BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Digimarc
Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC) today announced it has appointed
Kelly Haggerty as Chief Product
Officer, a newly established executive leadership position at the
company. Haggerty will be a crucial member of the leadership team,
reporting to the CEO. As Chief Product Officer, he will develop,
deliver and support a world-class global technology platform that
advances the reach and effectiveness of automatic identification of
media across multiple industries.
"I am thrilled that Kelly has joined the executive team at
Digimarc," said Bruce Davis,
Chairman and CEO at Digimarc. "He brings a tremendous skill set and
background in software product management and strategy. As the
Digimarc Platform evolves and matures, we see the need to elevate
product management to the executive level, where Kelly can help
drive further growth of the Platform."
"I look forward to working with the team to help drive the
growth of the Digimarc Platform," Haggerty added. "Our work will
build a powerful product management organization on the foundation
that Digimarc developed over the last several years."
Previously Haggerty was Vice President of Product & Strategy
at Zix from 2016 through 2020. During his tenure at Zix, he helped
transform the company from a single product appliance vendor with
annual recurring revenue of $56
million to a SaaS security solutions provider with multiple
products generating annual recurring revenue of over $215 million.
Before his role at Zix, he served as Chief Product Officer for
IID, a SaaS security threat intelligence company. For nine years,
Mr. Haggerty held several leadership roles for McAfee, including
Vice President of Product Management for the Security Management
Business from 2010 to 2014 and Vice President of the SaaS Business
Unit. In addition, he held leadership roles in product management
at SurfControl (acquired by Websense), Elron Software and Actiance
Inc.
About Digimarc
Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC) is
a pioneer in the automatic identification of media, including
packaging, other commercial print, digital images, audio and video.
The Digimarc Platform takes industry beyond the barcode, providing
innovative and comprehensive automatic identification software and
services to simplify search and transform information discovery
through unparalleled reliability, efficiency and security. The
Digimarc Platform enables applications that benefit retailers and
consumer brands, national and state government agencies, media and
entertainment industries, and others. Digimarc is based in
Beaverton, Oregon, with a growing
supplier network around the world. Visit digimarc.com and follow us
on LinkedIn and Twitter @digimarc to learn more about The
Barcode of Everything®.
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