Netgem Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer

A provider of IPTV technology and applications to telecom operators worldwide, has announced the appointment of Yann Courqueux as Chief Marketing Officer.
Yann Courqueux will be responsible for Netgem’s global marketing and communications and will report to Christophe Aulnette, Managing Director.
Yann joins Netgem after more than 15 years of international, sales, marketing and management experience within the Thomson Group. Most recently, Yann has been involved in strategic planning for Thomson’s IPTV and MobileTV operations while also managing partnership development, marketing and responses to international tenders. One of his key missions was to pre-package solutions for innovative and fast-to-market deployments.
"With his strong track record, wealth of expertise and in depth understanding of IPTV market worldwide, Yann will contribute to the acceleration of our product development and to the increase of our market share in this fast-growing, international IPTV market. I am delighted to have Yann join our executive team." Commented Aulnette.
For the past 18 months, Netgem has undertaken a rapid plan of expansion delivering IPTV solutions for telecom and cable operators around the world. Netgem has announced over the last months a number of new customers such as Elisa in Finland, Monaco Telecom, Spec-Com for Algeria Telecom, Telstra in Australia, Melita in Malta.
Yann commented: "Netgem has made an impressive move into the international IPTV market and is recognised for its ability to provide scalable and innovative technology solutions that help operators build advanced TV services. I am delighted, therefore to be joining the Netgem team at such an exciting time."
Yann holds a Master of Science in Image Communication, a German Diplomarbeit in Telecommunications and an MBA from INSEAD.
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