Intermedia announced that Jim Kruger is joining the company as its new Chief Marketing Officer, effective May 15, 2017. Kruger comes to Intermedia from Polycom Inc., where he most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, overseeing all facets of global marketing. Kruger has spent the past 16 years with Polycom, where he has held various product and marketing leadership roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently, Kruger led all aspects of Polycom's marketing, including product, services, brand, field and internal/external communications, managing an annual budget of $60 million and a team of 160 global marketing professionals. Prior to Polycom, Jim directed marketing and product management for Palm's wireless internet service and served in several senior marketing roles at GTE (Verizon) Wireless.