Ooyala has appointed Mike Nikzad as its chief operating officer (COO).
With more than 25 years of business operations and engineering leadership experience, he will be responsible for leading daily operations of the business with emphasis on Ooyala’s product lifecycle, including inception, development, delivery, support and all customer deployments.
Prior to Ooyala, Nikzad was the COO of Syncplicity, a prominent software-as-a-service (SaaS) company. He also held COO positions with EMC’s Consumer and Small Business division and NewNet Communication Technologies.
Commenting on the appointment, Jonathan Huberman, Ooyala CEO, said: “Mike and I have worked together in numerous previous companies. As we have in the past and together with our teams, we will work to forge strong customer partnerships driven by leading edge solutions and a customer first ethos.
“I am excited Mike has decided to join us and look forward to working together again.”
Nikzad added: “I’m very excited to work with our global team of talented and skilled professionals at Ooyala to deliver the highest quality and market-leading solutions to our customers.
“I’m very excited to work with our global team of talented and skilled professionals at Ooyala to deliver the highest quality and market-leading solutions to our customers”.
