New Avaya Channel Chief Mike Coleman On ‘Tremendous Runway’ In Cloud UC, Collab Space ‘We have to get the messaging out to the partner base that new collaboration is here, and now we need to you really understand the breadth and power of the solutions that Avaya offers, and how we are solving more problems than, I think, our competitors do,’ says Mike Coleman, Avaya’s North American channel chief who joined the company in December. By Gina Narcisi February 10, 2021, 12:14 PM EST Consistency At The Helm Avaya last year revamped its channel structure and strategy to line up with its cloud goals. To that end, the unified communications (UC) giant promoted Dennis Kozak to lead Avaya’s global channel efforts – its first channel chief at the global level in years -- Steven Spears was hired as Avaya’s first chief revenue office to handle global sales, and the company also brought on Mike Coleman to lead North American channel efforts.