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Globecomm appoints Brian Morris Senior VP of Media & Entertainment Channel

In this newly created role, Morris will be responsible for Globecomm’s strategic direction and businesses initiatives focused on serving content providers and service providers on a global basis.

Globecomm has announced the hiring of Brian Morris as Senior Vice President of their Media and Entertainment market channel, reporting to Keith Hall, President and Chief Operating Officer. In this newly created role, Morris will be responsible for Globecomm’s strategic direction and businesses initiatives focused on serving content providers and service providers on a global basis and leveraging Globecomm’s expertise in engineering, design, provisioning, and support of video distribution networks into adjacent market verticals.

“Globecomm Systems realises the opportunities associated with supporting content providers and services providers as they evolve their media services in an environment requiring media conductivity and consumption anytime, on any devices while supporting the traditional media business models and video delivery infrastructures supporting today’s robust media markets,” stated Morris.

Prior to joining Globecomm Systems, Morris served as Vice President of Global Business Development for Cisco Systems Digital Media Networks Division. Before joining Cisco, Brian held various domestic and international positions with Siemens Telecommunications Division in research and development, product management and operations. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Central Florida and his MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College.

Keith Hall, President and COO of Globecomm, said: “Developing our solutions offerings and building industry specific depth to our management team is an important element of our vertical market vision and we are very excited to add a well respected, industry leader to our team. Our capabilities and solutions lend themselves nicely to the rapidly evolving media and entertainment market opportunities and we feel Morris is a great fit to help us better penetrate this channel.”