Under Walmsley’s leadership, Vizrt will unify its Commercial Teams to deliver greater value to customers, partners, and end users
Bergen, Norway—21 October 2024 — Vizrt, the leader in real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators, today announces the appointment of Vanessa Walmsley as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) to bring together its commercial teams in one unified organization – enhancing Vizrt’s customer-centric approach.
“This is a natural next step in our customer-centric strategy, aimed at guaranteeing our commercial efforts are fully aligned with the needs of our customers, partners, and end users, ensuring they are at the center of our operating model,” remarks Michael Hallén, CEO, Vizrt.
Walmsley’s extensive background in leading commercial organizations across her over two decades of experience in media and technology, combined with her deep understanding of Vizrt’s user ecosystem, makes her the ideal candidate.
Walmsley, who has been with Vizrt for six years, most recently serving as the Global Head of Customer Success, has played a crucial role in driving customer success initiatives, improving customer engagement and ensuring strong alignment between the commercial teams to shift to a customer-first focus.
“During my time at Vizrt I’ve been a passionate advocate for our customers, partners, and users— making their voices heard within Vizrt’s leadership where their needs and goals become our opportunities,” states Vanessa Walmsley, CCO, Vizrt. “I’m excited to bring that commitment to customer and user-centricity into my role as Chief Commercial Officer.”
“The media tech landscape is evolving, and so are the needs of our customers and users. Vizrt is uniquely positioned to address these shifting demands with our broad range of solutions—serving everyone from traditional broadcasters to corporations, educational institutions, live streamers, even podcasters. I plan to bring Vizrt’s innovative technology to a wider audience and I look forward to working closely with our partners and customers to shape that growth, together.”
About Vizrt
Vizrt is the leader in real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators.
With a 25-year history of inventing new simplified workflows for storytelling whether it is in the news, sports, broadcast, education, entertainment, live events, digital media, advertising, or anywhere else video lives, Vizrt has helped define and reshape the way video is created and shared with the world.
Dedicated to delivering ground-breaking solutions for customers across graphics, cloud, remote and live production, live streaming, sports productions, virtual reality and virtual studios, and infrastructure – Vizrt enables more stories, better told.
In a world where attention spans are short, grabbing and holding onto audiences for entertainment, education or information requires craft, design, and vision. Vizrt’s team of 24/7 on-call experts and market-leading creative solutions, offers everything storytellers need to dazzle audiences, simply, effectively, and beautifully.
Billions of people watch stories or video powered by Vizrt everyday including from media companies such as Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, CBS, ESPN, FOX, NBC, NHL, NFL, NRK, Sky Group, The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, New York Giants, Nickelodeon, CBS Radio, ESPN Radio, MTV, USA TODAY, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), NASA, PWC, and more than 80% of the U.S. Fortune 100.
Vizrt is a global company with 700 employees in over 40 countries and is privately owned by Nordic Capital.