06.24.2021 - By Dave Michels
Dave and Evan meet with Kira Makagon, Chief Innovation Officer, RingCentral.
Kira is a serial entrepreneur that landed at RingCentral in 2012. In her current role as Chief Innovation Officer she leads product strategy, product management and design, engineering and R&D.; She has had a tremendous impact on RingCentral.
Before RingCentral she co-founded several technology companies, including Octane (acquired by E.piphany NASDAQ: EPNY) for $3.2 billion, and RedAril (acquired by Hearst). Learn more about Kira at KiraMakagon.com. Kira is one of the most influential professionals in communications.
In this interview, Dave and Evan cover a wide range of topics including innovation at RingCentral, her new role in RingCentral Ventures, and some of the interesting developments at RingCentral over the past several years.