Polycom announces Geoff Thomas as the new President of Asia-Pacific

 Polycom has announced Geoff Thomas’ appointment as President, Polycom Asia-Pacific. In this role, Thomas will be responsible for leading the company’s regional sales strategy and execution to drive customer success, brand affinity and profitable growth.

Thomas joins Polycom from Juniper Networks, where he was Vice-President Enterprise Sales Asia-Pacific. He also has a long career history with Microsoft Corporation, where he served in several leadership roles, which included business development in emerging markets.

“Geoff’s leadership and strong background in sales, emerging markets and business development will steer Polycom’s business in the right direction in the critical Asia-Pacific region,” said Peter Leav, President & Chief Executive Officer, Polycom. “Every market in this region has unique opportunities as more organizations discover the benefits of video, voice and content collaboration. Geoff will place renewed emphasis on strengthening our partnerships and providing our customers with the industry’s best experience.”

A dynamic sales and business leader, Thomas has successfully led large teams spanning several geographies, including Australia, the United States and Greater China. His expertise lies in strategic partnerships, channels, solutions selling and go-to-market strategy across multiple business verticals.

At Juniper Networks, Geoff led the company’s enterprise business across all markets in Asia- Pacific, namely Australia and New Zealand, Greater China, India, South-East Asia, Japan and Korea. This role came with the responsibility of achieving over $300-million revenue, and the successful implementation of the company’s enterprise strategy across all the APAC markets. Prior to his role at Juniper Networks, he had a successful 15-year career at Microsoft, where he held several executive leadership positions.