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Penthera Staffs up to Deliver Flawless Mobile Experiences to Customers
[November 27, 2017]

Penthera Staffs up to Deliver Flawless Mobile Experiences to Customers


On the heels of securing a significant investment by Liberty Global (News - Alert), Penthera, creator of the industry-leading download-to-go (D2Go) software, is staffing up to take the mobile technology innovator to the next level.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171127005038/en/

New Penthera Chief Revenue Officer, Daniel Hurwitz (Photo: Business Wire)

New Penthera Chief Revenue Officer, Daniel Hurwitz (Photo: Business Wire)

Among its new hires is a proven team with roots in tech innovation - hailing from deep experiences in reshaping multiple startups and large media companies like SiriusXM, NBC Universal (News - Alert) Media, AOL and others. As Chief Revenue Officer, Daniel Hurwitz will fuel Penthera's growth as a global leader in mobile content offline viewing. He is joined at the software company by his veteran business developent partner, Will Chapman, who will serve as Vice President of Sales. Hurwitz will report to Daniel Taitz, Penthera COO.



Hurwitz and Chapman have together successfully reshaped several start-ups by addressing the value proposition of the company and focusing on new customer-centric strategies. These efforts have resulted in dramatic increases in revenue, meaningful exits and initial public offerings.

"We like to join firms with unique and forward-looking products. Penthera's suite of products to enhance mobile viewing are the right products at the right time. With a growing team of engineers, Penthera helps customers reduce the friction that consumers experience when they view video on mobile devices," said Hurwitz.


"Penthera is already the global D2Go leader and is now offering additional products that enhance the mobile video experience. I am confident that Dan will lead a team that rapidly and significantly expands our customer base and reaches new segments in the exploding mobile viewing industry," said Taitz.

Hurwitz focuses on building/rebuilding entire sales operations for startups including Evergage, MapMyFitness, Ninth Decimal and Audience (News - Alert) Science and has held executive positions with companies including SiriusXM, America Online, About.com, and NBC Universal Media. Chapman worked with Hurwitz at GoNoodle as Regional VP, and they worked together at SiriusXM. Chapman was also the Chief Revenue Officer of BrightLine and was VP of Sales for AudienceScience.

Penthera's D2Go software, Cache&Carry™, is in use by North American and European TV and content providers, large and small. It enables smartphone and tablet users to download video files to their devices and subsequently play them when an internet connection is not available, while protecting the rights of content owners. The award-winning software has powered millions of video downloads on Apple (News - Alert) and Android mobile devices for video distributors including Showtime and Starz.

About Penthera

Penthera develops and deploys software products enhancing mobile video experience. Penthera's customers include content owners and aggregators of all types that need to deliver media content securely, reliably and verifiably to their customers and employees. For more information, visit www.penthera.com.


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