Kaltura Announces CFO Transition
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NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kaltura (“Kaltura” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: KLTR), the Video Experience Cloud, today announced the appointment of John Doherty as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2024, succeeding Yaron Garmazi in the role. Mr. Doherty will join Kaltura on February 1, 2024, and Mr. Garmazi will continue to support him and the Company throughout the second quarter of 2024 as well to provide a smooth transition.
Mr. Doherty brings more than three decades of financial and operational experience. Most recently he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Magic Leap, Inc, a private augmented reality device company that has raised more than
“I would like to thank Yaron for his partnership and significant contribution over the past seven years, including transitioning Kaltura to a public company,” said Ron Yekutiel, Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Kaltura. “Yaron is a leader and friend to all of us at Kaltura, and we are grateful for his ongoing support and wish him well as he continues his successful career.”
Mr. Yekutiel continued, “John is a talented executive with a very impressive track record of financial and corporate development leadership at large publicly traded enterprises. I am delighted to welcome him to our team. John’s skillset and background are ideally fitted to support our plans to return to profitable growth and to explore strategic opportunities that advance our commercial goals.”
“I am privileged to join Ron and the Kaltura team at this exciting time,” said Mr. Doherty. “Kaltura’s position as the leading video experience cloud is a testament to the strength of its people and strategy, and I look forward to working closely with the team as we continue to reinforce our position in the market and plan for future growth.”
About Kaltura
Kaltura’s mission is to power any video experience for any organization. Kaltura’s Video Experience Cloud offers live, real-time, and on-demand video products for enterprises of all industries, as well as specialized industry solutions, currently for educational institutions and for media and telecom companies. Underlying our products and solutions is a broad set of Media Services that are also used by other cloud platforms and companies to power video experiences and workflows for their own products. Kaltura’s Video Experience Cloud is used by leading brands reaching millions of users, at home, at school, and at work, for events, communication, collaboration, training, marketing, sales, customer care, teaching, learning, and entertainment experiences. For more information, visit www.corp.kaltura.com.
Investor Contacts:
Kaltura, Inc.
Yaron Garmazi
Chief Financial Officer
IR@Kaltura.com
Sapphire Investor Relations, LLC
Erica Mannion and Michael Funari
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+1 617 542 6180
Media Contacts:
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Lisa Bennett
pr.team@kaltura.com
Headline Media
Raanan Loew
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Forward-Looking Statements
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