SEATTLE, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks, Inc.
(Nasdaq: RNWK) today announced that Tim
Wan and Erik Prusch have been
appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.
"We're delighted to add two excellent new directors to the
RealNetworks Board," said Rob
Glaser, RealNetworks' Chairman and CEO.
Mr. Wan is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Asana, Inc.,
a privately held company that develops and offers a SaaS-based work
management platform. He has also served as Chief Financial
Officer of Apigee Corporation, a cloud-based API management and
predictive analytics software provider, helping to lead the company
through its IPO and sale to Google in November 2016. Previously, he spent 15 years at
RealNetworks, the latter three years as Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Wan holds a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.B.A.
from the University of Southern
California.
"It's an honor to rejoin RealNetworks," said Wan. "I am
incredibly excited to work with the management team and the
Board on accelerating the company's growth initiatives in SAFR and
Games and revitalizing its other businesses."
Mr. Prusch has served as Chief Executive Officer at several
companies, including Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., a provider of
integrated payment solutions and integrated marketing services;
Outerwall Inc. (formerly, Coinstar, Inc.), a provider of automated
retail solutions; NetMotion Wireless, Inc., and Lumension Security,
Inc., both providers of mobile and enterprise security products and
services; Clearwire Corporation, a provider of 4G wireless
broadband services; and Borland Software Corporation, a provider of
enterprise software tools and solutions. He has also served in
senior finance and operations roles at these and other companies,
as well as having served on multiple other boards of directors. Mr.
Prusch holds a Bachelor's Degree from Yale
University and an M.B.A. from NYU's Stern School of Business.
"I've been impressed with Real's compelling long-term growth
prospects and its promising early results with its SAFR facial and
object recognition platform," said Prusch. "I look forward to
joining the RealNetworks Board and helping Real continue to move
forward."
"It is a sincere pleasure to welcome Tim back to the
RealNetworks family," Glaser continued. "The Board will greatly
benefit from his deep knowledge of the Company as well as his
strong financial and business experience. I'm equally delighted to
have Erik join our Board. Erik brings great value to the Board with
over 25 years of executive experience, having successfully led
several technology and consumer-facing businesses through periods
of innovation and adaptation."
With the appointment of Mr. Wan and Mr. Prusch, the RealNetworks
Board will now have a total of eight directors.
About RealNetworks
Building on a legacy of digital media expertise and innovation,
RealNetworks has created a new generation of products that employ
best-in-class artificial intelligence and machine learning to
enhance and secure our daily lives. SAFR (www.safr.com) is the
world's premier facial recognition platform for live video. Leading
in real-world performance and accuracy as evidenced in testing by
NIST, SAFR enables new applications for security, convenience, and
analytics. For information about our other products,
visit www.realnetworks.com.
RealNetworks is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc.
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owners.
For More Information:
Investor Relations for RealNetworks
Kimberly Orlando, Addo Investor
Relations
310-829-5400
IR@realnetworks.com
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