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8x8 Expands Go-To-Market Operations; Appoints Steve Seger as Chief Revenue Officer
SaaS and Cloud Communications Veteran to Drive Global Sales, Channel and Customer Engagement Company Reiterates Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Guidance CAMPBELL,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nSaaS and Cloud Communications Veteran to Drive Global Sales, Channel and Customer Engagement\n\nCompany Reiterates Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Guidance\n\n CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\n8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT), a leading integrated cloud communications platform, today announced the appointment of Steve Seger to the position of Chief Revenue Officer, and the expansion of its global business development organization. Reporting to CEO Vik Verma, Seger will oversee overall revenue operations, direct sales and channel sales, including Master Agents, Sub Agents and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) participating in the 8x8 Open Channel Partner Program. 8x8 also announced that John DeLozier, the company’s Global Channel Chief, was recognized at last week’s Channel Partners/Channel Futures conference as the 2020 Channel Influencer of the Year.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200914005281/en/Steve Seger, 8x8 Inc. Chief Revenue Officer (Photo: Business Wire)\n“Steve is a world-class executive with an entrepreneurial mindset who leads and inspires teams to deliver tangible ROI for customers,” said Vik Verma, Chief Executive Officer at 8x8, Inc. “This move signals 8x8’s investment in accelerating the success of our more than 1 million business users, and aggressively winning the hearts, minds and wallets of new Cloud Communications customers worldwide. Steve and his leadership team will continue to grow our widely-recognized Open Channel Partner Program, while extending the global sales and business development reach of our platform and services.”\n\nAn accomplished enterprise software and technology executive, Seger has a proven track record of leading and motivating high-performing sales teams. Most recently as Senior Vice President of Americas Sales at Tibco Software, he established new best-in-class revenue-generating strategies that helped propel Tibco to record successful years in 2018 and 2019. Previously, Seger served in senior sales leadership positions at SAS, Oracle and Xerox. He holds an MBA from the University of Cincinnati with a concentration in Quantitative Analysis and a BA in Liberal Arts from Mount St. Joseph University. Seger is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches Master’s level Big Data Integration to g...