In addition, Giere will also be appointed to the company’s board of directors. He enters the role with more than 25 years of telecoms industry leadership, building customer relationships and delivering innovative products to the market. He has served with a number of global vendors, including Openwave Mobility, Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson.
“John has a proven track record as a CEO leading and building successful global telecom software businesses. The board is confident his expertise will propel Optiva’s team and its cloud-native BSS product roadmap,” said Robert Stabile, chairman of the board at Optiva.
“John is a highly respected industry leader who shares Optiva’s commitment to customer success and will guide Optiva in the next phase of focusing our cloud-native products to address emerging 5G market opportunities that encompass new SaaS business models supporting a rapidly expanding monetisation ecosystem.”
Prior to joining Optiva, he served as chief executive officer of Openwave Mobility and general manager of the mobility business unit for Openwave Systems.
He also served as chief marketing officer for Alcatel-Lucent and Lucent Technologies and held vice president roles in sales, marketing and business development at Ericsson.
“I look forward to leading Optiva’s outstanding team to drive a compelling company vision aligned with a market leader strategy and vibrant company culture,” said Giere.
My achievements are the result of building talented teams who work with agility, innovation and a full focus on partnering with our customers to achieve success. That is how Optiva will dominate the cloud-native BSS category and drive profitable growth.”
In related news, earlier this year Vodafone Idea announced plans to fully transition its IT application stack to its Universal Cloud, following the pilot phase launch of the Optiva Charging Engine.
