Motricity Announces Executive Management Changes
November 15 2012 - 6:31PM
On November 15, 2012, Motricity, Inc. (Nasdaq:MOTR) and Jim Smith,
the Interim Chief Executive Officer, ended Mr. Smith's
employment with Motricity. Mr. Smith's duties will be assumed
by a team of current Motricity executive officers. Richard
Stalzer, currently the President of Voltari, Motricity's Mobile
Media division, has been named Chief Executive Officer. Nathan
Fong, currently Motricity's Chief Financial Officer, will continue
in that position and has also been named Chief Operating
Officer. Richard Sadowsky, currently Motricity's General
Counsel will continue in that position and has also been named
Chief Administrative Officer. Each of Messrs. Stalzer, Fong
and Sadowsky will report directly to Motricity's Board of
Directors.
"After restructuring the business, launching new products and
incubating a clear future strategic direction this is a natural
transition to hand-off to the new leadership to execute. Rich
Stalzer, Nathan and Richard now have the capital, focus, skills and
capability to create tremendous value. Motricity has emerged
as a new company and is well positioned to capitalize on the growth
in the open mobile market," said Jim Smith
Mr. Stalzer said, "Nathan, Richard and I are very excited about
the opportunity to take Motricity to the next level. Companies
are all about the people and the companies with the best talent
win. We will continue to invest in talent, so we can produce the
best mobile products across all our product lines. The operational
restructuring implemented by Jim Smith has given us a platform for
growth. Our focus will be on growing the business and
delivering the highest quality products and service to our
customers."
James Nelson, Chairman of the Board said, "We want to thank Jim
Smith for the work that he has done in streamlining Motricity's
operations during his tenure as Interim Chief Executive Officer. He
has laid the groundwork for a smooth transition to the new
executive team and leaves Motricity well-positioned for
growth. The Board of Directors is confident that under the
leadership of Messrs. Stalzer, Fong and Sadowsky, the Company will
have in place a capable leadership team that will continue our
focus on creating value for customers and maximizing shareholder
value."
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made in this release and related statements that
express Motricity's or its management's intentions, indications,
beliefs, expectations, guidance, estimates, forecasts or
predictions of the future constitute forward-looking statements, as
defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
and relate to matters that are not historical facts. They include,
without limitation, statements regarding: our ability to have a
smooth transition to the new executive team, our ability to
develop, produce, market, license or sell our products, solutions
and services, compete domestically and internationally, reduce or
control expenses, improve efficiency, realign resources and
continue operational improvement. These statements represent
beliefs and expectations only as of the date they were made. We may
elect to update forward-looking statements but we expressly
disclaim any obligation to do so, even if our beliefs and
expectations change. Actual results may differ from those expressed
or implied in our forward-looking statements.
Such forward-looking statements involve and are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results
to differ materially from those discussed in a forward-looking
statement. These include, but are not limited to: the sufficiency
of our liquidity and capital resources and our ability to raise
additional capital or generate the cash flows necessary to repay
our term loan; our reliance on a limited number of customers for a
substantial portion of our revenues, including the pressures on
pricing and contract terms from customers with substantial
purchasing power and further consolidations in the
telecommunications industry; our ability to realign our
business to focus on our mobile advertising and enterprise business
and obtain customers for that business; the highly competitive
nature of the mobile services industry in which many of our
competitors have significantly greater resources, which they are
using to support significantly discounted pricing; the rapid
technological changes in the mobile data services industry, which
could render our existing services obsolete; our ability to attract
and retain key employees and qualified personnel; impact of
the recent departure of members of our executive team and our
ongoing leadership transition; our ability to recognize the
expected benefits from the reduction in force implemented in 2011
and the beginning of 2012; economic and political risks
related to our international operations; risks of new product
offerings reducing our customers' influence over access to mobile
data services; our ability to integrate any future
acquisitions and business combinations effectively; the impact
of worldwide economic conditions and related uncertainties and the
health of and prospects for the overall mobile services
industry; risks related to the use and protection of
proprietary information, including our ability to safeguard third
party confidential information; our ability to develop
strategies to address our markets successfully and to meet customer
demands with respect to products, services, support and service
level commitments; disruptions in datacenter services and
other capacity constraints; uncertainties inherent in the
development of new products and services and the enhancement of
existing products and services, including technical risks, cost
overruns and delays; our ability to tailor our complex
solutions to our customers' needs; our ability to utilize net
operating losses; our ability to maintain proper and effective
internal controls; uncertainty related to whether certain terms of
our term loan will have the effect of discouraging offers for our
business or common stock; our reliance on third parties to develop
content and applications, customer acceptance of such offerings and
our liability with respect to such content; undetected
software errors in our products and indemnity obligations and
claims relating to our products and services; our ability to
manage growth; impairment losses related to goodwill,
intellectual property and equipment; risks and diversion of
resources related to the litigation against us and our current and
former directors and officers; actual or perceived security
vulnerabilities in mobile devices; the impact of changing
governmental regulations and our ability to comply
therewith; risks related to the commercialization of open
source software we use; the influence and control our principal
stockholder may exert; and other uncertainties described more
fully in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
About Motricity
Motricity (Nasdaq:MOTR) empowers mobile operators, brands and
advertising agencies to maximize the reach and economic potential
of the mobile ecosystem through the delivery of relevance-driven
merchandising, marketing and advertising solutions. Motricity
leverages advanced predictive analytics capabilities to deliver the
right content, to the right person at the right time. Motricity's
unique combination of technology, mobile-expertise and go-to-market
approach delivers return-on-investment for our mobile operator,
brand and advertising agency customers. For more information, visit
www.motricity.com.
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