VidWrx Appoints Steve Hancock to Its Board of Directors
December 02 2015 - 7:59AM
Business Wire
VidWrx Inc. (TSX-V:VID) (“VidWrx” and/or “the Company”), the
pioneer of scalable cloud-based video production solutions, is
pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Hancock to its Board
of Directors, effective December 1, 2015.
Steve Hancock is a veteran advertising and marketing executive,
entrepreneur and advisor with unique experience in the online video
production space and a strong track record building successful
online and digital media based businesses. Mr. Hancock was a
pioneer of SaaS based video production management as the founder
and CEO of Adbeast after spending over 17 years as an advertising
and marketing executive in Canada, the US and the UK with
TBWA/Chiat Day.
Adbeast was an early pioneer of online video production
management and collaboration and provided a range of critical ad
industry workflows including creative development, project
management, video production, and digital media archiving. The
company successfully grew into a widely respected SaaS digital
asset management company used globally by over 250 major
advertisers, agencies and production companies including Anheuser
Busch, Sears, Ogilvy and DDB. In 2010 Adbeast was acquired by
DGFastChannel, the North American leader in broadcast advertising
distribution services.
Mr. Hancock began his career in advertising working in London
after first competing for Great Britain as a member of the British
Olympic kayak team. Moving to North America he then spent over 17
years with TBWA/Chiat Day, one of the most creative and
progressive global advertising agencies, in increasingly
senior strategy and management roles in San Francisco, New York and
Toronto including 6 years as CEO of TBWA/Chiat Day
Canada where he worked with major advertisers including
Nissan, American Express, Microsoft and TDBank.
After leaving Adbeast in 2012 Mr. Hancock began advising and
coaching high growth potential technology based companies focused
on marketing, advertising, market research and ecommerce.
"I am very pleased to welcome Mr. Hancock to the Board of
VidWrx," stated George Fleming, the Company's CEO. "Steve brings a
reputation as an innovator and leader within the video, digital
agency and marketing sectors. His experience and success within the
agency business and with Adbeast in particular is extremely
exciting. He will help provide us with strategic guidance as we
expand our focus on agencies, marketers and brands growing video
needs. I look forward to working with him as we continue to
grow."
About VidWrx
Founded in 2006 as SoMedia Networks, VidWrx is an industry
pioneer, providing scalable video production services to marketers
and digital agencies in any volume, anywhere in North America.
Combined with its online platform and proven processes, the
Company’s expert production teams ensure exceptional customer
service and affordable, high quality videos.
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