Voice-to-screen messaging company SpinVox has announced the appointment of two executives who will lead business development for the company in the Unified Communications market.   
The appointments of Todd Woodstra as Vice President of Global Unified Communications Sales, and Brian Tyler as Unified Communications Business Development Manager, come in the same month as the company announced a relationship with Avaya, a global provider of business communications applications, systems and services.
Woodstra joins SpinVox from Nuance Communications where he most recently led efforts in its Global Network Speech division. Prior to his tenure at Nuance, he held a variety of executive and senior management positions at Scansoft, SpeechWorks International, Williams Communications Solutions, NORTEL, PacTel Meridian Systems and East Coast Telecom.
Tyler joins SpinVox after spending a decade at Nuance Communications, where his role grew as the company acquired multiple competitors in its space. Most recently, he was Senior Global Channel Sales Executive after being promoted from Director of OEM Channel Sales. Other stints in the industry have included business development and sales positions at SpeechWorks International, ScanSoft, PureSpeech and Voicetek Corporation.
Our ability to convert voice to text in a carrier-grade environment makes SpinVox a natural player in the Unified Communications space and the key component in extending its power to anyones mobile phone or email account no matter where they are located, says SpinVox  Co-founder and CEO, Christina Domecq. Todd and Brian bring nearly three decades of business development experience in the telecom and speech recognition fields to our company and their experience and enthusiasm will ensure SpinVox becomes synonymous with Unified Communications.
SpinVox recently received $100 million (50 million) in funding through Goldman Sachs, bringing the total invested in the company to more than $200 million, and valuing SpinVox at $500 million he additional capital will be devoted to further building the global business of the UK-headquartered company that already operates on four continents and has signed deals with 12 carrier networks and intends to double that number during the next year.
The funding will also enable the launch of new conversion services in Portuguese, Italian and other languages, launches with Tier 1 carriers in multiple geographies, as well as further enterprise offerings in the Unified Communications market.