Andy Hurt joins Front Porch Digital
Published: WORSHIP
WORLD: Andy Hurt has been appointed vice president, product management at Front Porch Digital. Based in Denver, US, Mr Hurt will report to chief operating officer, Phil Jackson.
Mr Hurt brings more than 12 years of experience leading product development, management, strategy and operations in multiple global technology organisations to his new role. Most recently, he served as senior director of product development and delivery at Level (3) Communications, where he led a global product development organisation for content delivery network (CDN), cloud origin storage, and video transport products.
Prior to this, he server at First Data as senior director, product solutions, and was general manager of product operations and finance at DISH Network. Mr Hurt also served for three years as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, and has an MBA in international management from the Fisher Graduate School of International Business at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a bachelor's degree in Spanish from the University of Kansas.
‘With the introduction of the Lynx cloud-based platform, representing Front Porch Digital's largest R&D investment in more than a decade, it's a very exciting time to be joining the leadership team and helping to guide these products and solutions,’ said Mr Hurt. ‘I'm looking forward to helping build the vision, strategy, and a comprehensive plan for establishing Front Porch Digital as the gold standard for cloud-based solutions.’
‘Front Porch Digital has made an aggressive shift to agile product development that delivers a real competitive advantage resulting from increased innovation and speed to market,’ said Mr Jackson.
‘As a long-time practitioner of this discipline, Andy will be an even more valuable member of our team,’ he continued. ‘Andy's depth of experience in product management for some of the cable and broadcast industry's biggest names makes him a perfect fit to lead the strategy for our cloud storage and online video delivery solutions. His background speaks for itself, including product leadership for the second largest direct-to-home platform in North America and the world's largest CDN, not to mention the world's largest broadcast video backhaul provider.’