8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT) announced the appointment of Vance Raeside as its Washington DC-based Director, Federal Sales, responsible for overseeing all direct and indirect sales activity with federal, state and local government agencies. Raeside brings nearly two decades of telecommunications sales experience to 8x8, including 13 years selling into the public sector as Manager, Federal Sales at Shoretel, Inc. and Manager, Business/Systems Integrator Partners at Nortel Government Solutions. While at Shoretel, Raeside developed and launched the company's go to market strategy for sales to US Federal government agencies resulting in the addition of 60 new federal channel partners and the initiation of new GSA Connections II and Networx contracts. At Nortel Government Solutions, Raeside managed relationships with strategic partners and systems integrator partners including General Dynamics, SAIC and Ronco, meeting sales quotas in excess of $36 million.

8x8, Inc. develops and markets telecommunications services for Internet protocol (IP), telephony, and video applications, as well as provides Web-based conferencing and unified communications services.

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