SoundStack, the audio-as-a-service (AaaS) introduced the appointment of John Morris as Chief Product Officer (CPO). Morris will lead the event of merchandise and options, solidifying SoundStack’s management place in podcast/streaming supply, programmatic promoting, measurement, and extra.
“Alongside the unimaginable progress that SoundStack continues to expertise, we by no means lose sight of the core values that received us right here, and we search for individuals who exemplify them naturally,” mentioned CEO Jon Stephenson. “With over 20 years of not solely constructing world-class streaming/podcasting platforms, advert servers, and programmatic SSP’s, however by no means pondering twice about rolling up his sleeves to get the job carried out for a accomplice, John Morris is accountability and hustle personified.”
Morris is widely-respected in digital audio as an innovator who has architected a number of the most strong, cloud-based streaming and podcasting platforms in media. He held many roles at streaming audio and advert tech pioneer Abacast, culminating within the position of CTO and Co-President on the time the corporate’s acquisition of WideOrbit in 2014.
At WideOrbit, Morris expanded the corporate’s digital choices to incorporate podcasting and later took possession of and expanded the corporate’s programmatic supply-side platform, tightly integrating it into his streaming, podcasting and advert serving merchandise. His efforts and imaginative and prescient created new income channels for publishers and maximized the worth of their stock.
In 2021, Audacy acquired Morris’s WideOrbit enterprise, rebranding it as AmperWave. He joined Audacy as SVP and GM of AmperWave. Throughout his tenure, Morris constantly grew his enterprise whereas main important technical developments, together with the launch of a brand new programmatic SSP, holistic yield-optimization applied sciences, and a strong stock forecasting platform.
“I’m a passionate builder,” Morris explains. “I should be in an organization the place everybody is happy to innovate in a method that solves actual issues for the digital trade. SoundStack is unmatched in its ardour to life your complete audio market by offering impartial options and companies that put publishers first. I can’t wait to point out the worlds a number of the unimaginable tech we’ve received within the works.”
About SoundStack
SoundStack is the audio-as-a-service (AaaS) firm for each sort of digital audio enterprise — podcasters, digital broadcasters, platforms, advertisers and extra. Giving these companies equal entry to the massive tech market makes audio internet hosting/supply, monetization and measurement easy and efficient for everybody.
Totally impartial, the corporate’s staff of 75+ audio tech consultants is guided solely by what delivers one of the best outcomes for its 14k+ prospects. SoundStack is headquartered in Pittsburg with workplaces across the nation, and is the father or mother firm of Live365.
