DZS Appoints Scott St. John as Chief Customer Officer
2024年4月25日 - 9:00PM
DZS (Nasdaq: DZSI), a global leader of broadband networking and
AI-driven cloud software solutions, today announced it has
appointed Scott St. John as Chief Customer Officer, reporting
directly to CEO Charlie Vogt.
Mr. St. John will be responsible for leading global sales for
DZS and will be focused on driving accelerated revenue growth
across the Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and
Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) regions. Communication service
providers (CSPs) in these regions continue to undergo a multi-year
broadband networking upgrade cycle with a shift towards open and
software defined networking, supported by “broadband everywhere”
initiatives led by multiple government-funded stimulus projects and
private investments that are taking place around the world. DZS’
enhanced broadband networking and AI-driven cloud software
portfolios are ideally suited to address this opportunity following
three years of targeted innovation and three strategic acquisitions
that have created a truly differentiated network edge focused
portfolio ready to position CSPs for services agility and future
success.
“Scott was instrumental in leading ADVA’s significant sales
growth during his more than five-year tenure leading up to the
ADVA/Adtran merger,” said Mr. Vogt.” DZS will benefit from Scott’s
experience and 20-plus years of sales leadership knowledge and
trusted relationships with service providers and channel partners
across the Americas, EMEA and ANZ, complementing the momentum we
have created over the past two years. The timing of Scott’s arrival
aligns well with our recently released and differentiated 50G-ready
OLT platforms, optical edge ROADM, home broadband and cloud
software solutions. We are active in numerous service provider
optical transport, fiber access, network assurance, orchestration,
and home broadband software management projects and I am confident
that Scott will accelerate our team’s ability to convert these
technology and solution trials into our next wave of growth as we
progress through 2024 and enter 2025.”
DZS continues to gain traction with service providers in its
strategic growth markets of the Americas, EMEA and ANZ, including
recent wins with tier-one operators in multiple regions. Since
2022, the company’s vision, strategy and technology initiatives
have led to the introduction of award-winning and category-defining
optical, access and cloud software solutions. Complementing the
company’s optical and fiber broadband focused innovation and
aligned with the most demanding service provider requirements, DZS
successfully acquired and integrated the core assets of ASSIA
(AI-driven cloud software), RIFT (automation, orchestration and
network slicing software) and Optelian (optical networking
platforms).
“Under Charlie’s leadership, DZS has transformed into a market
disruptor, and I am looking forward to joining his management team
and accelerating the company’s growth as we capitalize on the
significant network expansion opportunities ahead of us based on
the normalization of service provider buying patterns fueled by
government broadband stimulus programs and the more than 25 large
scale service providers trials underway around the world,” said Mr.
St. John. “Broadband has become a utility-like service and with the
maturity and acceleration of artificial intelligence changing the
way CSPs automate, optimize and analyze the performance of their
networks, it’s an ideal time to leverage the company’s unique
position in the industry, bolstered by best-in-class optical,
access and cloud software technology. DZS is poised to take market
share and grow top-line revenue and I am excited to lead that
charge.”
Mr. St. John has an extensive track record over the past 25
years leading global sales teams and consistently driving revenue
growth. Prior to DZS, he served as Chief Sales Officer for ADVA
until the merger with Adtran where he managed a global team of over
450 employees and increased sales to approximately €700 million per
year.
Gunter Reiss will continue to serve as Chief Marketing Officer
and lead Business Development for DZS. reporting to the CEO.
“With the momentum DZS has across the Americas, EMEA and ANZ
regions, the timing of Scott joining our leadership team is ideal,
allowing me to focus 100% of my time on the numerous marketing and
business development initiatives underway,” said Mr. Reiss.
“Scott’s expertise in successfully implementing global go-to-market
strategies and deploying complex networking solutions will serve
our customers and channel partners extremely well as they upgrade
their communications networks.”
About DZS Inc.
DZS Inc. (Nasdaq: DZSI) is a global leader of broadband
networking and AI-driven cloud software solutions.
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