LATIN AMERICA periods of great growth . We are currently in another similar period with a lot of activity ,” reflects Karim . Winds of change at Avaya Avaya was born as part of AT & T to later become part of Lucent Technologies , with focus on telephone and television . In 2000 , Avaya became independent and moved its headquarters to Santa Clara ( California ), specialising in unified communications and services for contact centres and businesses .
Today is a multinational that generates more than US $ 3.27bn annual profit ; it has undergone a recent restructuring after Chapter 11 and last January saw its return to the New York Stock Exchange following growth plans . This new approach was shown at the 13th edition of Avaya Engage , the conference organised by Avaya that was held on 21 June at the Citibanamex Center in Mexico , sister event of Avaya Engage held in New Orleans in January . Under the motto “ Welcome to the Connected World ”, the event was presented by Jim
321 “ Joining Avaya as Managing Director for the Mexico region was a very interesting challenge … the one of a region that has a lot of growth potential ”
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Galib Karim , Vice President at Avaya Americas International
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