Hi, I’m Stephen McCluskey, new CEO at vzaar. I’m really pleased to be helping this dynamic company to grow and drive the takeup of online video to our business customers.

My background is in growing tech businesses. I’ve grown, acquired and sold online software businesses but my real interest is in matching market need to fast-track development…and nowhere is market need growing faster than companies worldwide using video online to promote their products and services. This market is growing at an exponential rate today.

So, what is happening in our online video world: everything is accelerating …

We are growing faster than ever before as customers recognise the great value online video brings to their website propositions. This is reflected in vzaar’s sales, recruitment and increased funding.

Our growth is phenomenal: 3X what it was 6 months ago: online video truly has arrived and we’re proving it! As a result we have recruited across the company’s operations, sales, development, customer service and design…and we continue to recruit.

vzaar is innovating and launching new developments faster than any other video platform provider today: 3 months and 3 brilliant new service enhancements for our professional customers:

Firstly, the bulk uploader allows customers with many videos to manage the encoding and uploading service of multiple video files in parallel, cutting down on time and improving their effectiveness.

Likewise, the new video labels & playlist function will help vzaar customers review and organise their list of videos very easily.

And the latest development: vzaar’s brilliant new iPhone and iPad application is hot off the press: signed off by Apple on 10 June. It’s really intuitive way to manage your online videos on the move. Download it FREE today from iTunes!

There’s a lot more coming up very soon in the vzaar pipeline … so watch this space. Also, if you have ideas you would like to see the team at vzaar implement, drop us an email.

I delighted to join the vzaar team with so much excitement in the rapidly growing market of online video. I’ll be doing all I can to underline vzaar’s position as the prime professional online video provider.

Stephen McCluskey
CEO, vzaar

Press Release London, UK, May 24th 2010

vzaar, the leading professional online video platform, today announced Stephen McCluskey as Chief Executive Officer.

“Stephen‘s ability to turn strategy into action and drive sales and marketing effectively is something we are all looking forward to.” comments Ian Snead, VP of Sales & Marketing.

“Since selling my previous company, I have been looking for a great Internet growth opportunity to drive forward” said Stephen McCluskey. “vzaar fulfils all the criteria I have been searching for. It’s a dynamic business that is maturing very quickly into a significant player in the online video space. The founding team have inspired me with their ambitions and support to grow vzaar fast and impressed me with the technology and customer base that has been developed since launch and I looking forward to helping spur the company on.”

vzaar has over 900 ecommerce customers globally, including Toys”R”us, Wal-mart, The Press Association and Budweiser. “I am looking forward to leveraging the success the company is experiencing today and building on that to achieve the ambitions we have set out for the business.” added McCluskey. “We want to continue to lead the market in usability giving our customers a video platform that not only meets their feature needs but gives them a best-in-class user experience. Online video is here now and we expect to see continued rapid growth and adoption by online businesses all over the globe. In particular, I am keen to see vzaar continue to help ecommerce, media companies and marketing agencies make best commercial use of our service. My objective is to position vzaar as the leading professional video platform of choice.”

Prior to his appointment as CEO at vzaar, Stephen was Managing Director at Vebra, the UK’s largest supplier of software and IT services to UK property professionals. He was also co-founder and Managing Director at www.thinkproperty.com, one of the UK’s most successful, consumer-facing property internet sites. Both companies were sold recently to the Guardian Media Group.

McCluskey joins vzaar and becomes a member of the Board of Directors with immediate effect.

vzaar powers video on some of the Internet’s largest websites, including eBay Motors enabling their customers to add marketing videos to their listings. Companies wanting to leverage video for commercial use should contact vzaar for more information.

About vzaar
vzaar is an online video platform that provides an end to end video service for web applications, ecommerce website and internet publishers.

For additional information, contact: Aaron James Rodgers, Press & Customer Relations
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