Thinking Phone Networks Offers Cloud UC in EMEA

Cloud UC provider Thinking Phone Networks announced Monday its launch into the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and the opening of new regional headquarters in Amsterdam, beginning June 1.

Ronald Rubens has been appointed vice president of the region. Rubens brings more than 23 years of experience in the enterprise communications and cloud industry, with a diverse background that includes senior management positions in sales, marketing, strategy and product management. Prior to Thinking Phones, Rubens spent more than two years vice president of portfolio and applications and regional CTO — EMEA for NEC Unified Solutions. Prior to that, he was managing director of application sales in the EMEA region for Siemens Enterprise Communications and, earlier, vice president — EMEA for CosmoCom. Earlier in his career, he worked for Avaya, Alcatel-Lucent and AT&T.

Global demand for cloud communications services is increasing, particularly in the EMEA region,” said Steve Kokinos, President and CEO of Thinking Phone Networks, in  a press statement. We are pleased to have Ronald join our global team. He brings an extensive record building strong sales and marketing organizations in the region and has an intimate understanding of the key drivers of cloud communications  growth, including the increasingly mobile and distributed ways of work as well as the desire to lower communications overhead and costs.”

Thinking Phone Networks offers enterprise-class UC capabilities. The companys ThinkingSuite software platform is a complete cloud communications solution with applications spanning IP voice, mobility, video, analytics, presence, messaging, contact center, and conferencing.