GIVEMESPORT Hires Former President of International at VICE Media Rick Waterlow as Chief Operating Officer
April 18 2018 - 7:30AM
Breaking Data Corp. (TSXV:BKD) (OTCQX:BKDCF)
(“Breaking Data” or the "Company"), a technology
provider of semantic search, machine learning and natural language
processing and owner of GIVEMESPORT, a leading next generation
sports media company, announced today the appointment of Rick
Waterlow as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
Rick will directly oversee company-wide expanding data, media and
tech operations.
Mr. Waterlow joins from digital and TV business
VICE Media, where he was President of International, responsible
for overseeing the operations of more than 40 offices worldwide
with a combined revenue of nearly one billion dollars. In
addition, he was instrumental, as part of the team responsible for
the growth of VICE across Europe and internationally, holding
several senior positions including European finance director and
Chief Operating Officer during his eight years with the youth media
pioneer.
GIVEMESPORT and Breaking Data chief executive
Nick Thain said: “It’s great to be able to bring an executive of
Rick’s caliber into the business to help us drive our continued
growth and expansion across digital media, tech and the foray into
new synergistic business opportunities as well. Rick’s
experience will be a huge asset to GIVEMESPORT and Breaking Data
and we are very happy to welcome him.”
Rick Waterlow said, “I’m joining GIVEMESPORT at
an exciting time for the Company as we integrate data, tech, sport
innovation to provide a most unique value proposition to both our
clients and our audience. I’m pleased to be part of a team
with huge ambition and the ability to understand consumers and
audiences at a detailed level.”
In conjunction with Mr. Waterlow’s hiring he has
been granted 400,000 options at an exercise price of $1.11, with
vesting over 3 years and expiring in April 2028.
About Breaking Data Corp.
www.breakingdatacorp.com/
Breaking Data Corp. is a technology provider of
a range of Artificial Intelligence services including; semantic
search, machine learning and natural language processing ("NLP").
The Company's technology platform has many practical applications,
in multiple business and consumer verticals that are immersed in
massive media and data rich settings. The Company's showcase app,
BreakingSports, utilizes semantic machine learning and NLP to track
social media in a fully automated, real-time manner for significant
sports information and events and distributes summarized
information through real-time push notifications to consumers.
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Contact Information: Breaking Data Corp. Nick
Thain, CEO nick.thain@givemesport.com www.breakingdatacorp.com
www.givemesport.com
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