ZURICH, SWITZERLAND--Myriad Group AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: MYRN), the company creating and connecting communities across mobile and TV, today announces changes to its Executive Management Team. Bruce Jackson is appointed to the position of Chief Technology Officer. Bruce will replace Kim Hartlev, who is leaving the business to pursue other interests. Bruce was previously VP Innovation within Myriad. Olivier Bartholot, is appointed to the position of VP Corporate Development and GM Device Solutions. Olivier will replace Ed Zylka, SVP GM Device Solutions, who will be leaving the business to pursue other interests.
Andrew Wyse is promoted to the Executive Management Team as VP Global Sales.
All changes are with immediate effect.
Stephen Dunford, Chief Executive Officer of Myriad Group, commented: “On behalf of the Executive Management Team, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Kim for his contribution to Myriad and previously Synchronica over the past six years. In particular, I would like to thank him for his leadership in successfully driving the company’s technical strategy on Messaging following the acquisition of Synchronica by Myriad. I wish him every success for the future.”
“I would also like to thank Ed for his contribution over the past three years, in leading our Device Solutions division and helping to secure a number of key customer contracts. I wish him the very best in his future endeavours.”
“I am delighted to welcome Bruce, Andrew and Olivier onto the Executive Management Team. Bruce brings with him a wealth of experience in innovation and technical development from major mobile technology leaders, with Andrew and Olivier bringing in excess of thirty years of senior management experience and expertise. All three will be instrumental in helping Myriad execute on the growth opportunities in front of us.”
About Myriad
Myriad delivers consumer applications, messaging solutions, and embedded software to leading OEMs, mobile operators, and pay TV providers worldwide.
Our messaging services deliver email, instant messaging and social networking to tens of millions of users in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Working with some of the world’s most successful mobile phone operators, Myriad’s market leading services enable consumers to connect to Internet services they want to reach in simple and affordable ways. In many cases, Myriad’s services are providing them with their first experience of the Internet.
Our market proven and innovative connected home solutions are found in billions of mobile phones and tens of millions of set-top boxes and Blu-ray players. Myriad is now driving the convergence of mobile, tablets and TV having created a suite of exciting connected home solutions including app stores for the TV, media sharing and simple access to social networking services within a multi-device, multi-screen connected home environment.
We operate worldwide, with offices in Switzerland, France, UK, USA, Canada, Mexico, India, UAE, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Myriad is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX Symbol: MYRN).
For more information please visit our website: www.myriadgroup.com. You can also follow us on twitter@MyriadGroup and view our YouTube Channel - YouTube.com/myriadgroupmarketing.
