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Dave and Evan chat with Amy Barzdukas about her fascinating year of launches as the CMO of Poly. We learn that friends don't let friends conference with earbuds, her Spartan approach to glamping, and the world needed the Poly Studio. 

Amy Barzdukas is an EVP and CMO at Poly. She is responsible for Poly’s global marketing strategy and execution. Barzdukas has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry. She joined Polycom in 2015 as Vice President of Global Solutions Marketing and was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in 2017. She retained the CMO role after Plantronics and Polycom merged into the new Poly. 

Prior to joining Polycom, Barzdukas served as VP WW Marketing for HP’s Business Personal Systems group and had a successful 16-year career at Microsoft with multiple leadership and GM roles.

As part of the submissions for the inaugural UC Awards we spoke to award nominees Plantronics and Polycom about their year so far, the main industry trends impacting them, and their plans for 2019. The news that Plantronics had acquired Polycom was one of the biggest stories in the unified communications world this year. The move was widely lauded as shrewd one with little portfolio overlap and huge potential for complimentary services. How has everything gone since the acquisition was confirmed? In this episode of Out Loud we find out.

In this episode, we chat with Shawn Puddester, VP of Global Service Providers at Polycom. Star2Star has a long-standing relationship with Polycom and Shawn going back to our founding in 2006. Since then, the market has seen many shifts and game-changing developments. Shawn shares his experience with Polycom and how they have handled these developments in terms of innovation and staying competitive in an increasingly commoditized marketplace. Among our discussion points: Shawn's marketplace analysis of the communications space, tips for staying ahead of the competition curve, and Area 51...

Show Links

• Guest: Shawn Puddester: Vice President, Global Service Providers at
  Polycom
• Shawn's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnpuddester
• Polycom: http://www.polycom.com
• Polycom Video Conferencing Solutions: http://www.polycom.com/hd-video-conferencing.html