Communications. Transformed.

We help customer-obsessed organizations engage
at the speed of employee and customer expectations.

8x8 cloud solutions help businesses transform their customer and employee experience. With one system of engagement for voice, video, collaboration and contact center and one system of intelligence on one technology platform, businesses can now communicate faster and smarter to exceed the speed of customer expectations.

Leadership drives innovation

Vik Verma

Chief Executive Officer

Vik Verma loves to take complex technology and translate it into products and services that create value for customers the world over. For his early work at Savi on RFID and the Internet of Things—which revolutionized worldwide container tracking and security—the World Economic Forum in Davos named him one of...

Bryan R. Martin

Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer

Bryan Martin is 8x8’s technological visionary, leading the company’s drive to patent a range of disruptive and innovative technologies. With an excellent sense of how cloud communications transform enterprise communications and customer service, Bryan led 8x8 as CEO from its early days as a VoIP pioneer to its current position...

Steven Gatoff

Chief Financial Officer

With a focus on increasing stockholder value for technology companies and a passion for driving change and enabling growth, Steven is an experienced SaaS CFO responsible for 8x8’s global financial operations. Steven brings 25+ years of leadership and finance expertise that supports the company’s globally expanding business, with a background...

Dejan Deklich

Chief Product Officer

Dejan Deklich is 8x8’s chief product officer, responsible for the company’s global infrastructure, product vision and roadmap. His extensive experience in technology evaluation has made him an enthusiastic driver of corporate and product strategy for computational platforms and large scale systems from both a technical and a business perspective. Prior...

Matthew Zinn

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Privacy Officer

Matthew Zinn is 8x8’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Privacy Officer, and is responsible for overseeing the company’s global legal, regulatory, privacy, and compliance efforts, as well as serving as the corporate secretary. Matthew’s deep business experience in the areas of communications, technology, and intellectual property...

Darren Hakeman

Senior Vice President of Strategy, Analytics & Corporate Development

Darren’s 20 years of management and operational experience help him create enterprise-ready cloud products and services that apply 8x8’s cutting-edge technology to solve everyday business problems. A respected leader in translating innovation into game-changing offerings, he has advised leading Silicon Valley companies and emerging start-ups, including Authentication Metrics, Inc. (now...

Scott Sampson

Senior Vice President of Midmarket & Enterprise

Scott Sampson is responsible for all efforts to expand global midmarket and enterprise sales with a focus on developing and leveraging channel relationships to help drive this consultative sales business. He has more than 25 years of software industry experience with a proven track record of sales success. Sampson was...

Samuel Wilson

Senior Vice President of Small Business & eCommerce

Samuel Wilson is responsible for all global small business and eCommerce sales, operations and delivery with an aim to accelerate growth and productivity in this high-volume, transactional business. He joins 8x8 from MobileIron where he was instrumental in taking the company public and part of the team that grew annual...

Amelia Generalis

Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Workplaces

Amelia Generalis leads 8x8’s global human resources and workplaces. Amelia brings 25 years of HR and business experience to 8x8 with a mix of Fortune 50 global brands as well as late stage “unicorn” hyper growth companies. Most recently,she was the SVP of HR at Model N where she led the people integration...

Jeff Romano

Senior Vice President of Global Services & Support

SVP of Global Services and Support for 8x8, Jeff’s charter is to transform and revolutionize the entire customer experience from deployment of services to ongoing service adoption, support and customer success. Jeff brings to 8x8 more than 25 years of international experience working with on-premises and cloud-based software companies to...

Mehdi Salour

Senior Vice President of Network Operations and DevOps

Mehdi Salour is a super-ninja when it comes to global networks and DevOps. He leads 8x8′s global network, data center, and security operations, enabling enterprise-grade service delivery to be a key differentiation for the company. In addition, as 8x8 increasingly supports the growing needs of mid-market and enterprise customers, Mehdi...

John DeLozier

VP and Channel Chief

John DeLozier is a key member of the 8x8 leadership team and holds the position of Channel Chief, VP Channel strategy and execution. John is highly decorated and well-respected in the channel community bringing more than 20 years of experience in business management and channel development. John’s charge includes overseeing...

Mary Ellen Genovese

Managing Director of European Operations

Mary Ellen manages 8x8’s strategic business initiatives and expansion into the UK and Europe. She previously served as 8x8′s Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to that, she was a consultant to the company and an advisor to the company’s Board of Directors Compensation Committee....

Meghan Keough

Global VP Corporate and Product Marketing

Meghan Keough is a seasoned marketing leader with 20 years in the technology industry where she has held leadership roles in product marketing, product management, marketing and alliances at both large enterprise software companies such as Siebel and Oracle as well as high growth start-ups such as SignalDemand. As Global...

