Vonage Appoints Alan Masarek As CEO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Vonage Holdings Corp. (VG) announced the appointment of Alan Masarek as Chief Executive Officer Or CEO and a member of the Board of Directors, effective November 6, 2014. Masarek will take part in an orderly leadership transition through his start date. Marc Lefar will retire as CEO and from the Board of Directors effective November 5, 2014.

Commenting on Masarek, the company said he joins Vonage from Google, Inc., which acquired his prior company, Quickoffice, Inc., in June 2012. Masarek was the Co-Founder of Quickoffice, Inc. and served as its Chief Executive Officer from July 2007 until June 2012. Following the acquisition, Masarek became Director, Chrome & Apps for Google.

Prior to co-founding Quickoffice, Masarek was Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of AdOutlet, Inc., a marketplace for the media industry, from April 1999 to September 2001, Vonage stated.