BlueJeans hires senior staff from AV and IT giants

BlueJeans Network Inc has lured a number of industry veterans from Polycom, IBM, WebEx and RingCentral to build up its management team.

The company, which describe itself as the first cloud service

to connect desktops, mobile devices and room systems in one video meeting, said the appointments will accelerate its growth.

Joining the company are Matthew Collier as SVP of strategic business development, George Mogannam as chief revenue officer (CRO) and Walt Weisner as chief customer officer (CCO).

“We have assembled an incredible leadership team with the pedigree and proven expertise to scale the company and take advantage of our $40 billion addressable market,” said Quentin Gallivan, CEO of BlueJeans. “Matt, George and Walt have seen this movie before – they have the right experience and knowhow to lead sales, customer success, and business development during an important market inflection point.”

Collier’s career has been devoted to identifying partnerships and alliances required to drive brand awareness and new revenue opportunities. Early on at Verizon, he focused on the video and collaboration market followed by a role as VP of business development at Polycom. Collier then expanded relationships with technology, distribution and resale partners at Lifesize Communications.

Mogannam has expertise in scaling out sales teams globally. After spending a number of years as a sales leader at IBM, Mogannam has led sales teams at Crossbeam Systems (acquired by Blue Coat) and Avid Technology. He comes to BlueJeans from Actiance, where he served as SVP of worldwide sales and service.

Weisner is one of the most seasoned leaders in the evolving field of customer success and has been at the forefront of driving adoption and revenue in high-growth markets. He has transformed customer success organisations for companies such as RingCentral, WebEx, ShoreTel, GoodTechnology, and ServiceNow.

The new additions to the management team arrive at BlueJeans under the direction of Quentin Gallivan, who was named BlueJeans’ CEO in August 2017 as BlueJeans experienced a significant spike in the size, scope and diversity of customer deployments.

“I think I speak for George and Matt in saying that BlueJeans is poised to take advantage of an exciting time in our industry where technical innovation, strategic partnerships and customer demand will propel the company and bring our meeting platform to new customers in every market and region. With Krish Ramakrishnan, the father of cloud-based video communications, driving the vision and Quentin leading strategy and execution, all of the pieces are in place for BlueJeans to fundamentally transform enterprise business communications and collaboration,” said Weisner.