HOLMDEL, N.J., Nov. 21,
2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage (NYSE:VG), a global
business cloud communications leader, announced today that it has
named SaaS industry veteran Rodolpho
Cardenuto as President, Applications Group, effective
December 9, 2019. Cardenuto will lead
the Company's sales, operations and go-to-market strategy for both
its unified communications and contact center portfolios,
collectively the Applications Group, and will report to CEO
Alan Masarek. Cardenuto will be
based in the Company's headquarters in Holmdel, NJ.
In this role, Cardenuto will focus on driving market share and
revenue growth in Applications globally. He will partner closely
with Vonage's API Platform team to provide customers with unique
solutions that help them create better experiences for customers
and employees that differentiate their businesses.
Cardenuto has held senior leadership roles at both growth
companies and large multinationals. He brings to Vonage more than
20 years of global sales, marketing and operations experience in
software, IT and B2B SaaS with proven results in driving growth in
the enterprise space through existing and new channels,
globally.
Prior to joining Vonage, Cardenuto held various positions of
increasing responsibility at SAP, a market leader in end-to-end
enterprise application software, database, analytics, intelligent
technologies and experience management. These positions
included President of SAP Americas and, most recently, President of
Global Partner Operations, both reporting to then-CEO Bill McDermott and the Executive Board of the
company. In the global partner role, Cardenuto led a global
organization of thousands of partners, as well as direct
quota-bearing and operational personnel, driving billions of
dollars in annual revenue with direct responsibility for thousands
of mid-sized enterprises. Before SAP, Cardenuto was Director of
Industry Sales and Alliances for Latin
America & the Caribbean
region at Hewlett-Packard (HP).
"We are thrilled to welcome Rodolpho to Vonage. His vast
experience in B2B enterprise SaaS sales, coupled with deep
operational expertise, is a perfect fit for Vonage and our focus on
meeting the communications needs of businesses," Masarek said.
"Leveraging Rodolpho's experience in driving revenue and growth for
high-performing commercial organizations through proven
go-to-market execution, we will continue to build on the power of
the OneVonage platform to differentiate Vonage's business while
helping our customers differentiate theirs."
"I am delighted to join the Vonage team at a pivotal time in the
Company's history," Cardenuto said. "This is the perfect moment to
join the Company, building on the excitement of Vonage's brand
revitalization and the OneVonage platform to scale the go-to-market
efforts and revenue growth for the Applications Group, while
providing customers with cloud communications solutions that help
them transform their own businesses and stay ahead."
About Vonage
Vonage is redefining business communications once again. We're
making communications more flexible, intelligent, and personal, to
help businesses the world over, stay ahead. We provide unified
communications, contact centers and programmable communications
APIs, built on the world's most flexible cloud communications
platform. True to our roots as a technology disruptor, our flexible
approach helps us to better serve the growing collaboration,
communications, and customer experience needs of companies, across
all communications channels.
Vonage Holdings Corp. is headquartered in New Jersey, with offices throughout
the United States, Europe, Israel, Australia and Asia. To follow Vonage on Twitter, please
visit twitter.com/vonage. To become a fan on Facebook, go to
facebook.com/vonage. To subscribe on YouTube, visit
youtube.com/vonage.
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