BEAVERTON, Ore., Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC), creator of
the Digimarc Platform for digital identification and detection,
announced today that Alicia Syrett,
Founder and CEO of Pantegrion Capital, has been elected to its
Board of Directors, effective October 27,
2020.
"I believe Digimarc's Platform will be transformative for leading
retailers and consumer brands."
Ms. Syrett is an accomplished venture capitalist, author,
instructor at Columbia University,
public speaker and a regular guest on various financial network
television shows. She is also a highly sought-after advisor to
startups, early-stage, hyper-growth companies, and women-led
organizations. She is a member of The Economic Club of New York, was on the Women in Asset Management
Awards "Woman of the Year" shortlist, and has been named a "Top
Voices in Startups and Entrepreneurship" (LinkedIn), "30 Women in
Venture Capital to Watch in 2018" (Business Insider), "Five Next
Generation Leaders Emerging from Tech" (Virgin), "25 Angel
Investors in New York You Need to Know" (AlleyWatch), "7 Inspiring
Leaders" (Womensphere) and "40 under 40" (Wharton Magazine, The
Wharton School at the University of
Pennsylvania). Before Pantegrion, Ms. Syrett was the CAO and
Managing Director of Mount Kellett (now part of SoftBank Group) and
the CAO of Farallon Capital. She began her career at Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette in
Investment Banking. Ms. Syrett currently serves on the boards of
NewAge, Inc., the New York Tech Alliance, and EnerKnol, an
innovative energy policy and data analytics company.
"I am incredibly excited to join the Board of Digimarc, a
company with a long history of innovation. I believe Digimarc's
Platform will be transformative for leading retailers and consumer
brands, improving automatic identification in retail and in supply
chain, and breaking new ground in addressing the global plastic
recycling crisis," said Syrett. "I am looking forward to working
with the team by contributing strategic, operational, and media
expertise and assisting the Company in achieving its growth
potential."
Riley McCormack, Founder of
TCM|Strategic, has also been elected to Digimarc's Board of
Directors, effective October 27,
2020, as previously announced.
"Our new directors bring important perspectives and experience
to our Board, rounding out its capabilities as we advance into the
next stage of platform and market development. Riley brings passion
and vision and will provide great shareholder representation.
Alicia is amazingly accomplished across many disciplines with
extraordinary leadership qualities, a history of investing in and
advising hyper-scale growth organizations, a track record of
advocating for diversity and equality, and a mastery of modern
media," said Bruce Davis, Digimarc
Chairman and CEO. "I look forward to working with our new directors
in shaping a very successful business and creating a better
understanding of our relevance and potential in the capital markets
and more generally,"
Digimarc's Board regularly evaluates its composition to ensure
it includes appropriate skills, experience, and perspective to
drive growth in shareholder value. These new directors add valuable
skills and expertise, complementing existing directors' expertise
in technology, retail, consumer brands, sales, operations, and
finance.
About Digimarc
Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC) is a pioneer in the
automatic identification of media, including packaging, other
commercial print, digital images, audio and video. The Digimarc
Platform provides innovative and comprehensive automatic
identification software and services to simplify search and
transform information discovery through unparalleled reliability,
efficiency and security. The Digimarc Platform enables applications
that benefit retailers and consumer brands, national and state
government agencies, media and entertainment industries, and
others. Digimarc is based in Beaverton,
Oregon, with a growing supplier network around the world.
Visit digimarc.com and follow us @digimarc to learn more about The
Barcode of Everything®.
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