Location:
12707 High Bluff Drive, Suite 350 ,
San Diego, California 92130,
United States
Founded in: 2005 Stage: Revenue generating Number of employees: 31-50 Completed funding: VC B Round Investor names: EPVC, Mission Ventures, ATA, JK&B Short URL:http://vator.tv/c/b30
Profile creation: April 30, 2008 Last updated: March 16, 2010
Categories
Entertainment and Digital Media, Internet Video, Internet Web 2.0, Software as a Service
Online Video Platform Solutions Startup/business
California,
United States
http://www.vmix.com
VMIX provides market-leading SaaS solutions for online video management and delivery, powering top publishers in media, entertainment and business. Whether your goals are monetizing video, streamlining processes, or improving communications with clients and employees, VMIX delivers tools that are easy to use and launch quickly. And we offer the most robust APIs available – so you can customize your viewing experience. VMIX is more than just a video solution; the platform manages video, images and audio in a single system that integrates seamlessly with your existing software and hardware.
As President and CEO, Mike Glickenhaus brings 27 years' experience in radio and broadcast publishing.
Prior
to joining VMIX, Mr. Glickenhaus founded Finest City Broadcasting to
acquire three San Diego radio stations from Clear Channel
Communications. As President and CEO he raised $110 million in equity
and debt to close the transaction. He has also done extensive
consulting work with broadcast companies, as well as research and
analysis for both private equity companies and private investors in the
media sector.
Before founding Finest City
Broadcasting, Mr. Glickenhaus spent ten years as Vice President Market
Manager for Clear Channel and Jacor Communications in San Diego. As
sole General Manager in the market, he oversaw the daily running of
twelve Clear Channel stations, generating over $110 million in annual
revenues, with a market revenue share of sixty-five percent.
Mr.
Glickenhaus began his broadcast career with Noble Broadcast Group,
which operated twenty stations across the United States. He is a past
President, Vice President and Treasurer of the San Diego Radio
Broadcasters Association. He has also been a member of the National
Association of Broadcasters and worked on the NAB Show Steering
Committee.
Mike is a graduate of the State University
of New York at Albany. He has served on the executive boards of the
National MS Society, the San Diego International Sports Council and the
San Diego Advertising Fund for Emergencies (SAFE).
Greg Kostello
FOUNDER AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
As Founder and CTO of VMIX, Greg Kostello brings over 20 years' experience in technology development and management.
Previously
Mr. Kostello was President of Vivendi-Universal Net Technologies, where
he integrated advances made in technology at MP3.com into the music
industry's commercial systems.
Prior to the sale of
MP3.com to Vivendi-Universal in 2001, Mr. Kostello, as Executive Vice
President of Technology, was instrumental in developing MP3.com into
the top online music community with over 30 million registered visitors.
Mr. Kostello also co-founded DigitalStyle, an early developer of web tools sold to Netscape in 1997.
His
expertise and experience in the industry includes past positions at
companies like Apple Computer and Netscape, where he was a Technical
Lead on the Gecko browser engine that became the foundation for
Mozilla-based software. Mr. Kostello has also founded or participated
in five other start-up ventures.
Greg Kostello
graduated from UC Irvine with a degree in Information and Computer
Science. He served on the UCSD Connect Leadership Council from
1999-2001.
Terry Ash
CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Terry
Ash brings over 20 years' experience in sales, brand strategies and
corporate relationships to his position as Executive Vice President of
Sales and Marketing at VMIX.
Previously Mr. Ash was Vice
President of Sales for Universal Music Group's special markets
division, home to such prominent labels as Interscope, MCA, Motown,
Universal, Geffen and Island Def Jam.
Prior to this,
Terry was Executive Vice President for the Vivendi-Universal Internet
Group in North America, overseeing over $250 million in revenue from
major brands, including MP3.com, Rollingstone.com and Emusic.
He
was also Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales for MP3.com,
focusing on developing corporate sponsorships and original programming
for radio and TV syndication, eventually leading into the sale of
MP3.com to Vivendi-Universal.
Mr. Ash graduated from
San Diego State University with a BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences, and
served for seven years on the Board of Directors for the UCSD Cancer
Center.