Kevin J. Kennedy
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Kevin J. Kennedy is an American
business executive. He has been president and CEO
of Avaya Inc. since January 2009.
Kennedy holds a B.S. in engineering from Lehigh University
and an MS and a PhD in engineering from Rutgers University
. Before joining the company, he was CEO of JDS Uniphase Corporation, and prior to that he had worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Cisco Systems
where he became a Senior Vice President, and then as Chief Operating Officer of Openwave Systems. During his career he has been elected to the Board of Directors of the following companies/organizations; Agility Communications, Canary Foundation, Freescale Semiconductor, JDS Uniphase, KLA-Tencor, Openwave, Polycom, Quantum Corporation, Rambus Synchron Networks.
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.
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.
Kennedy is the coauthor of Going the Distance: Why Some Companies Dominate and Others Fail.
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business executive. He has been president and CEO
Chief executive officer
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of Avaya Inc. since January 2009.
Kennedy holds a B.S. in engineering from Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
and an MS and a PhD in engineering from Rutgers University
Rutgers University
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. Before joining the company, he was CEO of JDS Uniphase Corporation, and prior to that he had worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
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where he became a Senior Vice President, and then as Chief Operating Officer of Openwave Systems. During his career he has been elected to the Board of Directors of the following companies/organizations; Agility Communications, Canary Foundation, Freescale Semiconductor, JDS Uniphase, KLA-Tencor, Openwave, Polycom, Quantum Corporation, Rambus Synchron Networks.
In 1987, he was a congressional fellow at United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and in 2010 President Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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appointed him to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
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.
Kennedy is the coauthor of Going the Distance: Why Some Companies Dominate and Others Fail.