RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bandwidth (NASDAQ:
BAND), a leading enterprise cloud communications company, today
announced the appointment of several new leaders to the executive
management team supporting the Company's continued growth and
global expansion. The company named the following leaders to new or
expanded roles:
- Marina Carreker, President
- John Bell, Chief Product
Officer
- Ryan Henley, Chief Customer
Officer
- Michelle Flynn, Senior Vice
President, Operations
- Amaya Lantero, GM,
International
These leaders will report to Bandwidth Founder & CEO,
David Morken. The Company also
announced the upcoming resignation of Chris
Matton, General Counsel.
"I'm thrilled to welcome this group to their new leadership
roles," said David Morken, Founder
& CEO. "These individuals have tremendous experience and have
helped to shape our business and culture over the past decade. With
their expanded scope, they will play key roles in driving our
mission and our continued expansion, supporting the rapid launch
and hyper-scale of enterprise communications applications and
experiences globally."
Marina Carreker,
President
For the past four years, Carreker served as
Deputy General Counsel for Bandwidth, where she was responsible for
a broad range of Bandwidth's legal portfolio, including the
negotiation of key strategic commercial agreements, oversight of
litigation and government investigations, and management of all
data privacy issues. She developed and implemented Bandwidth's GDPR
compliance efforts, navigating new territory at the regulation's
inception. In her new role, Carreker will lead strategic
initiatives on behalf of CEO, David
Morken.
"Marina has been a key partner in the business for years, and
has become a trusted advisor to many of our senior leaders. In this
new role, she will work closely with us to execute against our top
strategic priorities," said Morken.
Prior to joining Bandwidth, Carreker spent eight years as a
litigation attorney. She represented clients in numerous
technology-related industries, including hardware and software
companies, with an emphasis on trade secret and intellectual
property disputes. Carreker graduated from the University of North Carolina, where she was a
Morehead Scholar. She earned her law degree from the University of
Virginia.
Ryan Henley, Chief Customer
Officer
Henley has led Bandwidth's award-winning operations
team for the past seven years, and has played an integral part in
supporting some of the Company's largest customers. In this newly
created position of CCO, he will oversee all customer relationships
and ensure that Bandwidth continues to deliver a world-class
customer experience.
"Ryan has incredible passion for our customers, and he's
inspired everyone at Bandwidth to focus on our customers and their
success. In this role Ryan will ensure that our customers' voice
remains at the heart of our innovative products, robust technology,
and tenacious service for years to come," said Morken.
Henley began his career as a communications officer in the US
Army after graduating from Georgetown
University. He holds a Masters of Finance from the
University of Colorado, as well as Six
Sigma Black Belt and Project Management Professional
certifications. Over the past 30 years, Henley has held leadership
roles of increasing responsibility across the software and
communications service delivery lifecycle, all with the focus of
improving customer engagement.
John Bell, Chief Product
Officer
Bell has served in a number of leadership roles
within the product organization at Bandwidth for the past nine
years, driving strategy, design, and development across Bandwidth's
product portfolio. He has deep experience working directly with the
market leaders in enterprise communications that rely on
Bandwidth's platform and products. In his new role, he'll lead
Bandwidth's entire product organization, focused on bringing
world-class products to market.
"For nearly a decade, John has worked alongside some of the
world's leading enterprise cloud platforms, helping to drive
innovation and create better user experiences. His vision and
expertise will be key as we supercharge cloud communications for
our customers globally," said Morken.
Bell brings deep experience in the mobile and software
industries to Bandwidth. He held senior-level positions at
Accenture where he spent 8 years working on projects for Microsoft,
AT&T Wireless, and T-Mobile, as well as Infospace
Mobile/Motricity where he managed a global portfolio of mobile data
products. Bell received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a
concentration in Economics from Harvey Mudd
College.
Michelle Flynn, Senior Vice
President, Operations
For the past four years, Flynn has
served in a number of different operations roles within Bandwidth,
leading program management and the transformation & delivery
office. In her new role, she leads customer success, technical
support, number operations, deal review, fraud mitigation and
billing. Flynn brings a wealth of operations experience to
Bandwidth. She spent 20 years working with fast-growing tech
companies across the telecom, mobile software, and insurance
industries. She has deep expertise building process for scaling
businesses, managing large integrations and more.
"Michelle is a seasoned operations executive with two decades of
experience managing rapid growth, global expansion, and multiple
M&A integrations. Her mission is to ensure Bandwidth runs a
highly efficient organization, while delivering world-class
customer experience."
Amaya Lantero, GM,
International
Lantero previously served as Chief Revenue
Officer for Voxbone and oversaw the full go to market team. In her
new role, she will lead international operations for Bandwidth,
including commercial, product, operations and technology. She'll
have full P&L responsibility and will oversee the transition of
Voxbone to "One Bandwidth."
"Amaya is a powerhouse. She drove Voxbone's revenue growth and
global expansion. She's got great breadth of experience across
strategy, business development, and operations. Our international
team is in great hands under her leadership," said Morken.
Lantero got her start in corporate finance helping fast-growing
tech companies with their strategy, M&A and financing. She then
spent three years at Blippar, an augmented reality tech company,
where she built the Partner Network from scratch and turned it into
the company's highest growth revenue stream through the
commercialization of its SaaS product, growing its revenues by 100%
for two years in a row. Lantero has a joint degree in law and
business from ICADE, Comillas Pontifical University.
Chris Matton, General
Counsel
Chris Matton has
served Bandwidth for 16 years, including six as outside counsel and
ten as General Counsel. His contribution to Bandwidth's success
during this period cannot be overstated. "Chris provided safe
passage for our then rag-tag crew through myriad legal, regulatory,
and commercial storms and is leaving Bandwidth as a well-governed
four billion dollar public company
with wind in its sails. His resolute spirit at the legal helm,
steadfast commitment to his Bandmates, self-sacrificial work ethic,
soaring legal intellect, and pure joy in battle carried us into
safe harbors time and again. We are deeply honored to announce
today that Chris will be sailing away toward new horizons with fair
winds and following seas. Thank you Chris, you will be dearly
missed." said Morken. Chris will continue to serve as General
Counsel through March 31, 2021 and
will help the company launch a search for his
replacement.
About Bandwidth
Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND), is a
leading global enterprise cloud communications company. Companies
like Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Zoom, Uber and RingCentral use
Bandwidth's APIs to easily embed voice, messaging and 911 access
into software and applications. Bandwidth is the first and only
CPaaS provider offering a robust selection of communications APIs
built around their own nationwide IP voice network–one of the
largest in the nation. More information is available
at www.bandwidth.com.
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