NEWS
Avaya exits Chapter 11 , names board
portfolio .” Masarek is on a new Board of Directors with extensive industry and financial leadership experience that includes :
• Patrick Bartels ( Managing Member of Redan Advisors )
• Patrick Dennis ( CEO , ExtraHop )
• Robert Kalsow-Ramos ( Partner in Private Equity , Apollo Global Management )
• Marylou Maco ( most recently Executive Vice President , Worldwide Sales and Field Operations , Genesys
• Aaron Miller ( Partner in Private Equity , Apollo Global Management and Head of Apollo Portfolio Performance Solutions )
• Donald E . Morgan , III CFA ( Chief Investment Officer , Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at Brigade Capital Management )
• Tod Nielsen ( most recently President and Chief Executive Officer of TalkWalker )
• Jacqueline Woods ( Chief Marketing Officer , Teradata ).
Avaya Holdings has emerged from Chapter 11 with approximately
$ 650 million in liquidity and significant financial flexibility while welcoming a new board of directors .
Alan Masarek , Avaya CEO , said : “ We are moving ahead with significant financial resources to accelerate investment in our
Avaya is focused on building on its iconic brand with product innovation investments that will continue to focus on the Avaya Experience Platform .
Since the start of the year , the company has rolled out more than 150 new product features and enhancements across its portfolio and launched Avaya Enterprise Cloud , a dedicated instance of Avaya ’ s core contact center , collaboration and unified communications software solutions for large enterprises .
Bridging the gap for women in cyber security
Cybersecurity specialist Tesserent further committed itself towards bridging the gap for women in cyber security by becoming ‘ Champion of Change ’ ambassador of this month ’ s 0xCC – a cyber security training conference by women for women .
Hosted in Melbourne this month , the free 0xCC 2023 sold out in just over 12 hours with attendees from around Australia and New Zealand – Tesserent ’ s core operational regions .
The event has a strong focus on accessibility and technical training .
According to the 2021 Census women only represented 16 % of the Australian cybersecurity workforce .
Alannah Guo , founder of the 0xCC initiative , said : “ Tesserent is playing an active and important role in encouraging the future pipeline of female talent the cybersecurity industry desperately needs , as well as building towards a better professional environment .
Tesserent ’ s managing consultant Melody Lei and senior security consultant Renae Schilg-Tartsus will be teaching the sold-out training course : Hacktastic Voyage : Explore Web App Hacking Fundamentals .
Kurt Hansen , CEO , Tesserent said : “ We are excited to partner with 0xCC to encourage diversity and further enhance the support and upskilling for female talent in technical roles in the industry .”
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