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8x8 hires former RingCentral COO Sipes as new CEO

Thursday 10 December 2020 | 16:21 CET | News

8x8 announced the appointment of Dave Sipes as its new CEO, replacing Vik Verma, who is retiring. Sipes comes from RingCentral, where he served most recently as COO until early this year.

Verma will assist the transition in an advisory role after leading the company for seven years. At the same time, Jaswinder Pal Singh will become the company’s chairman, replacing Bryan Martin, who remains a director. Verma also has retired from the board of directors.

8x8 also confirmed its guidance for the fiscal third quarter to December full-year fiscal 2021.



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Companies: 8x8 / RingCentral
Countries: World
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