McManus re-engineered Avid’s solutioning, services and customer care operations since joining last year as SVP, Global Customer Solutions & Services, boosting the company’s ability to provide exceptional support of its global customer base, and better supporting its fast-growing subscriber base and the ramp up of Avid’s cloud and SaaS solutions. In her expanded role, McManus will lead ideation, design and implementation of new programs, processes and systems so that every Avid function can contribute fully to deliver the best overall customer experience.
“With KAM’s unsurpassed media technology expertise, combined with her passion for customer satisfaction, she is the perfect individual to help drive the customer experience at Avid through the new CCXO executive role,” said Jeff Rosica, CEO & President, Avid. “Given her leadership and emphasis on improving the customer experience focus across the company, I am confident that customers of all types will enjoy even better results and much more success using our solutions, engaging with our organisation and participating in our global user community.”
“We’re extending our customer-centric mindset to every type of engagement,” said Kathy-Anne McManus, “whether that’s a music student downloading and subscribing to Pro Tools on the Avid Store for the very first time, or a massive media company with a global footprint of deployed Avid products that is now transitioning to the cloud. Every touch-point can inspire our customers and repeatedly affirm they’ve made the right choice with Avid.”
McManus has more than 25 years of experience in servicing, supporting and educating media technology users. Prior to rejoining Avid in January 2019, she had served as the company’s VP of Worldwide Professional Services and Director of Services for Asia Pacific. McManus has also held senior leadership roles in the services and support organizations of several media technology providers including Adobe, Amdocs and Ericsson as well as telecommunications operator Telstra.
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