Chief Marketing Officer Mitel Networks
Wes Durow has more than 20 years of experience enabling global
companies to create and build sustainable and differentiated
brands. Possessing deep experience across the telecom sector,
Wes offers Mitel unique category insights on cloud-based, real-time
communications for both enterprises and service providers. As Chief
Marketing Officer, Wes is responsible for driving Mitel’s marketing and
communications initiatives to expand brand consideration levels and
directly contribute to the company’s growth objectives.
Wes joined Mitel in April 2015 and previously served as Vice President
of Global Marketing for Sonus Networks where he oversaw their
marketing, inside sales and training functions. Prior to Sonus, Wes was
Chief Marketing Officer at Fonality, where he focused on accelerating
the adoption of Unified Communications in a Software-as-a-Service
model. As Vice President and General Manager of Global Marketing
for Avaya, Wes guided the company marketing initiatives on a
worldwide basis post their 2009 acquisition of Nortel’s enterprise
division. Wes spent more than a decade with Nortel in a number of
leadership roles, including end-to-end marketing, go-to-market and
strategic planning for their enterprise business. Wes began his career
in advertising helping build brands for market leading companies
including American Airlines, Pace Picante Sauce, NationsBank (now
Bank of America), The Dial Corporation and GTE (now Verizon).
Wes earned his master’s degree in Advertising from Northwestern
University and his bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University
of Northern Iowa