Polycom Appoints Geoff Thomas as President of Asia Pacific

Collaboration solutions provider Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLCM) announced Tuesday that Geoff Thomas has joined the company as President, Polycom Asia Pacific.

In this role, Thomas is responsible for leading the company’s regional sales strategy and execution to drive customer success, brand affinity and profitable growth.

Thomas joins Polycom from Juniper Networks, where he was Vice President Enterprise Sales Asia Pacific. He also has a long career history with Microsoft Corporation, where he served in several leadership roles, which included business development in emerging markets.

“Geoff’s leadership and strong background in sales, emerging markets, and business development will steer Polycom’s business in the right direction in the critical Asia Pacific region,” said Peter Leav, president and CEO, Polycom.

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“I am delighted to join Polycom and lead the company’s team and growth plans in Asia Pacific,” said Thomas.

At Juniper Networks, Geoff led the company’s enterprise business across all markets in Asia Pacific, namely Australia and New Zealand, Greater China, India, South East Asia, Japan, and Korea.

Prior to his role at Juniper Networks, he had a 15-year career at Microsoft, where he held several executive leadership positions.