On the 9th of November, Avaya announced that Rob Theis, General Partner of venture capital firm World Innovation Lab, has been appointed to the companies Board of Directors. With the new member on board Avaya reaches 8 members with 7 of them being independent directors. Nominated by RingCentral, Inc. Rob Theis is now one of the independent directors. As noted by Bill Watkins, Chairman of the Board of Avaya “He has considerable experience in supporting strategic initiatives and identifying opportunities for market differentiation that align well with Avaya’s objective to increase shareholder value by advancing our position as a cloud and SaaS leader.”