Videoplaza - Monetising the New TV

Sorosh Tavakoli is founder and CEO. He has a background in broadcast media. Prior to Videoplaza, Sorosh was at MMS (the Swedish broadcast audience measurement body) where he led an extensive research project on the consumption of moving images. He has worked in a number of other media environments including public service broadcaster SVT and the VOD site SF Anytime. He holds a Masters degree from the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm School of Economics. Sorosh’s vision developed Videoplaza from our early days, and continues to drive the business today.

Alfred is Co-Founder and CTO for Videoplaza. Running his own web consultancy business since he was 15 years old provided Alfred with a strong managerial and technical background. Alfred holds a degree from Södertörn University, Stockholm in JMM (Journalism and Multi-Media), and prior to Videoplaza had an extensive media career covering the new technology and start-up space for some of Sweden’s most high profile publications. Alfred’s background in journalism and technology brings an incisive and analytical depth to the team. With a keen eye for detail and the ability to stay ahead of the industry curve, Alfred is the brains and the principle designer behind Videoplaza’s products.

Dante is one of the co-founders of Videoplaza and VP of Technology. With a lifelong fascination for technology, Dante discovered the internet at high school and realized it was a game changer. On graduating, he went straight into developing dynamic websites. Over his 13 years of internet experience, Dante has worked as a programmer, architect, designer, and consultant, for a number of technology businesses; and for fun has built everything from simple guest books and communities to enterprise SaaS applications. Dante spends his time at Videoplaza looking for simple ways to do hard stuff within our platform, with the aim of creating as much client value as possible.

Michelle's career kicked off in banking (SBC Warburg, Credit Suisse) where she started as a market analyst. She left the financial world to start her own business, Boltblue, an early pioneer in the mobile Internet industry, ranked 13th in the UK Tech Track 100 in 2004. More recently, prior joining Videoplaza, she consulted for a number of fast growth Internet businesses in different spaces, from online games to furniture retailing. Michelle holds a BSc Finance and Economics from London School of Economics. As Videoplaza’s CFO, Michelle takes care of finance as well as HR and operations.

Joe's long track record in technology sales and business development includes 10 years with Adobe, initially running UK corporate sales and latterly managing their business across Central, East Europe, Middle East and Africa. Following Adobe, Joe spent 5 years at MediaMind with global responsibility for Sales and Client Service, overseeing geographical expansion across Asia and Latin America, a turnaround in North America and their transition from Rich Media specialist to Campaign Management provider. He was instrumental in supporting MediaMind's sucessful 2010 NASDAQ IPO. Joe's experience of working with mature and developing markets worldwide is key to enabling Videoplaza's international expansion plans and client acquisition goals.

Joakim is VP of Engineering, and is based in Stockholm at our development HQ. Joakim joined the team in 2008 from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and he was part of the original development team. In the role of VP Engineering, he has been responsible for establishing and building our engineering department, including instituting clear agile development methodologies and hiring our growing team of developers. Joakim looks after our platform and ad-serving operations, as well as overseeing new product development delivery. Joakim’s attention to detail and experience keep our engineering team running like clockwork, and ensures that our technology scales as our business grows.

Katy is VP of Marketing. The majority of her career has been spent in growing technology businesses, starting with Orange where she built products for the B2B market at national and international level. After a number of years in the mobile industry, she joined leading early stage venture fund, Eden Ventures, as an investment associate, and spent the next 3.5 years investing in software businesses, as well as working with Eden’s portfolio of investment companies, helping them to build products, channels to market and clear marketing strategies. Katy looks after the marketing programme, including communications, PR and brand.

Anant Joshi is VP of Client Relations. Anant has a background in digital advertising solutions. Prior to Videoplaza, Anant worked at Mediamind for 8 years where he founded the UK operation. He successfully grew the international client services team and led the sales engineering team and the revenue generating partnerships. He has also had extensive experience in the publisher space working with sports and finance website properties. Anant is responsible for client care, overseeing the account management, support and integrations team, and ensuring a continued focus on client satisifaction.

