Siemens Enterprise Communications Appoints Chris Hummel as Chief Marketing Officer

MUNICH, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Enterprise Communications, a premier provider of enterprise communications, today announced the appointment of Chris Hummel as the company's new chief marketing officer. Hummel will be responsible for the strategy, structure and execution of all Siemens Enterprise Communications' marketing activities globally. Reporting to CEO Hamid Akhavan, who himself recently joined the company from Deutsche Telekom, Hummel will serve as a member of the senior executive team.

"Siemens Enterprise Communications has long been advocating a software-based approach to voice, networking and unified communications, and Chris' deep software industry expertise, as well as his ability to translate technology messages into clear business value, will further assert our leadership position in the market," said Hamid Akhavan, chief executive officer for Siemens Enterprise Communications. "His skills strongly complement and enhance the world-class leadership team that I'm building, which is focused on helping our customers address the changing telecommunications and networking needs of today's enterprise with industry-leading products and services."

"Over the last year, Siemens Enterprise Communications has been working to raise its awareness and presence in the market," said Brian Riggs, research director, enterprise software and communications for Current Analysis. "Adding a strong CMO with Chris Hummel's background and experience should build on this foundation and better position their strong technology solutions, built on a heritage of carrier-class reliability."

Hummel joins the company from SAP AG, where he last served as executive vice president of global field marketing, leading the development and execution of innovative programs like "Best Run Now" and "Clear Enterprise" in support of SAP's go-to-market strategy. Before SAP, Hummel spent 13 years at Oracle Corporation in a number of senior sales and marketing roles around the world and helped Oracle's customer service organization earn certification from J.D. Power and Associates for its "outstanding customer service."

"I am excited to be part of a recognized innovator in the enterprise communications space that sits at the intersection of so many critical market transformations like unified communications and cloud computing," said Chris Hummel, chief marketing officer for Siemens Enterprise Communications. "With great technology and proven services, Siemens Enterprise Communications will continue to focus on delivering value to our customers today, while strongly positioning them for the future."

About Siemens Enterprise Communications

Siemens Enterprise Communications is a premier provider of end-to-end enterprise communications, including voice, network infrastructure and security solutions that use open, standards-based architectures to unify communications and business applications for a seamless collaboration experience. This award-winning "Open Communications" approach enables organizations to improve productivity and reduce costs through easy-to-deploy solutions that work within existing IT environments, delivering operational efficiencies. It is the foundation for the company's OpenPath® commitment that enables customers to mitigate risk and cost-effectively adopt unified communications. Jointly owned by The Gores Group and Siemens AG, Siemens Enterprise Communications companies include Siemens Enterprise Communications, Cycos, and Enterasys Networks.

For more information about Siemens Enterprise Communications or Enterasys please visit www.siemens-enterprise.com or www.enterasys.com

SOURCE Siemens Enterprise Communications