Executive Tune Up At TuneIn
• TuneIn, the leading live global streaming and on-demand audio service, today announced new executive appointments to its leadership team, including Paul Brody to Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Rob Deichertto Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), and Joe King to Chief Product Officer (CPO). Yasmin Coffey has been elevated to Chief Legal Officer (CLO), and Kevin Straley will continue to serve as Chief Content Officer (CCO). Brody previously served as CTO at Rakuten Advertising, Chief Product Officer for CleverTap, co-Founder & CEO of Sococo, and VP of Products for Yahoo!, and Deichert was previously CEO of Eyeview. Joe King was previously Principal Product Manager, Kindle Content at Amazon.com, and Ms. Coffey was Head of Legal at TuneIn. Before joining the company she was a Legal and Business Affairs Attorney at Paramount Pictures.
All this news comes on the heels of the recent appointment of Richard Stern as CEO, and a new investment in TuneIn led by Innovation Endeavors.
Additionally, six new members will join TuneIn’s Board and bring their deep expertise in the areas of business, technology, media and entertainment, including: Eric Botto, co-Founder & CTO of Slice Technologies and FiberTower; Steve Cakebread, CFO of Yext; Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, internet executive and entrepreneur; Greg Coleman, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Lerer Hippeau Ventures; Rick Scanlon, Founding partner at Innovation Endeavors; and Harpinder Singh, partner at Innovation Endeavors, co-Founder & CEO at Slice Technologies, and co-Founder and head of product and marketing at FiberTower.
“TuneIn’s mission to reinvent radio for our connected world has been greatly accelerated during this unprecedented time when live audio has quickly become a trusted companion for millions of new listeners adjusting to the new normal,” said Stern. “I’m proud to welcome a distinguished group of senior leaders and board members to TuneIn who will help us build on the incredible momentum of 2020 to drive innovation and growth at a global scale.”
