Rita Aspen
+65 68728750
raspen@avaya.com

SINGAPORE – October 9, 2008 – Avaya, a global leader in business communications applications, software and services, today announced the appointment of John DiLullo as President of Avaya’s Asia Pacific region.

DiLullo will lead operations across Asia Pacific, including the sales and support of the company's technology, applications and industry-specific businesses. The role also includes responsibility for business planning and strategy development, customer care, marketing and management of Avaya's country offices, and channel partner programs for Asia Pacific. He is based in Avaya’s Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore and reports to Todd Abbott, Avaya’s worldwide leader of sales and field operations.

"John is a proven high growth sales leader who has a strong track record of building quality execution oriented sales teams. His leadership capabilities will be a key asset as we continue to develop Avaya’s presence and add more value to our increasing customer base within the Asia Pacific region." said Abbott.

Prior to Avaya, DiLullo was Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Channels and Field Operations at SonicWall, Inc. and Vice President of Worldwide Distribution at Cisco Systems. With more than 20 years experience, DiLullo brings a strong sales and channel operations background and good knowledge of Asia to this position.

"Avaya has great customers and partners throughout the region and I'm looking forward to working with all of them. Our growth in Asia Pacific has been breathtaking in recent years and it's exciting to be part of such a vibrant organization and region." said DiLullo.

DiLullo's appointment is effective immediately.