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He also leads the strategic solutions initiative for Public Safety.

In his current role at Avaya, Turgeon leads a global team of Networking Sales specialists, and is
the lead Networking evangelist.

His team works closely with customers to advocate and drive strategic sales investments and
initiatives promoting an end-to-end Fabric-based architecture solution that delivers business
value.

Turgeon was instrumental in launching the Avaya Collaboration Pod, a turnkey solution to
quickly deploy unified communications and contact center solutions in a public, private or hybrid
cloud environment, through partnerships with VMWare and EMC.

Turgeon joined Avaya in 2009 through its acquisition of Nortel’s Enterprise assets, and played a
pivotal role in integrating the Nortel Networking business, team and products into the Avaya
portfolio.

At Nortel, Turgeon was most recently General Manager for the Networking Business Unit
leading its Product and Strategy groups.

Prior to that, Turgeon held numerous leadership roles at Nortel and Bay Networks within the
Research & Development, CTO Office, Support and Professional Services, Training and
Technical Marketing organizations. He is a prolific speaker at international industry events and
conferences.

A native of Ottawa, Canada, Turgeon holds a degree in Electronics from the Institut Teccart,
and an Executive MBA from University of Ottawa.

Outside of work, Turgeon is a self-confessed ‘speed-freak’, and enjoys motor racing,
snowmobiling, boating, biking and hockey. He and his wife, Lorraine, are proud parents to four
children.

Jean can be reached on Twitter, and on the company website, http://www.avaya.com/en/.

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