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Fax Feature: Former WebEx Exec Joins RingCentral
November 04, 2009
RingCentral, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of Internet phone systems for small businesses, has appointed Ryan Azus as its new vice president of worldwide sales. In his new role, Azus will be in charge of managing and building the company’s worldwide sales efforts.
Azus, pictured below, has more than 10 years of sales management and operations experience in the Internet and Software-as-a-Service industries. Recently, he worked as vice president of sales at WebEx where he ran U.S. small business sales at Cisco (News - Alert)-WebEx. There, he built sales regions nationwide. Azus also received recognition for surpassing sales objectives and achieving significant revenue growth, company officials said.
While at WebEx, Azus helped the company grow from early stage startup to nearly $500 million in annual sales. He served as a key member in WebEx’s success from a pre-IPO company in 2000 through Cisco Systems’ (News - Alert) $3.2 billion acquisition.
“Businesses are looking for revolutionary cloud based phone systems like RingCentral (News - Alert) to meet the needs of today’s mobile and distributed business models,” Azus said in a statement. “I am excited to join RingCentral and build on the momentum that RingCentral already has.”
The addition of Azus to the RingCentral team will help the company enhance its visibility among businesses looking to deploy Internet fax and other cloud computing-based business phone system services. RingCentral offers a number of products and services that make everyday tasks easier, company officials said.
Recently, TMCnet caught up with Praful Shah, RingCentral’s vice president of strategy, about how small businesses can create more of a professional image with the technology. In the exchange, Shah spoke about the rise of mobile offices and how various RingCentral’s solutions help small businesses be more efficient.
Amy Tierney is a Web editor for TMCnet, covering business communications Her areas of focus include conferencing, SIP, Fax over IP, unified communications and telepresence. Amy also writes about education and healthcare technology, overseeing production of e-Newsletters on those topics as well as communications solutions and UC. To read more of Amy's articles, please visit her columnist page.
Edited by Michael Dinan
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