Online video specialist Smartclip has arrived in Spain thanks to Michael Kleindl. As part of its expansion across Europe, Smartclip arrived in London at the end of 2008 and is now putting the finishing touches to its new headquarters in Madrid.
The Spanish team is led by Xavier Rius Planas and bc data mexico Fernando García Diez. Both held management positions at Adsmedia, a mobile advertising specialist, and Grupo R, respectively. These executives will receive support as a strategic investor from Michael Kleindl, co-founder and former CEO of the online marketing network AdLink and current president of the European Interactive Advertising Association, EIAA.
For the opening of Smartclip in London, Sam Kayum was recruited as CEO and Paul Wevers as director of publisher development . Kayum was previously executive director of European sales for Lycos. Wevers was pan-European sales director for Jetix Europe, a subsidiary of the Disney Group.