Sorosh Tavakoli is founder and CEO. He has a background in broadcast media. Prior to Videoplaza, Sorosh was at MMS (the Swedish broadcast audience measurement body) where he led an extensive research project on the consumption of moving images. He has worked in a number of other media environments including public service broadcaster SVT and the VOD site SF Anytime. He holds a Masters degree from the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm School of Economics. Sorosh’s vision developed Videoplaza from our early days, and continues to drive the business today.

Alfred is Co-Founder and CTO for Videoplaza. Running his own web consultancy business since he was 15 years old provided Alfred with a strong managerial and technical background. Alfred holds a degree from Södertörn University, Stockholm in JMM (Journalism and Multi-Media), and prior to Videoplaza had an extensive media career covering the new technology and start-up space for some of Sweden’s most high profile publications. Alfred’s background in journalism and technology brings an incisive and analytical depth to the team. With a keen eye for detail and the ability to stay ahead of the industry curve, Alfred is the brains and the principle designer behind Videoplaza’s products.

Dante is one of the co-founders of Videoplaza and VP of Technology. With a lifelong fascination for technology, Dante discovered the internet at high school and realized it was a game changer. On graduating, he went straight into developing dynamic websites. Over his 13 years of internet experience, Dante has worked as a programmer, architect, designer, and consultant, for a number of technology businesses; and for fun has built everything from simple guest books and communities to enterprise SaaS applications. Dante spends his time at Videoplaza looking for simple ways to do hard stuff within our platform, with the aim of creating as much client value as possible.

Michelle's career kicked off in banking (SBC Warburg, Credit Suisse) where she started as a market analyst. She left the financial world to start her own business, Boltblue, an early pioneer in the mobile Internet industry, ranked 13th in the UK Tech Track 100 in 2004. More recently, prior joining Videoplaza, she consulted for a number of fast growth Internet businesses in different spaces, from online games to furniture retailing. Michelle holds a BSc Finance and Economics from London School of Economics. As Videoplaza’s CFO, Michelle takes care of finance as well as HR and operations.

Joe's long track record in technology sales and business development includes 10 years with Adobe, initially running UK corporate sales and latterly managing their business across Central, East Europe, Middle East and Africa. Following Adobe, Joe spent 5 years at MediaMind with global responsibility for Sales and Client Service, overseeing geographical expansion across Asia and Latin America, a turnaround in North America and their transition from Rich Media specialist to Campaign Management provider. He was instrumental in supporting MediaMind's sucessful 2010 NASDAQ IPO. Joe's experience of working with mature and developing markets worldwide is key to enabling Videoplaza's international expansion plans and client acquisition goals.

Joakim is VP of Engineering, and is based in Stockholm at our development HQ. Joakim joined the team in 2008 from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and he was part of the original development team. In the role of VP Engineering, he has been responsible for establishing and building our engineering department, including instituting clear agile development methodologies and hiring our growing team of developers. Joakim looks after our platform and ad-serving operations, as well as overseeing new product development delivery. Joakim’s attention to detail and experience keep our engineering team running like clockwork, and ensures that our technology scales as our business grows.

Katy is VP of Marketing. The majority of her career has been spent in growing technology businesses, starting with Orange where she built products for the B2B market at national and international level. After a number of years in the mobile industry, she joined leading early stage venture fund, Eden Ventures, as an investment associate, and spent the next 3.5 years investing in software businesses, as well as working with Eden’s portfolio of investment companies, helping them to build products, channels to market and clear marketing strategies. Katy looks after the marketing programme, including communications, PR and brand.

Anant Joshi is VP of Client Relations. Anant has a background in digital advertising solutions. Prior to Videoplaza, Anant worked at Mediamind for 8 years where he founded the UK operation. He successfully grew the international client services team and led the sales engineering team and the revenue generating partnerships. He has also had extensive experience in the publisher space working with sports and finance website properties. Anant is responsible for client care, overseeing the account management, support and integrations team, and ensuring a continued focus on client satisifaction.

