SEATTLE, Sept. 16 WA-Delve-Expands
Video Platform Responds to Growing Demand for New Technology from Content Publishers and Video Producers
SEATTLE, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Semantic video platform and video hosting solutions provider Delve Networks today announced the appointments of two industry veterans to its sales team: Matt Covington and Levant Kenney.
"The success of our video platform has created a growing demand that required us to expand our sales force to meet customer expectations," said Alex Castro, CEO of Delve. "From media companies to net natives, both Matt and Levant will help us reach new customers as Delve Networks continues to grow through multiple upcoming strategic partnerships."
With a history of helping build startups like Whitepages.com and Jobster.com, Covington brings to Delve Networks over decade of internet sales experience. He is coming off of a stint with Jobster.com where he accounted for 90 percent of revenue in the past year. Prior experience includes working on the team that launched Amazon Web Services, a service that allows third party sellers to be a part of the Amazon.com platform, a multi-billion dollar revenue stream for Amazon. Covington honed his selling skills at large media companies such as Warner Brothers and NBC.
Kenney most recently worked as a regional sales director for Jobster.com where he was responsible for overseeing sales and business development teams. During his time there, Kenney led a team that exceeded sales quotas by 125 percent. Before joining Jobster, Kenney spent time at staffing firm Aerotek. He is a graduate of Washington State University.
About Delve Networks
Delve Networks is changing video on the Internet with its advanced video platform. The company's advanced; patent-pending technology meets the market's need for efficient video publishing and monetization of video content. The Seattle-based company, founded in 2006 by industry veterans from Amazon, Yahoo, Microsoft, Inktomi, RealNetworks, and Bell Labs, uses proprietary semantic video web technology to allow users to find the content they want within video. Delve is backed by DFJ Frontier, Intel Capital, and Labrador Ventures. Delve was named an AlwaysOn OnHollywood 100 Top Private Company in 2008. For more information and to view a demo, visit www.delvenetworks.com.
SOURCE Delve Networks
