Portal Software appoints Luca Lazzaron Regional Vice President for Southern and Eastern EMEA

Portal Software has appointed Luca Lazzaron as regional vice president for the Companys Southern and Eastern EMEA region (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, North Africa, Middle East Area, Eastern European countries and Russia).In his new position, Luca Lazzaron will take responsibility for Portal’s on-going relationships with some of the world’s leading telecommunications providers. Prior to joining Portal Software, Lazzaron has spent the last five years with Cisco Systems where he held several EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) management positions in sales and business development for the companys Voice Technologies (IP Telephony, IP Contact Centre products, Unified messaging, VoIP Gateway) group. Previous appointments include sales and general manager with GEOTEL Technology for Southern Europe (acquired by Cisco Corporation). Lazzaron also served as an account manager, regional sales manager and sales director with Parametric Technology Corporation.