Wazee Digital appoints sports VP
Michelle Clancy
| 31 March 2016
Wazee Digital has appointed Mike Arthur to the role of vice president of business development and sales for sports and live events.
The division is anchored by several significant North American golf and tennis events, including three Majors, in addition to regional power players such as the National Rugby League of Australia.
Arthur has held senior roles at NASCAR plus MLB, NBA and NHL franchises. He will now focus on expanding the reach of Wazee Digital’s Event Services solution that offers live event capture, metadata tagging and content packaging. The solution manages all the complex tasks of video content acquisition, effective workflow, universal access, metadata management, and automated delivery to any affiliate on any screen.
Dave Polyard, SVP, global sales, Wazee Digital, said: “Mike brings unique knowledge and experience to Wazee Digital and we’re thrilled to have him join our team. As we expand our sports offering, Mike will play a pivotal role in working with our customers, suppliers and internal team to ensure that we continue to offer the highest quality services to the sports market. Mike is already regarded a subject matter expert in the industry and coupling that expertise with our well-developed product portfolio we are undoubtedly going to continue our rapid growth in the sports and live events verticals.”