Poly announced the appointment of Darrius Jones as executive vice president of strategy, effective May 7, 2019. Jones reports to Poly's president and chief executive officer, Joe Burton, and will serve on the company's senior leadership team. Jones will set the company's strategic direction, taking advantage of new and emerging technologies to deliver exceptional customer experiences. As a futurist and expert on the consumer journey, Jones will focus on four primary areas: reimagining how workspaces can intuitively work for everyone, helping people collaborate no matter what cloud collaboration tool they prefer, designing mobile-first solutions for the modern office, and advancing cloud services that help IT pros and users get more out of their devices. Jones brings more than 20 years of digital, unified communications and customer care experience leading operations, research, and strategy organizations. Prior to joining Poly, Jones has held roles at USAA, Cisco Systems, Merrill Lynch and Computershare.