What Happened?
Beverly Hills, CA-based MediaPlatform Appointed Jim McGovern as Chief Executive Officer
About the Company
MediaPlatform is the leading live streaming and on-demand video platform with customers that include Abbott Laboratories, ConocoPhillips, EY, General Motors and Sprint. MediaPlatform combines a robust video portal with fully integrated interactive webcasting, to help medium and large organizations improve corporate communications and training. MediaPlatform helps businesses leverage on-demand and live video to be become more social enterprises, improve employee engagement and enable collaboration. With integrations for Microsoft SharePoint, Skype for Business and WebEx, MediaPlatform software can serve as the backbone for your entire video communications strategy. MediaPlatform offers organizations the ability to take advantage of scalable cloud-based computing, as well as on-premises deployment, to present and manage rich media.
About the Person
Mr. McGovern is CEO of MediaPlatform. He was most recently CEO of itzbig, an interactive job board that used advanced semantic matching technology. Previously, he spent six years as CEO of Marketwire, during which time the newswire service grew fourfold, ultimately being sold to an international competitor seeking to enter the U.S. market. Earlier in his career, he held senior executive positions at Business.com and at Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch. Mr. McGovern began his career at IBM, where he held roles in sales and product marketing. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations from Stanford University and an MBA from INSEAD (L’Institute Européen d’Administraton des Affaires) in Fontainebleau, France.
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