On January 26, 2021 the Economic Club of Indiana welcomed Chief Executive Officer of Genesys - Tony Bates - as the speaker for their monthly #EconLunch.
Tony Bates is the chief executive officer of Genesys. He leads the company’s strategy, direction and operations in more than 100 countries and oversees a global team of more than 5,000 employees. Tony has decades of experience steering business-to-business and business to-consumer companies through major market transitions and rapid scaling. A passionate technologist at heart, Tony began his career in network operations and internet infrastructure, teaching himself to code during his daily train commute. He swiftly gained the business acumen to advance into trusted executive roles at some of the world’s most respected global SaaS companies. Career highlights include leading Cisco’s Service Provider business, growing its Enterprise and Commercial division to more than $20 billion and serving as CEO of Skype, where he was responsible for expanding the business to over 170 million connected users. Once Skype was acquired by Microsoft, Tony became president where he was responsible for unified communications before serving as executive vice president of business development and developers. In addition to his role at Genesys, Tony will continue to serve on the board of directors at both VMWare and eBay.
The Conversation After the Conversation: What did other Indy leaders learn from our #EconLunch Speaker? Stay with us after the event to find out with a lively conversation led by Leadership Indianapolis’ Rebecca Hutton featuring local leaders within our community.
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