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'''Kevin J. Kennedy''' (born 1955) is an [[United States|American]] [[business executive]]. Kevin is President and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Avaya Inc.]], a global provider of fully integrated, digital communications software and services. Kevin joined Avaya in January 2009, and leads one of the industry’s strongest executive teams to create superior technology and help customers drive communication experiences.<ref name="Avaya-PR">{{cite web
'''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
|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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|url = http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9118626/Avaya_names_networking_industry_veteran_Kevin_Kennedy_CEO
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</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 Avaya, he was CEO of [[JDS Uniphase Corporation]], and prior to that he had worked at [[AT&T Bell Laboratories]], [[Cisco Systems]]<ref>
Highly skilled at orchestrating innovation and change in communications and related industries, Kevin has over four decades of experience at companies including Cisco Systems, [[JDSU|JDS Uniphase Corporation]], [[Openwave|Openwave Systems]] and [[Bell Labs|AT&T Bell Laboratories]]. Kevin’s specialization is transforming companies through growth and company reinvention, tapping both organic innovation and mergers and acquisitions. During his career, Kevin has been instrumental in closing over 155 acquisitions and has double-digit asset divestitures.
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{{cite web
|title=Shakeup at Cisco
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|last=Duffy
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</ref> where he became a Senior Vice President, and then as Chief Operating Officer of [[Openwave Systems]].<ref>
{{cite web
|publisher = Network World
|title = Cisco redux?
|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>
{{cite web
|title=Board of Directors
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|accessdate=21 Aug 2011
|url-status=dead
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}}</ref> Freescale Semiconductor, JDS Uniphase,<ref>{{cite web
|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
|publisher = KLA-Tencor
|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
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> Openwave,<ref>
{{cite web
|title = Openwave Strengthens Board With New Appointments
|publisher = PR Newswire
|date = October 15, 2002
|url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132320782.html
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Polycom,<ref>
{{cite web
|title=Polycom Appoints Kevin Kennedy To Board Of Directors
|url=http://www.polycom.com/company/news_room/press_releases/2008/20080508.html
|publisher=Polycom
|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
|archivedate=2011-09-30
}}
</ref> Quantum Corporation, Rambus<ref>{{cite web
|title = Rambus Elects Kevin Kennedy to Its Board of Directors
|date = April 8, 2003
|url = http://investor.rambus.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=134518
|publisher = Rambus
|accessdate = 21 Aug 2011
|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>
Kevin currently serves U.S. President Barack Obama as a member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and in 1987, he served as a Congressional Fellow to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Kevin was honored by the School of Engineering at [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]] as their Alumnus of the Year and awarded an Alumni Medal of Excellence in 2006 and previously served on the Board of Regents at [[Loyola Marymount University|Loyola Marymount]].
{{cite web
|publisher = Telecom News
|title = Obama to appoint Kevin J. Kennedy as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
|date = December 17, 2010
|url = http://vartips.com/misc/obama-kevin-j-kennedy-national-security-telecommunications-advisory-committee-1724.html
|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
|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>{{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>
Kevin’s board experience spans both public and private companies across numerous industries including enterprise software, semiconductors, semiconductor test and measurement, intellectual property, cloud infrastructure, real estate investment trust and cancer research. Kevin sits on the boards of [[Avaya|Avaya Inc.]] (privately held), [[Digital Realty|Digital Realty Trust Inc.]] (NYSE: DLR), [[KLA-Tencor|KLA-Tencor Corporation]] (NASDAQ: KLAC), and [http://www.canaryfoundation.org/ The Canary Foundation], a non-profit organization. Kevin has authored multiple patents including two in enterprise security and has published more than 30 papers on computational methods, data networking and issues of technology management. He is the author of [https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Details-Practice-Situational-Leadership/dp/1475920156/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Devil in the Details], published in 2012, and a co-author of [https://www.amazon.com/Going-Distance-Companies-Dominate-Others-ebook/dp/B000P28VFO/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=#nav-subnav Going the Distance: Why Some Companies Dominate and Others Fail].

Kevin holds a B.S. in engineering from [[Lehigh University]] as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from [[Rutgers University]] where he served as an adjunct professor from 1982 to 1984. Kevin also holds a Distinguished Leader Executive Certificate from the University of Michigan Ross.


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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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