Roz Ho Joins TiVo to Lead Consumer and Metadata Teams
April 03 2017 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO), a global leader in
entertainment technology and audience insights, announced today
that Roz Ho has joined the company as senior vice president and
general manager, consumer and metadata.
Ms. Ho will lead TiVo’s consumer and metadata teams, adding
significant strength to TiVo’s leadership bench and its growing
product businesses. She will oversee the company’s strategic
product roadmaps, manage business operations and will continue to
partner with TiVo’s business groups to drive the award-winning TiVo
product portfolio to further success. Ms. Ho will be based out of
the company’s San Jose office and will report directly to Pete
Thompson, executive vice president and chief operating officer,
TiVo.
“As a seasoned technology veteran, Roz brings extensive
experience managing engineering teams and the incubation of key
product launches, making her an especially good fit for this
executive position at TiVo,” said Mr. Thompson. “Her impressive
corporate background, leading large global teams and driving the
delivery of prized software and services will be key to this role
and we’re pleased to have her on-board to further our consumer and
metadata businesses.”
Previously, Ms. Ho was head of product management for Ericsson
TV and video products including Mediaroom, MediaFirst and Content
Management System. In this role, she was responsible for the
product strategy, roadmap and business models, and for managing a
development team of approximately 300 engineers to deliver
innovative products that addressed the fast-evolving trends in the
TV and video market.
Prior to Ericsson, Ms. Ho held several key roles at Microsoft,
including engineering roles in Office, general manager of the
Macintosh Business Unit and corporate vice president of Premium
Mobile Experiences. In these positions, Ms. Ho drove the strategic
vision as well as the engineering and marketing execution of the
business, creating a complete consumer experience across the
company’s hardware, software and service offerings. Ms. Ho started
her career in tech as a software engineer at Bank of America and
Hewlett Packard.
“TiVo has a significant opportunity to change the way we search,
discover and enjoy entertainment,” said Ms. Ho. “TiVo has an
industry-leading metadata catalog, strong industry partnerships and
an innovative product line, which puts the company in a unique
position to help the media industry deliver TV and video
experiences to people in the modern world. I look forward to this
opportunity while working alongside the talented team in
place.”
About TiVo
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO) is a global leader in
entertainment technology and audience insights. From the
interactive program guide to the DVR, TiVo delivers innovative
products and licensable technologies that revolutionize how people
find content across a changing media landscape. TiVo enables the
world’s leading media and entertainment providers to deliver the
ultimate entertainment experience. Explore the next generation of
entertainment at tivo.com, forward.tivo.com or follow us on Twitter
@tivo or @tivoforbusiness.
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historical fact, including statements that use the words “will” or
“is expected to,” or similar words that describe TiVo Corporation’s
or its management’s future plans, objectives or goals, are
“forward-looking statements” and are made pursuant to the
Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the
actual results of TiVo Corporation to be materially different from
the historical results and/or from any future results or outcomes
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such
factors are further addressed in TiVo’s most recent report on Form
10-K and other documents of TiVo Corporation on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). TiVo
Corporation assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may
arise after the date of this release, except as required by
law.
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