Harris Morris Appointed Wazee Digital Chairman
Harris Morris has been appointed chairman of Wazee Digital, a Denver-based company in title management, delivery and monetization services for sports, media and entertainment companies.
Wazee Digital claims to provide one of the world’s-largest managed video and metadata platforms as a cloud-based service, reducing or eliminating the impact of people intensive processes, legacy hardware and monolithic software on its customers as they transition to digital.
Harris has served as Wazee Digital’s CEO since July, 2014. Under his leadership, Wazee Digital has repositioned itself for growth with the launch of its distribution platform, Wazee Digital Core, as a stand-alone product; rebranded from T3Media to Wazee Digital in August, 2015; and refocused the licensing line of business to grow new revenue through sub-distribution partnerships.
He has also rebuilt his senior management team with the appointment of Mark Pougnet to the joint role of COO and CFO; Greg Loose as senior vice-president of product and engineering, and Dave Polyard to the role of senior vice- president of global sales. He has overseen the expansion of Wazee Digital’s work with sports content owners, signing multi-year content management, metadata and distribution service agreements with the USTA and the National Rugby League in Australia.
Prior to joining Wazee Digital, Harris held several senior-leadership positions in the Broadcast Communications Division of the Harris Corporation, including three years as the president and then CEO of the $500+ million provider of technology solutions to create and manage video content and advertising for TV, out-of-home, and government markets.
Prior to that, he was chief strategy officer of Thomson Learning (now Cengage Learning), a leading educational content, learning and services company where he was instrumental in expanding it’s software, custom, and digital solutions businesses. He began his career and became a partner at Bain and Company, where he provided strategic counsel and deal support to senior executives in the media, technology and telecomm sectors.
Wazee Digital is part of the Shamrock Capital Investors portfolio.
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