CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightcove Inc., the leading
online video platform, today announced that former Acquia and Adobe(R)
(Nasdaq: ADBE) vice president of marketing, Jeff Whatcott, and former FAST
Search & Transfer vice president of sales, Mike Quinn, have joined the
company's executive team. In addition, long-time Adobe executive, David
Mendels, and former chief executive officer of BrassRing and executive vice
president of Lotus Development, Deb Besemer, have joined Brightcove's board of
directors. Together these additions bring a wealth of successful management,
strategic and technology experience to the Brightcove team.
"Our newly expanded leadership team sets the stage for what should be
another remarkable year for the company," said Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove
chairman and chief executive officer. "Despite the economic challenges, we
have a lot to look forward to walking into 2009 -- a fantastic customer base
in terms of numbers and quality, a global growth market, a strong revenue
position and the success of Brightcove 3. We've seen tremendous growth in our
platform business and expect to continue to build on the solid lead we have in
the online video platform category with the help of the new additions to our
team."
These new additions come on the heels of another strong year for
Brightcove, having recently completed a third consecutive year of triple-digit
revenue growth. The company expects to reach profitability in 2009 and retain
a strong cash balance sheet, enabling continued product investments and
expanded sales and marketing initiatives worldwide.
As senior vice president of marketing, Jeff Whatcott will be responsible
for leading Brightcove's product marketing and marketing communications
activities. Whatcott joins Brightcove from Acquia, the commercial open source
company behind Drupal, where he was vice president of marketing. Prior to
Acquia, Whatcott led marketing, business alliances and business operations for
Adobe's enterprise and developer products, including LiveCycle(TM), Flex(TM)
and ColdFusion(TM). He also served as vice president of product management at
Macromedia, running product management, product marketing and technical
evangelism for the Flash(TM) Platform. Whatcott first worked with Brightcove
founder and CEO, Jeremy Allaire, at Allaire Corporation where he served as
director of product marketing.
As senior vice president of sales for the Americas, Mike Quinn will
oversee Brightcove's sales in the Americas. Quinn brings more than 20 years of
sales management experience, most recently serving as senior vice president of
sales for the Americas at FAST Search & Transfer, which was acquired by
Microsoft in 2007 for $1.2 billion. Prior to FAST, he served in leadership
positions at Akamai and UUNet.
David Mendels is a recognized leader in the development and strategies
behind rich Internet applications. He brings nearly two decades of experience
as a general manager, corporate strategist, thought leader, and deal maker
focused on making the Internet easier to use for consumers and developers. At
Macromedia, Mendels served as executive vice president and general manager,
leading product development, marketing, and alliances including the setup and
launch of international operations in Latin America and Japan. In this role he
directly managed Macromedia's flagship products, including the Flash and Flex
line, Macromedia Studio and ColdFusion. David joined Adobe following its
acquisition of Macromedia in December 2005 and led the company's Business
Productivity business unit where he was responsible for $1 billion in revenue
from products including Adobe Acrobat(TM), Acrobat Connect(TM), LiveCycle and
Flex.
Deb Besemer brings nearly 30 years of software industry experience, most
recently serving as CEO of BrassRing, where she grew their SaaS business 10X
over several years, resulting in a successful acquisition by Kenexa. She also
spent 12 years at Lotus Development where she was responsible for all
worldwide operations, including sales, regional marketing, business partners
and channels, consulting and support. This encompassed overseeing 4,000 people
and more than $1 billion in revenue.
Brightcove today also announced the transition of former senior vice
president of marketing and strategy Adam Berrey to its Strategic Advisory
Board. Berrey joined Brightcove in 2005 to lead the company's marketing
efforts and has been instrumental in driving Brightcove's emergence as the
industry's leading online video platform. Berrey joins existing Strategic
Advisory Board members Adam Gerber, chief marketing officer of Quantcast; Jeff
Jarvis, interactive journalism professor and veteran editor / blogger; Paul
Vidich, special advisor to AOL; and Tim Hanlon, executive vice president and
managing director of Publicis Groupe's VivaKi Ventures.
About Brightcove
Brightcove is an online video platform. Media companies, businesses and
organizations worldwide use Brightcove to publish and distribute video on the
Web. Founded in 2004, Brightcove is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business
with offices across North America, Europe and Asia. For more information,
visit http://www.brightcove.com.
Adobe, Acrobat, Acrobat Connect, Flash, LiveCycle, Flex and ColdFusion are
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in
the United States and/or other countries.
SOURCE Brightcove Inc.