DZS Inc. announced it has appointed Scott St. John as Chief Customer Officer. Mr. St.

John will be responsible for leading global sales for DZS and will be focused on driving accelerated revenue growth across the Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) regions. Communication service providers (CSPs) in these regions continue to undergo a multi-year broadband networking upgrade cycle with a shift towards open and software defined networking, supported by ?broadband everywhere? initiatives led by multiple government-funded stimulus projects and private investments that are taking place around the world.

DZS? enhanced broadband networking and AI-driven cloud software portfolios are ideally suited to address this opportunity following three years of targeted innovation and three strategic acquisitions that have created a truly differentiated network edge focused portfolio ready to position CSPs for services agility and future success. Mr. St.

John has an extensive track record over the past 25 years leading global sales teams and consistently driving revenue growth. Prior to DZS, he served as Chief Sales Officer for ADVA until the merger with Adtran where he managed a global team of over 450 employees and increased sales to approximately ?700 million per year. Gunter Reiss will continue to serve as Chief Marketing Officer and lead Business Development for DZS.