ChyronHego expands European team

ChyronHego has expanded its team with three new hires and two key promotions as part of a strategic worldwide company reorganization effort and in response to the market’s growing demand for ChyronHego solutions and services in the EMEA region.

Joining the Stockholm research and development team is Developer, Araz Rahimi and Junior Developers, Niklas Ederoth and Kebire Breitholtz. Also based out of Stockholm, Oskar Norrman has been promoted to the role of vice president, EMEA operations. Norrman, with the company for fifteen years, previously served as EMEA head of operations and has worked in various roles from operations, project management and product development, to sales and business development. In his new role, Norrman will continue to evolve the rapidly growing sports and broadcast operations in the EMEA market.

Within the company’s UK operation, Mark Bowden has been promoted from product manager to senior product manager. Bowden, with the company three for years, will focus on managing ChyronHego’s production enhancement sports offerings including the popular Paint Sports Telestrator, Virtual Placement Virtual Graphics Solution and TRACAB Image Tracking System.

“I am pleased to announced these latest promotions and welcome aboard the newest members of our research and development team,” says Johan Apel, chief executive officer at ChyronHego.“ Having completed a successful Q2 2014, we feel the new structure we have put in place will strongly support ChyronHego’s growth in EMEA, and we are confident that we have secured great talent in each area to continue to drive the positive momentum.”