Jim Hurwitz joins MultiDyne in senior management role
Published: ASIA
WORLD: MultiDyne, a provider of fibre-optic-based video and audio transport solutions has announced the appointment of Jim Hurwitz as vice president of business development. In his new role, Mr Hurwitz will be responsible for developing and marketing new products for MultiDyne, to increase the company's global sales efforts.
‘Jim has more than 30 years of experience in the broadcast industry as an end-user, developer, and supplier of cutting-edge technologies, which will be valuable towards driving our product development strategy,’ said Frank Jachetta, president of MultiDyne. ‘Based on Jim's expertise in leading product development and growing revenue, we expect that he'll make a major contribution toward our worldwide sales this year.’
Prior to joining MultiDyne, Mr Hurwitz most recently served as the director of outside broadcast sales at Belden-owned Miranda Technologies, which acquired the technologies of Telecast Fiber Systems, where he worked for over 13 years. Throughout his career at Telecast, he managed the development of many of the company's products and oversaw key customer sales efforts. Mr Hurwitz also held senior level management positions at a variety of companies within the broadcast industry, including director of the wireless camera division at Telex Communications. He also has extensive experience working as a network and local newscast producer, field news producer, editor, and videographer.
‘I have always admired MultiDyne's technical innovation and unparalleled dedication to customer service, and couldn't be more thrilled to join the team,’ said Mr Hurwitz. ‘My primary goal for 2014 and beyond is to enhance MultiDyne's growing fibre-optic offering and help drive the development of advanced solutions for the broadcast, sports, and electronic cinema and episodic TV marketplaces.’
In addition to his new position at MultiDyne, he currently serves as the chairman of the Emerging Technology Committee of the Information Display and Entertainment Association (IDEA). He has a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications and English literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and did his graduate work at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Mr Hurwitz currently resides in the San Francisco Bay area and will report directly to Mr Jachetta.