Culture Change at Avaya Creating Conversations for the Future

Avaya is the global business communications expert delivering open and flexible communication systems. Those systems transform the way people collaborate to enhance performance and enable growth for companies small to large. In 2008, Avaya conducted a detailed examination of their corporate culture and found that their current culture was firmly rooted in the cultures of their corporate "parents", AT&T and Lucent. Counterproductive behaviors that were carried over from these cultures were not conducive to generate the business results Avaya needed to be successful in the future, namely revenue- and market-share growth and margin improvement. Join Roger Gaston, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, and Steve Fitzgerald, Vice President of Human Resources, to learn about the steps Avaya took to create a culture of success and lead them to a sustainable future.


About our Speakers

Roger Gaston, SVP, HR Avaya

Roger Gaston joined Avaya in 2006 as Senior Vice President of Human Resources and is a member of the Avaya Executive Council. He is located at Avaya's corporate headquarters in Basking Ridge, NJ. Privately held since 2007, Avaya is a global leader in intelligent communications and has approximately 19,000 employees globally, located in over 50 countries. Avaya has over 1 million customers, including over 90% of the Fortune 500®.




Steve Fitzgerald, VP, HR Avaya

Steve Fitzgerald is currently Vice President, Human Resources at Avaya. He leads the Workforce Planning, HR M&A, Leadership Development, Talent Management, Shared Services, internal consulting, and rest of Avaya's Organizational Effectiveness practice. Steve has also led the Compensation and Benefits function for Avaya. Prior to his current role at Avaya, Steve was the SVP, Human Resources, at Vail Resorts, where he led the HR function at one of the premier hospitality companies in the world. He has also held senior positions at Sun Microsystems, StorageTek, and Ford Motor Company.

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