Venkat Nagaswamy

Global VP of Demand Generation

Venkat Nagaswamy is Global VP of Demand Generation. He came to 8x8 as a result of his company’s acquisition. As co-founder and CEO of MarianaIQ, Venkat Nagaswamy brings a long and diverse background in high technology to bear on applying artificial intelligence and Deep Learning to help marketers make account-based...

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Vik Verma

Chief Executive Officer

Vik Verma loves to take complex technology and create products and services that deliver value for customers worldwide. For his work at Savi Technology on RFID and the Internet of Things—which revolutionized container tracking and security—the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2003 named Vik one of 40 “Technology Pioneers.”...

Bryan R. Martin

Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer

Guy L. Hecker

Major General Guy L. Hecker, Jr. has served as a director since August 1997 and lead director since January 2010. He was the founder of Stafford, Burke and Hecker, Inc., a consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, and served as its President from 1982 to 2008. Prior to his retirement...

Monique Bonner

Monique Bonner is Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Akamai, where she is dually focused on driving growth and operational excellence. She leads Akamai’s marketing efforts globally including brand, communications, field and digital marketing, as well as the company’s sales and services training and enablement programs. Ms. Bonner...

Vladimir Jacimovic

Vladimir Jacimovic has over 25 years of investing and operating experience with high growth companies in the technology and services industry with specific expertise in the Software as a Service (SaaS), Big Data and Security segments. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Continuum Capital Partners, an investment firm...

Ian Potter

Ian Potter has served as a director since September 2013. Mr. Potter resides in Singapore and France and brings more than 25 years of international business development, management and operational experience to 8x8. From 1994 until his retirement from Morgan Stanley in 2013, Mr. Potter served the firm in various...

Eric Salzman

Eric Salzman has served as a director since February 2012. Mr. Salzman has nearly 20 years of experience in the financial services industry with expertise in M&A, private equity and special situation investing and has served as a board member or board observer on over 12 companies. From August 2011...

Jaswinder Pal Singh

Jaswinder Pal Singh has served as a director since October 2013. Since 2004, Dr. Singh has served as a Full Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. He has also served as Chairman since May 2013 and Co-Founder since October 2011 of Gwynnie Bee, Inc., an Internet technology company in...

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Reliable, award-winning services

Backed by exceptional customer support, 8x8 offers outstanding reliability with built-in redundancy from its global data centers to ensure maximum uptime and business continuity. 8x8 has become the dominant choice of businesses that seek powerful, seamless services to meet all of their communications and collaboration needs — now and for the future.

The Only Leader in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS also in the Magic Quadrant for CCaaS, North America

Superior Voice Quality

Frost and Sullivan Best Practices Award
2018 Competitive Strategy Innovations and Leadership Award

Innovation is in our DNA

170 patents and counting.

It takes great effort and innovative thinking to build cloud communications that work simply, integrate seamlessly and perform reliably. In crafting our solutions, we’ve earned 170 patents — and the trust of over 1 million business users.

READ ABOUT OUR 100TH PATENT

Build your career with 8x8

We’re transforming the way the world communicates. Be a part of it. We’re always looking to add the best and brightest talent to our team.

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I think the coolest thing about the team that I’m on, the sales team, is diversity. We’ve got folks in their mid-twenties all the way up to folks in their mid-sixties. So, there are a lot of different experiences, a lot of different sales techniques, a lot of different ways of selling, and everybody learns from everybody else.
– Greg Smith, SR. STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGER

It’s really rewarding to work for a company where everyone makes a difference. We all contribute to making 8x8 a great place to work and strive to give our customers a wonderful experience as well.
– Sonny Yi, SR. MANAGER ACCOUNTING

We love all the benefits that come with working for a global organisation. Having the opportunity to own a little bit of the company you work for is great! And we have received a great welcome into the 8x8 fold.
– Helen Hudson-Butler, SR. DIRECTOR, EMEA CUSTOMER AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

I enjoy working with people who are smart, independent, self-teaching thinkers. And at 8x8, we have a lot of those kinds of people.
– Garth Judge, SR. DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

After 21 years at 8x8, I’ve had the opportunity to have two different careers and work with many different teams. All the people I’ve had the chance to work with are motivated to work together to solve problems and be the best company that we can be.
– Michelle Bonfantine, DIRECTOR, MID-MARKET SALES

I’m never bored. Working in a mentally-stimulating environment means I’m always being challenged to do better than my best. 8x8 is a company that cares about both the employees’ professional and personal development, and it’s a great experience to be able to work with people who care about the company and doing a good job.
– Damian Rolfsmeier, SUPPORT ENGINEER, OPERATIONS

Everyone here is always willing and able to help and teach you things. And everyone is approachable, from the CEO and other senior management, down to the support team. If ever run into issues, I know I can count on getting the input and help I need.
– Kenny Gomez, DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS