Kyte

Kyte is a white-label, cloud-based publishing platform for live and on-demand video. The Kyte Platform reduces the cost and complexity of delivering social video experiences to websites, mobile and connected devices. Kyte powers online video for top media companies and brands, including ABC, Armani Exchange, Clear Channel, ESPN, Fox News, MTV, Monster Energy and NATO.

Daniel Graf (CEO):

Daniel co-founded Kyte in 2006, helping to grow the company from its roots in mobile and social consumer video technology into one of the world’s leading online video platforms. As CEO, Daniel provides the company’s overall product vision and business leadership.

An internationally recognized technology pioneer with a rich background in home entertainment, consumer electronics and Internet services, Daniel has spent his career working in a number of product innovation and leadership capacities. Prior to Kyte, Daniel held multiple senior product and business development roles at Philips Consumer Electronics, where he led development of the world’s first internet audio stereo system as well as the world’s first wireless home entertainment system with internet video services. Prior to Philips, Daniel was Chief Software Engineer for ReQuest Multimedia, where he created the world’s first MP3 hard disk jukebox, the predecessor to today’s ubiquitous digital music players. 

Daniel holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Interstate College of Engineering (NTB), Switzerland, and an MS in Computer and Systems Engineering from RPI, Troy NY.

Gannon Hall (COO):

As Chief Operating Officer, Gannon leads Kyte’s overall product strategy, marketing, business development and operations. Gannon brings to Kyte nearly two decades of entrepreneurial leadership experience within the emerging and established consumer internet and enterprise software industries.

Prior to joining Kyte, Gannon was a Principal at Horn Group, a premier technology marketing and digital communications agency with offices in San Francisco and New York. As head of the agency’s New York office, Gannon was responsible for client strategy, business development and operations. Under his leadership the agency won several industry accolades for their innovative approach to brand building through integrated digital marketing, communications and social media. Prior to Horn Group, Gannon led Hall Consulting, a pioneering San Francisco web design and development consultancy that he founded in 1994. Clients included a diverse set of software companies including Vitria, AvantGo (Sybase), Commerce One, and PlaceWare (Microsoft).

Gannon began his career as a software engineer, user experience designer, web developer and consultant for companies including Pacific Telesis Group and US Web San Francisco, where he helped design and build enterprise applications and websites for clients including Rolling Stone Magazine, Proxim and Flextronics.