Avaya announced that Kevin Kennedy would join the company as President and CEO effective January 2009

Kennedy is currently CEO of JDS Uniphase Corporation, and a member of its board of directors. He will remain with JDSU until joining Avaya.

Avaya also said Charles Giancarlo will become Chairman of the Board when Kennedy assumes the CEO position.

Before joining JDSU, Kennedy served as COO, Openwave Systems

He also spent eight years at Cisco Systems as Senior VP—Service Provider Line of Business and Software Technologies Division.

Kennedy spent 17 years with AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Kennedy is a member of the board of directors of Polycom and KLA-Tencor Corporation and a member of the Board of Regents of Loyola Marymount University.