Terry Ham Joins Silverback Media as President and Chief Operating Officer
November 08 2007 - 8:30AM
Marketwired
TORONTO, ONTARIO (FRANKFURT: SVD) announces that Terry Ham has
joined the Company as President and Chief Operating Officer.
Silverback Media is a global mobile marketing agency with
operations in Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, Miami, London UK and
Paris.
Mr. Ham comes to Silverback Media with over 20 years of
experience in the technology sector and an outstanding track record
in the Internet, e-commerce and digital marketing marketing
spaces.
He was the founder of C3 Online Marketing Inc., acquired by True
North Corporation in 2006. C3 was a provider of online solutions
for marketers designed to attract and retain online relationships.
Most recently, Mr. Ham was the Chief Operating Officer of True
North where he was responsible for integrating numerous business
units, creating a single sales force selling an integrated online
marketing product line, and re-branding True North.
Prior to founding C3, Mr. Ham was the Chief Business Development
Officer at BCE Emergis Inc. where he crafted significant customer
agreements and helped to define the company's strategies for
mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and alliances to accelerate its
profitable and strategic growth. Mr. Ham held several other senior
management positions with BCE Emergis, including President of BCE
Emergis (U.S.), where he led the company's launch into the US
e-commerce marketplace generating outstanding new revenue in the
first year. Before joining BCE Emergis, Mr. Ham was President and
Chief Executive Officer of Newstar Technologies Inc. where he
guided the transition of Newstar's business model from traditional
facilities management services to e-commerce software and
transaction processing. His successful execution of this strategy
led to partnerships with industry leaders, including Microsoft and
Price Waterhouse, and eventually to the acquisition of Newstar by
BCE Emergis.
Silverback Media is positioned at the leading edge of the next
phase of the evolving e-marketing sector, capitalizing on the
personal, portable and pervasive nature of mobile devices to create
a potent advertising and marketing channel. Silverback enables and
enhances interactive relationships between marketers and consumers.
The Company's unique capabilities open up mobile channels to allow
marketers to create and deploy mobile ad campaigns that are
integrated and continuous with their online marketing initiatives.
The result is a full harmonization and synergistic unification of
online and mobile strategies.
Terry Ham stated, "I am thrilled to be joining Silverback. This
is a very exciting opportunity. Accelerating mobile Internet usage
and increasing consumer acceptance and satisfaction with mobile
marketing applications are among the converging factors that point
to very rapid growth for the industry. Martin has done a tremendous
job of assembling a global team and the network of technology
platforms to make Silverback into a major player in mobile
marketing, and I am looking forward to helping build value for the
shareholders."
Martin Doane, Chief Executive Officer of Silverback Media Plc,
commented, "We are delighted to have Terry join the senior
management team at Silverback Media. Terry is a strategic thinker
with considerable operational experience in the digital marketing
and technology space. His experience will be invaluable in the
execution of Silverback Media's growth plan, the development of new
business, and in the strategic direction of the Company."
Silverback Media is listed on the Open Market of Deutsche Boerse
in Frankfurt/Main (Symbol: SVD) and the Plus Market in London
(Symbol: SBMP).
The Directors of Silverback Media Plc accept responsibility for
this announcement.
Contacts: Silverback Media Plc Martin J. Doane CEO (416)
366-6691 Email: m.doane@silverback-media.com Silverback Media Plc
Terry Ham President & COO (416) 363-0060 Email:
t.ham@silverback-media.com