[November 08, 2011]

George Demou Named President of Avtex

Avtex (News - Alert) today announced the appointment of George Demou, Senior VP of Sales, to President of Avtex. The company's former President, Bob Denman, will step into an advisory role. Demou will lead an organization poised for growth in response to increasing demand for integrated, interactive communication technology solutions.

"It's the ideal time for a leader like George Demou to step forward," said Dave Johnson (News - Alert), who represents the Pohlad Family Businesses as CEO of Marquette Technology Companies. "George has an impressive track record and has led several significant corporate growth initiatives, most recently as the former President and CEO of Transcend Communications (News - Alert). He's passionate, energetic and focused and we're confident in George's leadership abilities to take Avtex forward into a new era."

"This is an exciting time for the industry and for us. Avtex is well-positioned and poised for its next stage of growth and I'm delighted to step in to lead such a talented team at such an opportune time," said George Demou. "As the fragmented telecommunications market comes together, there is a need for more sopisticated cross-channel communications strategies and consistent, integrated online collaboration. Our team has the experience to help clients maximize each touch point and discover new ways to improve their customers' experience."

Avtex
Avtex, a Pohlad Family Company, is a provider of customer experience solutions that enable businesses to optimize interactions with their customers, employees, partners and prospects through communication and collaboration technologies. As a Microsoft (News - Alert) Certified Gold Partner and Interactive Intelligence Platinum Elite Partner, Avtex has deep capabilities in contact center, UC, CRM, portals and collaboration, notification, infrastructure solutions and application development. Avtex has over 1,200 customers in seven countries with offices located across the country. Find out more about Avtex online at http://www.avtex.com or follow Avtex on Twitter (News - Alert) at http://twitter.com/avtex.

About Pohlad Family Companies
Founded and built by Carl R. Pohlad, Pohlad Family Companies encompasses banking, financial services, commercial real estate, retail, automotive, entertainment and technology industries, as well as ownership of Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins. Based in Minneapolis, Pohlad Family Companies employs 3,500 people throughout 40 markets coast-to-coast. For more information, visit http://www.pohladcompanies.com/public/BusinessInterests.aspx

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