Move Networks Leadership
John Edwards
President and Chief Executive Officer
John Edwards has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, including 12 years in key executive positions for high-growth companies. This experience includes serving as Chairman and CEO of I-Link Corporation (enhanced VoIP services), President of Coresoft (object-oriented business systems for telephony and data), President of Digital Research (owners of DR-DOS), and Executive Vice President of Novell (enterprise networking). Career accomplishments include leading the first delivery of Voice-Over-IP (VoIP) technology to the market and implementing the first file and print server and operating system (NetWare). Edwards received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young University and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Arizona State University.
Greg Smith
Chief Technology Officer
Greg Smith has 13 years of technology and product development experience in digital media. Vice President of Technologies at All Media Guide, Vice President of Sales at All Media Guide, Director of Technologies and Senior Product Manager at Edgix, Technology Acquisitions and Product Development Engineer at PanAmSat. Smith has led the development of bleeding-edge technologies in content distribution, media recognition, and video streaming with deployed technologies in the Globalstar constellation and on PlayStation gaming devices. He holds a BSE degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and graduate certificates in advanced dynamics and control theory from Stanford University.
Jamie Harper
Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Harper has over 14 years of finance and accounting experience in the entertainment and technology industries. Prior to joining Move Networks in July 2007, Harper held various management positions from 1999 through 2007 for Internet postage provider, Stamps.com Inc., including Corporate Controller, Vice President of Finance, and Chief Accounting Officer. He has also served in various accounting- and finance-related positions for Paramount Pictures from 1998 to 1999, Arthur Andersen LLP from 1996 to 1998, and Twentieth Century Fox from 1993 to 1996. Harper is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. in Accounting from California State University at Northridge and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Thomas Morgan
Chief Strategy Officer
Thomas Morgan brings Move Networks years of experience in business development and advertising models. Morgan comes to Move Networks from MediaD.tv, a consultancy, where he focused on the development of on-demand and Internet-based television, with a particular focus on new advertising models for DVRs, VOD, and broadband TV. Prior to his work at MediaD.tv, Morgan founded BlackArrow Corporation, where he served as a board member and CEO. His other roles include co-founder of DiMA Group, VP of Business Development and West Coast General Manager for America Online, EVP of Business Development for Broadvision, President of IDG Interactive Services and West Coast VP and GM for MTV/Nickelodeon.
Robert Bryson
Senior Vice President, Sales
Robert Bryson has 21 years of experience as a sales and marketing executive, including positions as Senior VP of Sales and Marketing for Knowledge Universe, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing for I-Link, and Senior VP of Business Development for Media Station. Other experience includes Director OEM Business Development and National Accounts for Novell and Sales Manager for IBM. Key accomplishments include managing key accounts for the first Voice-Over-IP technology deployed to market and involvement in the rollout of the first file and print server and network operating system. Bryson received a B.A. in Economics from Brigham Young University.
Douglas Parrish
Senior Vice President, Operations
Prior to joining Move Networks, Douglas Parrish was Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the Walt Disney Internet Group, where he was responsible for overseeing the technology platform, infrastructure, applications, and new product engineering for all of The Walt Disney Company’s Internet and wireless properties, including Disney.com, ESPN.com, ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, and many others. He joined Polaroid Corporation in 1998, where he was Chief Information Officer for the company’s consumer imaging business and director of Polaroid’s worldwide information technology and eBusiness strategy. Parrish held the position of Vice President of Information Services and Chief Information Officer for three years at Nestle’s US-based bottled water business—The Perrier Group of America. He also progressed through several information technology positions from 1981 through 1994 with the Campbell Soup Company—most notably ten years as vice president and CIO of the Pepperidge Farm unit. He was named one of the computer industry’s outstanding technology executives by Computerworld magazine in their published Premier 100 IT Leaders in 2004. Parrish studied computer science and materials engineering at the University of Utah and is co-author of the “Application Developers Handbook for the AS/400.”
David Rice
Vice President, Marketing
David Rice is Vice President of Marketing for Move Networks. Previously responsible for media and entertainment sales at Move in Los Angeles, David has nearly 20 years of sales and marketing experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining Move, David was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Limelight Networks, a leading content delivery network where he was responsible for building that company from a start-up to a leading provider of services to media and entertainment organizations. Prior to Limelight, David was a National Sales Manager at Akamai Technologies where, he was instrumental in helping Akamai significantly increase revenues through partnerships with leading web hosting, managed services and network technology providers. David also served as general manager of NaviPath, a CMGi infrastructure company focused on the Internet Service Provider market where he secured business with top ISPs in the industry. As a Director at PictureTel, he was instrumental in building the IP sales organization responsible for conferencing and streaming technology over the Internet. David also held sales and marketing management roles with NEC Technologies, as well as ARDIS, a Motorola/IBM joint venture focused on wireless data networking. David holds a BS in Business Administration from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Loyola University, Chicago.