Polycom,
Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM) today announced that Michael Frendo is joining
the company as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Engineering,
effective Tuesday, May 13, 2014. In this role, Frendo will be
responsible for global engineering delivery and execution, driving
efficient business operations, and lifecycle management for Polycom’s
portfolio of video, voice and content collaboration solutions. Frendo
will assume responsibility from A.E. Natarajan, who will be leaving
Polycom. Natarajan will work closely with Frendo to ensure a smooth
transition. Frendo will be a member of Polycom’s executive team and will
report to President and CEO Peter Leav.
Michael Frendo is joining Polycom as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Engineering. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Making our customers successful and driving profitable growth are our
top priorities and Michael brings a deep understanding of how
engineering, quality and innovation must be aligned to solve our
customers’ biggest challenges. He is also a well-respected executive and
engineering leader with broad experience running product business units
and globally distributed engineering organizations that deliver
results,” said Leav. “We thank A.E. for his contributions to Polycom and
wish him the best in the next chapter of his career.”
“I look forward to leading the global engineering team and working
closely with Peter and the executive team as we focus on providing an
outstanding user experience, developing industry leading and customer
focused innovations, and delivering a high quality, world class
collaboration portfolio,” said Frendo.
Prior to joining Polycom, Frendo was the Senior Vice President of
Architecture at Infinera Corp., where he led the architecture team
responsible for all aspects of Infinera’s systems and optical
architecture. Frendo has had extensive experience leading global product
organizations. At Avaya, he was General Manager of the Unified
Communications Solutions Business Unit, where he was responsible for
integrating Nortel’s Enterprise Solutions Business into Avaya’s
portfolio of solutions. He also held various executive, global
engineering and general management leadership roles at Juniper Networks,
McDATA Corp. and Cisco Systems, where he was Vice President for Systems
and Software Engineering in the company’s Voice Technology Group.
About Polycom
Polycom helps organizations unleash the power of human collaboration.
More than 400,000 companies and institutions worldwide defy distance
with secure video, voice and content solutions from Polycom to increase
productivity, speed time to market, provide better customer service,
expand education and save lives. Polycom and its global partner
ecosystem provide flexible collaboration solutions for any environment
that deliver the best user experience, the broadest multi-vendor
interoperability and unmatched investment protection. Visit www.polycom.com
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Forward Looking Statements and Risk Factors
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, including statements regarding profitable growth and our
future innovations and collaboration portfolio. These forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
results to differ materially, including competition; demand for our
products and solutions; our ability to successfully execute on programs
designed to drive profitable growth; future changes to our areas of
strategic focus; and disruptions due to today’s announced organizational
change. These and other risks and uncertainties related to our business
are discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2014, and in other reports filed by Polycom with
the SEC. Polycom disclaims any intent or obligations to update these
forward-looking statements.
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