Gary E. Barnett

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Gary is recognized worldwide as an authority on contact center and unified communications technologies and solutions. 
With a proven track record for delivering outstanding leadership and stakeholder value throughout his 30-year career, Gary has been recognized by the contact center industry with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Prior to joining Semafone, Gary was senior vice president and general manager of Engagement Solutions at Avaya, where he helped take the company public and produce over $1.2B in revenue for the contact center solutions annually. Before this, he worked for Aspect Software in multiple senior leadership roles, having served as both chief executive officer and chief technology officer as the company (formerly Aspect Communications) merged with Concerto Software. Gary is also regarded as a pioneer of contact center technologies such as automatic call distribution (ACD), computer-telephony integration (CTI), workforce optimization (WFO), and the integration of contact centers and enterprises through unified communications. Gary received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from Western Kentucky University. 

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Securing Remote Workforces for compliance
Jun 12, 2020    0

While the rapid shift to a remote workforce model in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has driven many changes for businesses around the world, a few constants have grown in importance. To maintain operations as seamlessly as possible, organizations must secure their payment systems, technology access, and sensitive customer data no matter where it resides, and that is particularly true when it is being accessed or processed by employees from their homes.

Many organizations have...

Understanding the Data Security, Compliance and Customer Experience Trends Shaping Your Business in 2020
Mar 02, 2020    0

As businesses across all industries undergo digital transformation and adopt new, omnichannel strategies for engaging with customers, the enterprise contact center of today is continuously evolving and looks dramatically different than in the past. Once a single channel for telephone support, contact centers today support a wide range of customer service and sales channels...

Aug 24, 2019    0
Once upon a time, call centers only needed to support one channel: the telephone. Fast forward to today and customers have many more channels to engage with an organization, from phone to email, websites, web chat, social media platforms, SMS and more. Call centers and customer service representatives (CSRs) within an organization are often expected to support all these engagement...