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'''Kevin J. Kennedy''' (born 1955) is an American [[business executive]]. He is currently the CEO of Quanergy Systems (NYSE: QNGY and QNGY.WS), a growth company that develops software and sensor technology enabling 3D perception and autonomy, after joining the Board in 2019. Before Quanergy, Mr. Kennedy was the president and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Avaya Inc.]] from January 2009<ref name="Avaya-PR">{{cite web
{{other people|Kevin Kennedy}}
'''Kevin J. Kennedy''' (born 1955) is an [[United States|American]] [[business executive]]. He has been president and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Avaya Inc.]] since January 2009.<ref name="Avaya-PR">{{cite web
|url = http://www.avaya.com/gcm/master-usa/en-us/corporate/pressroom/pressreleases/2008/pr-081030.htm
|url = http://www.avaya.com/gcm/master-usa/en-us/corporate/pressroom/pressreleases/2008/pr-081030.htm
|title = Kevin Kennedy to Join Avaya Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer
|title = Kevin Kennedy to Join Avaya Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer
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|date = October 30, 2008
|date = October 30, 2008
|accessdate = 20 Aug 2011
|accessdate = 20 Aug 2011
}}</ref><ref>
}}</ref><ref>*{{cite web
*{{cite web
|url = http://www.nojitter.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215901244
|url = http://www.nojitter.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215901244
|title = Interview: Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy
|title = Interview: Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy
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|last = Krapf
|last = Krapf
|accessdate = 20 Aug 2011
|accessdate = 20 Aug 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720184737/http://www.nojitter.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215901244
|archive-date = 20 July 2011
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*{{cite web
*{{cite web
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|url = http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9118626/Avaya_names_networking_industry_veteran_Kevin_Kennedy_CEO
|url = http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9118626/Avaya_names_networking_industry_veteran_Kevin_Kennedy_CEO
|accessdate = 20 August 2011
|accessdate = 20 August 2011
}}</ref>
}}
</ref> to October 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.techzone360.com/topics/techzone/articles/2017/08/07/433866-kev-kennedy-stepping-down-will-new-leadership-help.htm|title=Kevin Kennedy Stepping Down, Will New Leadership Help Guide Avaya Back into Prominence?|website=www.techzone360.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref>


