholders. Alan Masarek has over 30 years of experience leading communications, information technology and business services companies. Most recently, he was CEO of Vonage Holdings Corp.

and a member of its Board of Directors from November 2014 to June 2020. As CEO, Mr. Masarek ushered in an era of transformation for Vonage, transforming the company from a VoIP-based residential phone provider into a global enterprise cloud communications company. During his tenure, Vonage completed eight acquisitions, and market capitalization increased severalfold.

As importantly, Mr. Masarek led a revitalization of Vonage's culture, creating a talent-driven organization with a culture of agility, technology innovation and customer centricity. Prior to Vonage. Mr. Masarek served as Director, Chrome & Apps Google Inc. from June 2012 until October 2014, following the acquisition of his prior company, Quickoffice Inc.Mr. Masarek was Co-founder and CEO of Quickoffice Inc. Under his leadership, Quickoffice became one of the world's most embedded mobile productivity software solutions, engaging more than 26 million registered users at the time of Google's purchase.

Mr. Masarek earned his M.B.A., with Distinction, from Harvard Business School and his B.B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia.