BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 18, 2019--
Brightcove
Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOV), the leading provider of cloud services for
video, today announced the appointment of Billy O’Riordan as Senior Vice
President, International Sales. Based in London, O’Riordan will lead the
sales organizations in Australia, Southeast Asia, and EMEA, reporting to
the Chief Revenue Officer.
“Billy is a sales veteran with a proven track record of driving growth
and modernizing sales operations around the globe. With his experience
and leadership, we are confident that he will immediately drive value
within the organization,” said Rick Hanson, Chief Revenue Officer,
Brightcove. “Billy’s track record of successful sales leadership will
provide the Brightcove international sales team with the clarity,
consistency, and alignment needed to achieve faster, more consistent
growth globally.”
“Brightcove is the unequivocal leader in online video and there is no
company better positioned to help customers realize the effectiveness of
video,” said O’Riordan. “I’m thrilled to join the Brightcove
international sales team and embrace the challenge of expanding our
global footprint while helping the company achieve breakout growth. I
look forward to working with our customers around the world to deliver
truly unique video experiences to help their businesses succeed.”
About Billy O’Riordan
O’Riordan joins Brightcove from CA
Technologies where he was the General Manager of Global Services running
a $300M operation with teams based in 80 countries. In this role, he led
the company’s services transformation activities, developed a new go to
market model including the build-out of a dedicated sales team, and
modernized the operation to focus 100% on SAAS.
Prior to CA Technologies, O’Riordan was the Senior Vice President,
Global Services at AppDynamics, a provider of market leading application
performance management software. He was part of the management team that
sold the unicorn startup to Cisco Systems for $3.7B in 2017. Billy has
held multiple regional and global sales leadership roles in large IT
companies including BMC Software, Sun MicroSystems, and IBM. He brings
significant international experience to the business having lived and
worked in the United States, Dubai, Singapore, and Hong Kong along with
the understanding of how to drive growth and business transition across
distributed physical teams and customers.
About Brightcove
Brightcove
Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOV) is the leading global provider of powerful cloud
solutions for managing, delivering, and monetizing video experiences on
every screen. A pioneering force in the world of online video since the
company’s founding in 2004, Brightcove’s award-winning technology,
unparalleled services, extensive partner ecosystem, and proven global
scale have helped thousands of companies in over 70 countries achieve
better business results with video. To learn more, visit www.brightcove.com.
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