Cdigix Expands its Team to Support Increasing Demand for C-Labs Digital Media Platform.Company Also Continues to Invest in Technical Capabilities for Long-Term Growth SEATTLE -- Cdigix Inc., the leading provider of rich digital media services for colleges and universities, today announced it has expanded its team and technical capabilities to support the increasing demand and use of its C-Labs digital media platform. Joining the company are Chuck Myers, regional director in the West; David Petty Petty girl airbrushed beauty, scantily clad in Esquire’s pages. [Am. Lit.: Misc.] See : Sex Symbols , regional director in the Southeast; and Kristi Emerson, marketing and PR. Additionally, Cdigix has expanded its media encoding See encode. farm and increased its storage capacity to handle current and future growth. "We are seeing tremendous interest in the higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. market for C-Labs, and we look forward to leveraging the unique insight and extensive experience of Chuck, David and Kristi to further serve this market," said Mark Brodsky, vice president of sales and marketing for Cdigix. "Additionally, we expect strong growth as more institutions are realizing the positive impact and cost effectiveness of our digital media delivery platform, and therefore we continue to invest in our system to more efficiently and effectively support our customers' needs long term." C-Labs: Enterprise Edition and C-Labs Faculty Edition enable schools to unlock their extensive libraries of rich media titles to seamlessly deliver digital media on-demand to students, while also enhancing the teaching and learning process. As more institutions begin to leverage C-Labs, Cdigix has expanded its sales and marketing team to include the following: * Chuck Myers has spent more than 20 years as an accomplished sales leader and strategic consultant serving the higher education and publishing industries, as well as national corporations. His background includes numerous management positions with companies such as RJT RJT Winter Skate (FAO fish species code) Compuquest, Collegis, Bowker Publishing, eCollege, and Thomson Publishing. Mr. Myers' has helped large institutions, as well as public and university libraries, harness the power of technology and implement enterprise-wide solutions to improve teaching and learning. * David Petty brings more than 25 years of technical direct sales and channel management experience with various Fortune 500 companies such as Compaq, Gateway, StorageTek, and Computer Associates. For the past 10 years, Mr. Petty has specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. in the higher education IT market where he has helped to implement college and university departments with large scale, campus-wide program rollouts, including wireless-enabled campuses, Smart Classrooms, and other teaching and learning applications that increase education performance management capabilities. * Kristi Emerson comes to Cdigix with a strong background in media relations, strategic communications and investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. . Her experience in higher education includes more than eight years at eCollege, most recently serving as director of Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. . Ms. Emerson oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. all public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , collaborating with customers, trade press and industry researchers. She also played a key role in working directly with the analyst and investor community on behalf of the company. In addition to building its team, Cdigix has made some recent system enhancements that will enable the company to more efficiently meet customer needs. Cdigix has expanded its media encoding farm for greater productivity and faster turn-around times. The company also increased its storage capacity so it can more effectively grow with its current customers, as well as serve a larger overall customer base. Cdigix will be showcasing C-Labs: Enterprise Edition and C-Labs: Faculty Edition at key upcoming industry events, including Educause, being held October 23-25 in Seattle, WA, and Internet Librarian (1) A person who works in the data library and keeps track of the tapes and disks that are stored and logged out for use. Also known as a "file librarian" or "media librarian." See data library. (2) See CA-Librarian. , being held October 29-31 in Monterey, CA. About Cdigix, Inc. Cdigix, Inc. is the leading provider of secure digital educational media to the college marketplace. The Seattle-based company operates C-Labs, a complete turnkey See turnkey system. service that allows universities to post and maintain course-critical digital audio and video media online for on-demand access by students. More information about the company and its services is available at www.cdigix.com. |
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