BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), the leading provider of cloud services
for video, today announced that Gary Haroian has been named Chairman of
the Board of Directors, effective today. Mr. Haroian's has served as the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for several public
software companies, as well as serving on the board of numerous
technology companies, over his 30 year career.
David Mendels, Chief Executive Officer of Brightcove, said "I welcome
and congratulate Gary on his new role of Chairman of the Board. Since
joining the board in 2014, Gary has been a valued board member, and his
insight and counsel has helped make Brightcove a better company. With a
long and distinguished technology career that includes extensive
operational and public company board experience, Gary has brought
valuable perspective and expertise to Brightcove's board. I look forward
to his continued contribution in this new role."
Haroian has held numerous senior executive positions throughout his
career, including serving as the chief financial officer of Bowstreet
and Concord Communications and as chief executive officer of Stratus
Computer. In addition, he currently serves on the board of directors of
Aspen Technologies and EnerNOC, and has previously served on the boards
of directors of A123 Systems, Network Engines, Unica Corporation, Phase
Forward, Authorize.Net Holdings and Embarcadero Technologies.
Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove's current board chairman, is stepping down
from the board effective today in order to devote greater time to his
role as founder and CEO of a privately-held digital financial service
provider.
Mendels added, "On behalf the Board of Directors and everyone at
Brightcove, I would like to thank Jeremy for all that he has done for
the company since founding it in 2004. As CEO Jeremy was instrumental in
establishing Brightcove as the leader in the online video platform
market and scaling the business to $100 million in annual revenue. I
wish him the best of luck with his current venture."
Allaire commented, "I am proud to have helped to build Brightcove into a
global, profitable and broadly adopted platform for online video. When I
founded the company in 2004 it was with a vision that new open Internet
TV platforms would emerge that allow any person or company to distribute
video and would transform TV distribution into an app on TVs and
internet devices. Twelve years later that world is fully upon us and
Brightcove stands as a clear technology leader in this market. I have
great confidence in the company's leadership and their ability to
continue to build a world class company."
About Brightcove
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOV) is the
leading global provider of powerful cloud solutions for delivering and
monetizing video across connected devices. The company offers a full
suite of products and services that reduce the cost and complexity
associated with publishing, distributing, measuring and monetizing video
across devices. Brightcove has nearly 5,000 customers in over 70
countries that rely on the company's cloud solutions to successfully
publish high-quality video experiences to audiences everywhere. To learn
more, visit www.brightcove.com.
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