Polycom appoints Marco Landi as President of EMEA

Press release

Published January 13th, 2015 - 05:54 GMT

Marco Landi, Polycom President EMEA

Polycom, Inc. today announced that Marco Landi has joined the company as President, Polycom EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). In this role, Marco is responsible for leading the company’s regional sales strategy and execution to drive customer success, brand affinity and profitable growth.

Marco joins Polycom from Zebra Technologies (formerly Motorola Solutions), where he was Vice President and General Manager EMEA. He has a long career history with Motorola Enterprise, where he served in several sales leadership roles, which included Motorola’s acquisitions of Symbol and PSION during his tenure.

“Marco’s leadership and strong background in sales and business management will continue to drive Polycom’s success and leadership in this critical region,” said Peter Leav, President and Chief Executive Officer, Polycom. “Every market in this region has unique opportunities as more organizations discover the benefits of Polycom’s video, voice and content collaboration solutions. Marco will focus on providing our customers with the industry’s best experience, while also strengthening our go-to-market with our strategic partners and our channel partners.”

A dynamic sales and business leader, Marco has successfully led large and small teams through tough economic climates. His expertise lies in driving growth through challenging market conditions, enterprise sales, channels, marketing and go-to-market strategy across multiple markets.

“I am delighted to join Polycom and lead the EMEA team,” said Marco. “Polycom’s solutions help businesses of all sizes, in virtually every industry, improve productivity through collaboration experiences. The opportunity is significant, and I look forward to working closely with our partners to deliver the industry’s best solutions to our customers and driving their success.”

At Motorola Enterprise, Marco led the company’s enterprise business across all markets in EMEA, holding leadership positions in PSION and Symbol (prior to acquisition). He was also part of the leadership team responsible for the acquisition and sales integration of PSION into Motorola in 2012. More recently, at Zebra Technologies, he led the 1,000 strong team responsible for $1.3 billion revenue across EMEA.

Background Information

Polycom

Poly is the global communications company that powers authentic human connection and collaboration. Face to face, we sift and sort millions of verbal and non-verbal cues to glean meaning. Poly is finding new ways to inject these cues into audio and video communication to replicate the face to face experience. To build intimacy. To break walls and span distance. To nurture the simplicity and beauty of human connection.