Sorosh Tavakoli is founder and CEO. He has a background in broadcast media. Prior to Videoplaza, Sorosh was at MMS (the Swedish broadcast audience measurement body) where he led an extensive research project on the consumption of moving images. He has worked in a number of other media environments including public service broadcaster SVT and the VOD site SF Anytime. He holds a Masters degree from the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm School of Economics. Sorosh’s vision developed Videoplaza from our early days, and continues to drive the business today.

Alfred is Co-Founder and CTO for Videoplaza. Running his own web consultancy business since he was 15 years old provided Alfred with a strong managerial and technical background. Alfred holds a degree from Södertörn University, Stockholm in JMM (Journalism and Multi-Media), and prior to Videoplaza had an extensive media career covering the new technology and start-up space for some of Sweden’s most high profile publications. Alfred’s background in journalism and technology brings an incisive and analytical depth to the team. With a keen eye for detail and the ability to stay ahead of the industry curve, Alfred is the brains and the principle designer behind Videoplaza’s products.

Dante is one of the co-founders of Videoplaza and VP of Technology. With a lifelong fascination for technology, Dante discovered the internet at high school and realized it was a game changer. On graduating, he went straight into developing dynamic websites. Over his 13 years of internet experience, Dante has worked as a programmer, architect, designer, and consultant, for a number of technology businesses; and for fun has built everything from simple guest books and communities to enterprise SaaS applications. Dante spends his time at Videoplaza looking for simple ways to do hard stuff within our platform, with the aim of creating as much client value as possible.

Michelle's career kicked off in banking (SBC Warburg, Credit Suisse) where she started as a market analyst. She left the financial world to start her own business, Boltblue, an early pioneer in the mobile Internet industry, ranked 13th in the UK Tech Track 100 in 2004. More recently, prior joining Videoplaza, she consulted for a number of fast growth Internet businesses in different spaces, from online games to furniture retailing. Michelle holds a BSc Finance and Economics from London School of Economics. As Videoplaza’s CFO, Michelle takes care of finance as well as HR and operations.

Joe's long track record in technology sales and business development includes 10 years with Adobe, initially running UK corporate sales and latterly managing their business across Central, East Europe, Middle East and Africa. Following Adobe, Joe spent 5 years at MediaMind with global responsibility for Sales and Client Service, overseeing geographical expansion across Asia and Latin America, a turnaround in North America and their transition from Rich Media specialist to Campaign Management provider. He was instrumental in supporting MediaMind's sucessful 2010 NASDAQ IPO. Joe's experience of working with mature and developing markets worldwide is key to enabling Videoplaza's international expansion plans and client acquisition goals.

Joakim is VP of Engineering, and is based in Stockholm at our development HQ. Joakim joined the team in 2008 from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and he was part of the original development team. In the role of VP Engineering, he has been responsible for establishing and building our engineering department, including instituting clear agile development methodologies and hiring our growing team of developers. Joakim looks after our platform and ad-serving operations, as well as overseeing new product development delivery. Joakim’s attention to detail and experience keep our engineering team running like clockwork, and ensures that our technology scales as our business grows.

Katy is VP of Marketing. The majority of her career has been spent in growing technology businesses, starting with Orange where she built products for the B2B market at national and international level. After a number of years in the mobile industry, she joined leading early stage venture fund, Eden Ventures, as an investment associate, and spent the next 3.5 years investing in software businesses, as well as working with Eden’s portfolio of investment companies, helping them to build products, channels to market and clear marketing strategies. Katy looks after the marketing programme, including communications, PR and brand.

Anant Joshi is VP of Client Relations. Anant has a background in digital advertising solutions. Prior to Videoplaza, Anant worked at Mediamind for 8 years where he founded the UK operation. He successfully grew the international client services team and led the sales engineering team and the revenue generating partnerships. He has also had extensive experience in the publisher space working with sports and finance website properties. Anant is responsible for client care, overseeing the account management, support and integrations team, and ensuring a continued focus on client satisifaction.