Abacast Management Team
Rob Green, Interim CEO – Rob Green currently serves in advisory and consultative roles with several technology companies. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Nine Systems, a CDN that was acquired by Akamai Technologies NASDAQ:AKAM in late 2006. In addition to his business development and strategy role, Mr. Green was also responsible for all of Nine Systems’ corporate marketing and product management activities. Prior to Nine Systems, Mr. Green was the Group Manager of Business Development for Microsoft where he was responsible for the global advancement of Windows Media technologies in the Broadcast TV and CDN markets. In this role he was responsible for establishing contractual relationships with over 150 companies including Yahoo, Motorola, DIRECTV, CBS and NBC. Before joining Microsoft, Mr. Green held the position of Vice President Sales and Marketing for Cortex Medical Management Systems, a manufacturer of software systems for anatomic pathology laboratories and previous to that he held various roles within the telecommunications industry. Mr. Green serves as an industry expert to the Abacast Board and has been a director since 2007.
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John Morris, VP of Technology – John has been with Abacast for more than six years. Pragmatic approach to technology and technology management has led to the creation of industry-leading ad injection software, radio broadcast tools, and the most robust, feature-rich Hybrid P2P solution available. John received a BS in Computer Science from PSU. |
Jim Kott, VP of Sales and Marketing - Jim Kott has been a director of Abacast since April of 2008. Jim comes to Abacast from the acquisition of Tukati, Inc. where he was President and a co-founder. Jim has previously worked as Director of Product Mgmt. at MessageGate, a maker of enterprise email server software; as VP of Engineering at Viathan Corp, a maker of storage infrastructure software; and as a Systems Engineer, Program Mgr and then Group Program Mgr at Microsoft where, his team built and released the Groups.MSN.com communication and collaboration site. Jim received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Washington. |
Kristy Surovic, VP of Administration - Kristy has been with Abacast since July 2007. She brings considerable administrative experience to the Abacast team drawing from her skills as an assistant conroller for Marriot Inc., and from her role as financial analyst for C-Tech Industries. Kristy received a BA in Business Administration from Washington State University. |