Jeff Romano Joins 8x8 as SVP of Global Services and Support
Company Scales Professional Services Organization to Meet Growing Demand from Global Mid-Market and
Enterprise Customers
8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT), the leading provider of global Enterprise
Communications as a Service (ECaaS), today announced that Jeff Romano has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Global Services and Support. As 8x8 continues to
gain momentum with international mid-market and enterprise customers, Romano’s charter is to transform and revolutionize the entire
customer experience from deployment of services to ongoing service adoption, support, and customer success.
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Jeff Romano, SVP of Global Services and Support, 8x8, Inc. (Photo: Business Wire)
Reporting to 8x8 CEO Vik Verma, Romano leads the company’s Global Deployment Services, Professional Services, Program
Management, and Global Customer Support and Success organizations.
“With 25 years of experience managing global professional services and support teams at high growth cloud application and system
software companies, Jeff will be invaluable in helping establish 8x8 as the enterprise cloud communications platform of choice for
customers,” said Vik Verma. “We are excited to have Jeff join the 8x8 family and look forward to his leadership in driving velocity
and innovation to scale our global services and support capabilities.”
Prior to joining 8x8, Romano ran the Global Services, Education and Support teams at Model N, Inc. His experience includes
senior leadership roles at companies such as Birst, Saba Software, Portal Software (acquired by Oracle) and PeopleSoft/Oracle.
“8x8 is transforming the way businesses communicate and collaborate with the power of the cloud,” said Jeff Romano, senior vice
president of Global Services and Support, 8x8. “I am thrilled to be joining the company during this rapid growth phase, and look
forward to building out a world-class service and support organization that simplifies the adoption of 8x8 technology for
mid-market and enterprise customers around the world.”
Enterprise Communications as a Service
8x8’s innovative ECaaS solution brings all real time communications and contact center services together into one integrated
cloud platform, delivering continuous communications experiences from desktop to mobile. These solutions enable companies of all
sizes to solve critical business needs and modernize their infrastructure with world-class business communications, contact center
solutions, conferencing, collaboration and advanced analytics.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) is the trusted provider of secure and reliable enterprise cloud communications solutions to more
than 40,000 businesses operating in over 100 countries across six continents. 8x8’s out-of-the-box cloud solutions replace
traditional on-premises PBX hardware and software-based systems with a flexible and scalable Software as a Service (SaaS)
alternative, encompassing cloud business phone service, contact center solutions, and conferencing. For additional information,
visit www.8x8.com, www.8x8.com/UK or connect with 8x8 on LinkedIn,
Twitter, Google+ and Facebook.
for 8x8
Neha Mirchandani, 669-256-5095
neha.mirchandani@8x8.com
or
Sharon Barclay, 617-571-1233
sharon@speakeasystrategies.com
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