Press Release
AJ Johnson joins TuVox as Vice President of Business Development
CUPERTINO, Calif. – March 1st, 2007 – TuVox, a leading provider of on demand speech applications, today announced that it has named AJ Johnson to the position of Vice President of Business Development. AJ brings twenty years of IVR and speech industry related experience with a proven track record of establishing key channel partnerships as well as driving large enterprise sales with Fortune 500 customers.
“We are excited to add an accomplished industry veteran like AJ Johnson to the TuVox management team. AJ brings a wealth of experience in taking voice automation companies to the next level and will play an instrumental role at TuVox as we continue to grow our business,” said John Kirst, Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development at TuVox. “AJ will be the key TuVox executive responsible for creating, organizing and growing new and existing channel partner relationships as well as focusing on several select strategic target accounts.”
Prior to joining TuVox, AJ was Vice President New Account Development at BeVocal (Nasdaq:NUAN), where he was instrumental in securing several key strategic accounts. AJ has also held various sales executive and management positions at Edify and Verizon.
AJ’s appointment is instrumental as TuVox continues to grow revenue and customer base both through a direct sales organization as well as through key channel partners. During 2006, TuVox significantly expanded its customer base, many of which were joint accounts with key partners, most notably Convergys, Genesys and Tellme Networks.
About TuVox
TuVox is a leading provider of On Demand speech applications, empowering companies to deliver superior caller experience through the voice channel. Available as a hosted or on- premise solution, TuVox’s award winning applications are easily customized to your business and can quickly be updated in response to business changes. TuVox speech applications automate virtually any type of call, including natural language call-routing, self-service transactions and interactive customer support. By delivering a superior caller experience, TuVox speech applications increase customer satisfaction and improve the adoption of voice self-service. TuVox customers include companies such as American Airlines, ABN-AMRO, AvMed, British Airways, Office Depot, Canon, Charter Communications, Gateway, Netflix, Office Depot, Telecom New Zealand, Time Customer Service, TiVo and Wachovia.
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