Kevin J. Kennedy

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Kevin J. Kennedy
Kevin J. Kennedy in 2009
Born1955
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBusinessman
Known forAvaya Inc.

Kevin J. Kennedy (born 1955) is an American

Avaya Inc. from January 2009[1][2] to October 2017[3]

Kennedy holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from

Openwave Systems.[5] During his career he has been elected to the board of directors of the following companies/organizations - UL Inc.,Kla, Digital Realty, Solar Technologies and less recently Agility Communications, Canary Foundation,[6] Freescale Semiconductor, JDS Uniphase,[7] Openwave,[8] Polycom,[9] Quantum Corporation, Rambus[10]

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,[11]
completing this service in 2019.

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.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kevin Kennedy to Join Avaya Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer". Avaya. October 30, 2008. Retrieved 20 Aug 2011.
  2. ^ *Krapf, Eric. "Interview: Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy". UBM TechWeb (No Jitter). Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Kevin Kennedy Stepping Down, Will New Leadership Help Guide Avaya Back into Prominence?". www.techzone360.com. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  4. ^ Duffy, Jim. "Shakeup at Cisco". Network World Fusion. Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 21 Aug 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Cisco redux?". Network World. September 3, 2001. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ^ "Board of Directors". Canary Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  7. ^ "KLA-Tencor Elects Kevin Kennedy, John Dickson to Its Board of Directors". KLA-Tencor. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  8. ^ "Openwave Strengthens Board With New Appointments". PR Newswire. October 15, 2002. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.[dead link]
  9. ^ "Polycom Appoints Kevin Kennedy To Board Of Directors". Polycom. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  10. ^ "Rambus Elects Kevin Kennedy to Its Board of Directors". Rambus. April 8, 2003. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  11. ^ "Obama to appoint Kevin J. Kennedy as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee". Telecom News. 17 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Kevin Kennedy". 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

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Business positions
Preceded by President & CEO
Avaya

2009–2017
Succeeded by