Syniverse makes interim CEO permanent

TAMPA — A telecom and media executive with The Carlyle Group has been named the new president and CEO of Syniverse Technologies.

Stephen Gray will start his now-permanent position immediately. He had been the interim president and CEO since August 2014, when longtime Syniverse executive Jeffrey Gordon departed.

“Over the last six months of reviewing candidates, we determined that Steve is the ideal person to lead Syniverse,” says James Attwood Jr., chair of Syniverse's board of directors, in a release. “As interim president and CEO, Steve brought energy and focus to the business, led significant improvements to Syniverse's operations, and reoriented the company around a strategy based on profitable growth, continued innovation, and investment in key areas to best address the needs of both our enterprise and mobile operator customers.”