Kennedy holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from [[Lehigh University]] and an MS and a PhD in engineering from [[Rutgers University]] and an EMBA from the University of Michigan.<ref name="Avaya-PR" /> Before joining the company, he was CEO of [[JDS Uniphase Corporation]], and prior to that he had worked at [[AT&T Bell Laboratories]], [[Cisco Systems]]<ref>
Kennedy holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from [[Lehigh University]] and an MS and a PhD in engineering from [[Rutgers University]] and an EMBA from the University of Michigan.<ref name="Avaya-PR" /> Before joining Avaya, he was CEO of [[JDS Uniphase Corporation]], and prior to that he had worked at [[AT&T Bell Laboratories]], [[Cisco Systems]]<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
|title = Shakeup at Cisco
|title=Shakeup at Cisco
|publisher = Network World Fusion
|publisher=Network World Fusion
|first = Jim
|first=Jim
|last = Duffy
|last=Duffy
|url = http://www.networkworld.com/edge/columnists/2001/0827edge2.html
|url=http://www.networkworld.com/edge/columnists/2001/0827edge2.html
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
|accessdate=21 Aug 2016
|url-status=bot: unknown
}}
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312234048/http://www.networkworld.com/edge/columnists/2001/0827edge2.html
|archivedate=2010-03-12
}}
</ref> where he became a Senior Vice President, and then as Chief Operating Officer of [[Openwave Systems]].<ref>
</ref> where he became a Senior Vice President, and then as Chief Operating Officer of [[Openwave Systems]].<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
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|title = Cisco redux?
|title = Cisco redux?
|date = September 3, 2001
|date = September 3, 2001
}}</ref> During his career he has been elected to the board of directors of the following companies/organizations - UL Inc.,Kla, Digital Realty, Solar Technologies and less recently Agility Communications, Canary Foundation,<ref>
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
}}</ref> During his career he has been elected to the Board of Directors of the following companies/organizations; Agility Communications, Canary Foundation,<ref>
{{cite web
|title = Board of Directors
|publisher = Canary Foundation
|url = http://www.canaryfoundation.org/board.cfm
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
}}</ref> Freescale Semiconductor, JDS Uniphase, KLA-Tencor,<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
|title=Board of Directors
|publisher=Canary Foundation
|url=http://www.canaryfoundation.org/board.cfm
|accessdate=21 Aug 2011
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911171122/http://www.canaryfoundation.org/board.cfm
|archivedate=2011-09-11
}}</ref> Freescale Semiconductor, JDS Uniphase,<ref>{{cite web
|title = KLA-Tencor Elects Kevin Kennedy, John Dickson to Its Board of Directors
|title = KLA-Tencor Elects Kevin Kennedy, John Dickson to Its Board of Directors
|url = http://www.kla-tencor.com/corporate-releases/kla-tencor-elects-kevin-kennedy-john-dickson-to-its-board-of-directors.html
|url = http://www.kla-tencor.com/corporate-releases/kla-tencor-elects-kevin-kennedy-john-dickson-to-its-board-of-directors.html
|publisher = KLA-Tencor
|publisher = KLA-Tencor
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
|archive-date = 28 September 2011
}}
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928135856/http://www.kla-tencor.com/corporate-releases/kla-tencor-elects-kevin-kennedy-john-dickson-to-its-board-of-directors.html
</ref> Openwave,<ref>
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> Openwave,<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
|title = Openwave Strengthens Board With New Appointments
|title = Openwave Strengthens Board With New Appointments
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|url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132320782.html
|url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132320782.html
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
}}</ref> Polycom,<ref>
}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Polycom,<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
|title = Polycom Appoints Kevin Kennedy To Board Of Directors
|title=Polycom Appoints Kevin Kennedy To Board Of Directors
|url = http://www.polycom.com/company/news_room/press_releases/2008/20080508.html
|url=http://www.polycom.com/company/news_room/press_releases/2008/20080508.html
|publisher = Polycom
|publisher=Polycom
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
|accessdate=21 Aug 2011
|url-status=dead
}}
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930035814/http://www.polycom.com/company/news_room/press_releases/2008/20080508.html
</ref> Quantum Corporation, Rambus<ref>
|archivedate=2011-09-30
{{cite web
}}
|title = Rambus Elects Kevin Kennedy to Its Board of Directors
</ref> Quantum Corporation, Rambus<ref>{{cite web
|date = April 8, 2003
|title = Rambus Elects Kevin Kennedy to Its Board of Directors
|url = http://investor.rambus.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=134518
|date = April 8, 2003
|publisher = Rambus
|url = http://investor.rambus.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=134518
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
|publisher = Rambus
}}
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
</ref> Synchron Networks.<ref>
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331005728/http://investor.rambus.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=134518
|archive-date = 2012-03-31
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

In 1987, he was a congressional fellow at [[United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology]], and in 2010 President [[Barack Obama]] appointed him to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee,<ref>
{{cite web
{{cite web
|title = Kevin Kennedy Has Joined Synchron Board Of Directors
|date = 25 March 2002
|url = http://www.synchronnetworks.com/news/3-25Kennedy.htm
|publisher = Synchron Networks Inc.
|accessdate = 10 Feb 2012
}}</ref>

In 1987, he was a congressional fellow at [[United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology]], and in 2010 President [[Barack Obama]] appointed him to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.<ref>
{{cite web
|publisher = Telecom News
|publisher = Telecom News
|title = Obama to appoint Kevin J. Kennedy as a Member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
|title = Obama to appoint Kevin J. Kennedy as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
|date = December 17, 2010
|date = December 17, 2010
|url = http://vartips.com/misc/obama-kevin-j-kennedy-national-security-telecommunications-advisory-committee-1724.html
|url = http://vartips.com/misc/obama-kevin-j-kennedy-national-security-telecommunications-advisory-committee-1724.html
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110220060748/http://vartips.com/misc/obama-kevin-j-kennedy-national-security-telecommunications-advisory-committee-1724.html
}}</ref>
|archive-date = 20 February 2011
|url-status = dead
|df = dmy-all
}}
</ref> completing this service in 2019.


