Nuance Communications, Inc. announced that it has appointed Bill Robbins as executive vice president, Worldwide Sales. In this role, Mr. Robbins will oversee all aspects of sales globally, including customer and partner relationships, sales strategy, and operations of the Nuance sales organization. He brings to Nuance a history of strong sales and business achievement through 25 years of executive leadership in sales, operations, market development and process improvement.

He joins Nuance from [24]7 where he served as Chief Operating Officer and from Symantec where he served for ten years as executive vice president, Worldwide Sales & Services, in addition to other leadership roles.