SpeechCycle Expands Management Team with CFO Gary Lavado

Enterprise software executive to lead SpeechCycle finance team

SpeechCycle, Inc., the award-winning connected SaaS innovator for the enterprise, announced that Gary Lavado has joined as the Chief Financial Officer. Lavado will lead the finance team as SpeechCycle expands its products into new industries and geographies.

“SpeechCycle’s service to deliver Rich Phone Applications (RPAs) to large enterprises through its ‘on-demand’ Saas model is highly compelling for any organization looking to provide superior customer service,” said Lavado. “Given our track record of rapid growth to date, I look forward to helping SpeechCycle to further expand its business and make connected speech broadly available to many industries.”

Lavado, a certified public accountant, brings 20 years of experience in finance, including leadership positions as Vice President of Finance at DataSynapse, a provider of enterprise-level, virtual application infrastructure software. Lavado has also delivered results at two of the foremost US accounting firms, Deloitte and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He has been a financial and accounting consultant to leading software and SaaS startups throughout the New York metropolitan region.

“Gary’s experience in the software industry, including the on-demand model, and his work with companies at all stages of growth brings a unique perspective to the SpeechCycle management team,” said Zor Gorelov, CEO of SpeechCycle. “His influence will assist us with aggressive company expansion into new markets and handle our growing list of customers.”

ABOUT SpeechCycle

Founded in 2001 and venture-funded, SpeechCycle services power innovative voice-based applications for more than 50 enterprise deployments across more than 35 contact centers in North America and around the world. With hundreds of millions of minutes of phone-based user interactions processed through the SpeechCycle service to date, SpeechCycle is in the vanguard of a new generation of on-demand speech innovators, delivering strategic customer value that speaks for itself. For more information go to www.speechcycle.com.

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