From 1982 to 1984, Kennedy was an adjunct professor at Rutgers where he published papers on computational methods, data networking, and issues of technology management.<ref>
From 1982 to 1984, Kennedy was an adjunct professor at Rutgers where he published papers on computational methods, data networking, and issues of technology management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://soe.rutgers.edu/story/kevin-kennedy|title=Kevin Kennedy|date=15 September 2011|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-date=24 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524222233/http://soe.rutgers.edu/story/kevin-kennedy|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{cite web
|title = Kevin J. Kennedy (CEO) Avaya Inc.
|publisher = Technames (Executive Search Research)
|url = http://www.technames.com/public/public_profile.aspx?id=51758
|accessdate = 20 Aug 2011
}}</ref>

Kennedy is the author of "Devil in the Details: The Practice of Situational Leadership".<ref>
{{cite book
|title = Devil in the Details: The Practice of Situational Leadership
|first = Kevin
|last = Kennedy
|publisher = iUniverse
|date = June 2012
|page = 127
|isbn = 978-1-4759-2014-7
}}</ref>
Kennedy is the coauthor of ''Going the Distance: Why Some Companies Dominate and Others Fail''.<ref>
{{cite book
|title = Going the Distance: Why Some Companies Dominate and Others Fail
|first1 = Kevin
|last1 = Kennedy
|first2 = Mary
|last2 = Moore
|publisher = FT Press
|date = April 6, 2003
|page = 288
|isbn = 978-0-13-046120-9
}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 05:19, 12 April 2024

For other people named Kevin Kennedy, see Kevin Kennedy (disambiguation).
Kevin J. Kennedy
Kevin J. Kennedy in 2009
Born1955
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBusinessman
Known forAvaya Inc.

Kevin J. Kennedy (born 1955) is an American business executive. He is currently the CEO of Quanergy Systems (NYSE: QNGY and QNGY.WS), a growth company that develops software and sensor technology enabling 3D perception and autonomy, after joining the Board in 2019. Before Quanergy, Mr. Kennedy was the president and CEO of Avaya Inc. from January 2009[1][2] to October 2017[3]

Kennedy holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MS and a PhD in engineering from Rutgers University and an EMBA from the University of Michigan.[1] Before joining Avaya, he was CEO of JDS Uniphase Corporation, and prior to that he had worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Cisco Systems[4] where he became a Senior Vice President, and then as Chief Operating Officer of Openwave Systems.[5] During his career he has been elected to the board of directors of the following companies/organizations - UL Inc.,Kla, Digital Realty, Solar Technologies and less recently Agility Communications, Canary Foundation,[6] Freescale Semiconductor, JDS Uniphase,[7] Openwave,[8] Polycom,[9] Quantum Corporation, Rambus[10]

In 1987, he was a congressional fellow at United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and in 2010 President Barack Obama appointed him to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee,[11] completing this service in 2019.

From 1982 to 1984, Kennedy was an adjunct professor at Rutgers where he published papers on computational methods, data networking, and issues of technology management.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kevin Kennedy to Join Avaya Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer". Avaya. October 30, 2008. Retrieved 20 Aug 2011.
  2. ^ *Krapf, Eric. "Interview: Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy". UBM TechWeb (No Jitter). Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Kevin Kennedy Stepping Down, Will New Leadership Help Guide Avaya Back into Prominence?". www.techzone360.com. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  4. ^ Duffy, Jim. "Shakeup at Cisco". Network World Fusion. Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 21 Aug 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Cisco redux?". Network World. September 3, 2001. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ^ "Board of Directors". Canary Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  7. ^ "KLA-Tencor Elects Kevin Kennedy, John Dickson to Its Board of Directors". KLA-Tencor. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  8. ^ "Openwave Strengthens Board With New Appointments". PR Newswire. October 15, 2002. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.[dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Polycom Appoints Kevin Kennedy To Board Of Directors". Polycom. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  10. ^ "Rambus Elects Kevin Kennedy to Its Board of Directors". Rambus. April 8, 2003. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 21 Aug 2011.
  11. ^ "Obama to appoint Kevin J. Kennedy as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee". Telecom News. 17 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Kevin Kennedy". 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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