8x8, Inc. announced the appointment of Andrew Burton as a new independent director, effective June 17, 2024. Burton is an accomplished Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and technology executive with a successful track record working in high-growth environments leading diverse, global teams to build and rapidly scale innovative businesses. As a former product and engineering executive who has led and grown global sales and marketing teams, in pre and post IPO environments, Burton has unique strengths and leadership experience across go-to-market, engineering, and operations.

Serving as President and Chief Operating Officer at Rapid 7 since 2019, he is ??responsible for all of Rapid7?s end-to-end business, customer delivery and innovation efforts, including global sales and marketing, customer success and support, product development and engineering, consulting and managed services, and IT and operations functions.