Search and recommendation specialist ThinkAnalytics has appointed Christy Martin as chief technical adviser.
Ms Martin will be responsible for working with service provider customers on solutions architecture and system integration work, in addition to advising on product strategy. She will report to Peter Docherty, founder and chief technology officer of ThinkAnalytics.
“Personalized recommendations have proven their value as a foundational piece of the personalized TV viewing experience,” said Docherty. “Christy’s expertise in architecting and deploying interactive media solutions will help us as we continue to deliver robust multiplatform recommendations to service providers around the world that take advantage of the latest in voice and other emerging navigation technologies.”
Christy Martin has 20 years of experience spanning consumer applications and distribution systems for interactive media.
She is the founder and Principal of iBox Systems, a technology services firm, where she develops product strategies and architectures, and leads multi-stakeholder integrations for cable television operators, programmers and technology vendors. She previously served as Principal Architect and VP of Solutions Engineering for Canoe Ventures, where she worked with the top six cable MSOs and programming partners to specify the process workflows, requirements, architecture, interfaces and system test plans.
Ms Martin has also worked at Thomson (now Technicolor) and Canal+ Technologies.