The Most Dangerous Job in UCC

June 25, 2020 by Dave Michels

It’s been turbulent times for UCC leadership. In the past 15 months, we’ve seen leadership changes at about 10 companies. I thought this deserved a conversation so arranged a brain-trust with:

Irwin Lazar of Nemertes Research
Dmitry Netis of Q Advisors

Together, we discuss the current climate in UCC and speculate what might be causing the turmoil in leadership, if things are really different, and what it might mean for the industry.

By Dave Michels

Dave is an independent analyst and founder of TalkingPointz which is focused on enterprise communications. In addition to this (free and paid) content on TalkingPointz, he contributes to industry sites, can be found at major industry events, and provides advisory services to vendors and financial analysts.

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