Laura Bassett
Laura Bassett is the Director of Marketing for Avaya's Customer Experience, Unified Communications and Emerging Technologies groups, overseeing business planning & strategy, product marketing, support and managed services marketing, and sales enablement for next generation solutions. Additionally, Laura is a supporting author of Avaya's Social Media in the Contact Center for Dummies. Laura has over 20 years experience in applications consulting, development and delivery. She has a BSBA in Computer Science and an Executive MBA from the University of Florida.
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