BRISTOL, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U4EA Technologies, a leading provider of integrated access technology for converged communications, today announced it has appointed Jeff Dixon as chief strategy officer (CSO). A recognized communications industry leader, Dixon’s responsibilities will include directing the global strategy and strategic partnering of U4EA’s various operating units for SMB, service provider and enterprise markets. He has also been appointed to the Group Board of Directors of U4EA, Limited.
“Jeff is a proven executive who has deep experience and industry contacts in the VoIP and Unified Communications market place,” said Columb Harrington, Group CEO of U4EA Limited. “U4EA’s goal is to establish a leadership position in the rapidly evolving Unified Communications market and Jeff’s experience and leadership will be a key ingredient that will help us solidify our position with service provider customers and Tier 1 channel and technology partners.”
Mr. Dixon has spent the last eight years at Polycom as a key member of the leadership team. Most recently, he served as worldwide Vice President of VoIP, Microsoft and strategic alliances. As part of the early team shaping the strategy and direction for Polycom, he participated in the creation of a world class family of IP phones establishing the company as the leader in its category. In 2007, Frost & Sullivan recognized Polycom as the worldwide market share leader in SIP IP telephony endpoints.
Over the last three years, Mr. Dixon has lead Polycom’s VoIP and UC sales and market development activities and was instrumental in establishing a world class ecosystem working with both Tier 1 service providers, distribution partners and other complementary softswitch and application technology vendors like Broadsoft, Digium and Microsoft. Jeff began his career in 1988 at VMX, a marquee voice messaging company that was acquired by Octel, where he held various roles in sales management, global strategic accounts and channel development.
“U4EA’s clear focus on the SMB and SME market, combined with the company’s innovative QoS and WAN bandwidth optimization technology, are fundamental to addressing the biggest challenge I see for these customers -- optimizing last mile access to the IP network for all of their converged communications,” said Dixon. “Hosted service providers and IP telephony resellers unanimously recognize that the SMB/SME WAN edge is the biggest bottleneck to the effective deployment of multiple real time applications and services. Simply put, U4EA’s solution set will change this mindset forever. I believe my industry experience and successful track record can help U4EA to become a market leader in the Unified Communications access market.”
“U4EA stands to gain three essential assets in hiring Jeff: an innovative imagination, an expansive rolodex, and, most importantly, a professional capable of combining those into an executable strategy to grow the business,” said Justin McLain, CEO of Endeavor Telecom, Inc. “As CEO of the company who performs installations for nearly every major North American service provider, I can say with both experience and confidence that Jeff has a reputation in the industry as someone who can bring people and ideas together to produce significant financial results.”
“Jeff is an amazing guy when it comes to knowledge and success in the VoIP, SIP and UC marketplace,” said Tom Boone, CEO of NETXUSA, Inc. “I have seen Polycom become a worldwide leader in the SIP arena due in large part to his efforts. We have worked together over the last three years and I believe that Jeff will bring the expertise and strategic vision to the benefit of U4EA Technologies.”
“Jeff is one of the best strategic thinkers that I've come across. With his blend of industry knowledge and knowing the folks that make things happen, I expect that we'll see great things from U4EA for years to come,” said Henry Kaestner, CEO at Bandwidth.com, one of North America's leading providers of SIP Trunking, hosted VoIP and IP PBX integration.
About U4EA Technologies
U4EA Technologies is a leading supplier of multi-service business gateways (MSBG) that enable service providers and resellers to provide highly integrated and easy-to-manage IP communications solutions to SMB, SME and SOHO customers. U4EA’s all-in-one customer premises devices, supported by the company’s revolutionary QoS (GoS) mechanisms, ensure the secure, reliable and cost-effective delivery of converged VoIP, data and video services. In addition, U4EA Wireless provides software for mobility applications. U4EA also offers next generation network signaling gateways, which enable carriers to interconnect legacy networks and equipment with Next Generation Networks. For more information about U4EA, see http://www.u4eatech.com
