Brightcove Appoints Charles Chu as Chief Product Officer
July 16 2018 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Accomplished Technology Executive to Lead Product Management,
Engineering, and Operations
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), the leading provider of cloud
services for video, today announced the appointment of Charles Chu
as Chief Product Officer, a new role for the company. An
accomplished senior executive with a strong track record of driving
innovation and growth, Chu will manage the product management,
engineering, and operations functions at Brightcove. He will report
to Brightcove CEO Jeff Ray.
“The Chief Product Officer role will help drive the next phase
of our growth by unifying the teams that design, develop, and
operate our cloud-based products,” said Jeff Ray, Brightcove CEO.
“Charles is the ideal leader for this position. He is a seasoned,
hands-on executive with a proven track record of combining product
innovation, business acumen, and streamlined, complex cloud service
implementation for large-scale, global businesses. His extensive
experience will help us leverage our market-leading cloud video
platform to rapidly deliver a wide range of offerings tailored to
multiple customer segments.”
“No company is better positioned than Brightcove to help
customers realize exceptional business value from the effective use
of video, both inside and outside their organizations,” Chu
observed. “I’m excited by the opportunity to join a strong team to
help accelerate the delivery of innovative offerings for customers
across all industries and all geographies. We will measure our
success by the degree that our products and services help our
customers leverage the power of video to achieve their own
success.”
About Charles Chu
Charles Chu joins Brightcove from PTC, where he served as Head
of Global R&D for the software company’s 2,000+ engineers.
Prior to that, he spent 14 years at IBM in a variety of senior
roles, including leading the company’s move into Cloud Integration
offerings and driving double digit growth in its commerce group.
Before IBM, Chu held executive management and sales roles at
Test-Rite Products Corporation. Chu also served as a strategic
management consultant for Braxton Associates after graduating from
George Washington University.
About Brightcove
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOV) is the leading global provider of
powerful cloud solutions for managing, delivering, and monetizing
video experiences on every screen. A pioneering force in the world
of online video since the company’s founding in 2004, Brightcove’s
award-winning technology, unparalleled services, extensive partner
ecosystem, and proven global scale have helped thousands of
companies in over 70 countries achieve better business results with
video. To learn more, visit www.brightcove.com.
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