Today VMIX announced that they’ve replaced long-time CEO Mike Glickenhaus, with new to Online Video, Patrick Burns. On the surface, the hiring of Burns to VMIX sounds similar to why Ooyala brought on Fulcher; to lead the company into new waters, to expand internationally, and to use their industry contacts to better position the company in an ever changing environment. But in an interview with FierceOnlineVideo’s Jim O’Neill, Burns suggests the board was losing faith in Glickenhaus stating, “…there won’t be something that presents itself that the CEO won’t be prepared to deal with. That’s the real hard truth.”
There’s no doubting the fact that OV is growing up, we’ve truly shed our training wheels and are venturing out of our infancy full-force into toddlerhood.
Read Jim’s full interview with Burns.
And read the VMIX press release.
