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ClipBlast! Names Interactive Technology Pioneer and Former IBM Executive Rhaz Zeisler to Head Product Development.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- ClipBlast! (www.clipblast.com), the premier Web-wide video-search platform, today announced the appointment of Rhaz Zeisler, a technology pioneer in the entertainment industry and former IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries)  Interactive Media executive, to the new post of VP, Product Development, and Chief Creative Director.

Zeisler brings to ClipBlast! 20 years' experience in creative development, production and Web technology integration in the entertainment and multimedia sectors. A seasoned executive with extensive product design and production experience, she has worked with major corporations and national and international brands to create high-performance, interactive products and properties for The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
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"Rhaz Zeisler's leadership and creative talents reflect a unique blend of strategy, marketing and production savvy," said Gary Baker Gary Baker is a former NASCAR driver. He made one Winston Cup start at Talladega Superspeedway in 1980. He started 15th and finished 22nd, earning $3,440. He was driving the #4 Waylon Jennings Chevrolet fielded by G.C. Spencer. In 2007, he purchased the Busch Series team Brewco Motorsports. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , ClipBlast!. "Rhaz's commitment to interactive design and its integration with new technologies has established her as one of the more prolific creative thinkers in the digital media community. We're extremely fortunate to have her on our team."

A recognized international executive producer, executive creative director and brand strategist, Zeisler has been in the forefront of multi-channel convergence throughout her career. As an early innovator, her experience spans the spectrum of media innovation from traditional entertainment, advertising and marketing to interactive and digital new media. Over the last decade, her award-winning design signature set the standard for interactive multimedia and multi-channel customer experience.

Zeisler was recruited by IBM's evolving e-Business group to lead the creative vision and worldwide implementation of its interactive media studios, a unit that became the largest interactive design group in the world. In the process, she launched a network of fully integrated digital design and interactive production studios in 17 countries. She managed and directed an international staff of more than 1,000 business consultants, creative and technical specialists.

Pioneering Video Search

ClipBlast! formally launched its video-search platform in September 2006 after an 18-month beta period. Its patent-pending technology crawls the Web in search of video, adding content to its massive, proprietary index. The company has indexed more content providers and more video than any other video-search provider. ClipBlast! traffic has more than doubled since November.

About ClipBlast!

Founded in 2004, ClipBlast! provides pioneering video search that uses patent-pending technology to continuously update the largest index of video content across the Internet. ClipBlast!'s fast, easy interface gives users instant access to millions of quality, highly relevant, targeted clips from the world's major media brands, independent producers and individuals - clips that inform, enlighten en·light·en  
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1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to:
, inspire and entertain. The company is based in Agoura Hills, Calif. To learn more, visit http://www.clipblast.com.
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