Celebrating 10 Years at NYSE: RingCentral CEO, Exec Chairman Live from Floor
Tech Edge hosted a fireside chat from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with Vlad Shmunis, Founder and Executive Chairman of RingCentral (NYSE: RNG), and Tarek Robbiati, its new CEO. Mr. Shmunis and Mr. Robbiati spoke to Tech Edge Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone about the company’s growth, milestones, AI integration, the addressable market and more. Watch the full recording below:
About RingCentral
RingCentral is a leading global provider of cloud-based business communications and collaboration solutions that seamlessly combine phone, messaging, video meetings, and contact center. RingCentral supports customers with AI-powered conversation intelligence that unlocks insights from their interaction data to accelerate business outcomes. With decades of expertise in reliable and secure cloud communications, RingCentral has earned the trust of millions of customers and thousands of partners worldwide.
About Vlad Shmunis
Vlad Shmunis became Executive Chairman of the Board for RingCentral in August 2023. Prior to that, Shmunis was Chairman and CEO for RingCentral for 24 years. He founded RingCentral with the idea of using the power of cloud technologies to simplify business communications. By unifying message, video, phone, and contact center on a single platform, RingCentral empowers today’s mobile and distributed workforces to communicate, collaborate, and connect via any mode, any device, and any location. Under Shmunis’ leadership, RingCentral has evolved from a startup company, funded in 2006 with a $12 million series A round led by Sequoia and Khosla Ventures, to a publicly traded NYSE listed company with more than $2 billion in revenue. Shmunis holds a Bachelor’s, Magna Cum Laude, and Master’s degree in Computer Science from San Francisco State University and is a named inventor on a variety of US patents.
About Tarek Robbiati
Tarek Robbiati has served as RingCentral’s Chief Executive Officer since August 2023 and has been a member of the RingCentral Board of Directors since December 2022. Tarek Robbiati is a renowned strategic and financial executive with experience across the telecom, media, technology and financial services industries. Prior to joining RingCentral, Robbiati served as Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Strategy of Hewlett Packard Enterprise since 2018 where he helped oversee the company’s portfolio transformation and financial growth, including doubling ARR while significantly growing free cash flow. Before joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Robbiati served as Chief Financial Officer of Sprint Corporation from August 2015 to February 2018 where he led the company’s strategic efforts to reposition the company. Robbiati holds a Master of Science Nuclear Physics and Electronics from École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), a Master of Science Business Administration from IAE Caen and a Master of Business Administration from the London Business School.
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