Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2016-09-23 | Mr. Kennedy currently serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Avaya Inc. ... Board Committees: Compensation (Chair). ... The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation earned by or awarded to each Outside Director during fiscal year 2016 who served on our Board during the fiscal year: Kevin J. Kennedy ... Total: $318,957. |
| 2017-09-21 | Mr. Kennedy currently serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Avaya Inc., a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, positions he has held since January 2009. In January 2017, Avaya Inc. filed a Chapter 11 restructuring plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Kennedy is retiring from Avaya effective October 1, 2017. Prior to joining Avaya, Mr. Kennedy was Chief Executive Officer of JDS Uniphase Corporation, a provider of optical products and test and measurement solutions for the communications industry, from September 2003 to December 2008, also serving as JDS Uniphase’s President from March 2004 to December 2008. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Openwave Systems, Inc., a provider of software solutions for the communication and media industries. Previously, Mr. Kennedy spent nearly eight years at Cisco Systems, Inc. and 17 years at Bell Laboratories. In 1987, Mr. Kennedy was a Congressional Fellow to the U.S. House of Representatives on Science, Space and Technology. In January 2011, Mr. Kennedy was appointed to the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee by former President Barack Obama. As the current President and Chief Executive Officer of Avaya and a former senior executive at JDS Uniphase and Openwave, Mr. Kennedy possesses a vast amount of leadership and operational experience with companies in high technology industries. Also as the holder of a Ph.D. degree in engineering from Rutgers University, a member of President Obama’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, a former Congressional Fellow to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and the author of more than 30 papers on computational methods, data networking and technology management, Mr. Kennedy offers relevant expertise in a broad range of technology matters. In addition, as a result of his experience on the Boards of Directors of several public companies, Mr. Kennedy offers our Board a deep understanding of corporate governance matters. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation earned by or awarded to each Outside Director during fiscal year 2017 who served on our Board during the fiscal year: Kevin J. Kennedy: Total $287,477. |
| 2018-09-28 | Kevin J. Kennedy Director since: 2007 Age: 62 Board Committees: Compensation (Chair) Director Compensation Table: Kevin J. Kennedy Fees Earned or Paid in Cash($): 122,500 Stock Awards ($): 199,995 All Other Compensation($): 4,732 Total ($): 327,227 |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-08-30