Doran named CEO at M2A Media
September 12, 2024
M2A Media, specialists in live event cloud broadcast, has appointed Ciarán Doran as CEO to work alongside Marcus Box who takes up the role of founder & CTO.
Formerly with Rohde & Schwarz and Pixel Power in senior leadership roles, Doran has been at the heart of the media entertainment technology sector throughout his career. With a career spanning more than 30 years,a decade each at Sony and Harris Broadcast in engineering, product management, commercial and executive roles, Doran brings a wealth of experience across the complete business arena. In recent years, through his organisation Deep Blue Sapphire, he has specialised in transforming businesses that bring technology to market by building growth in sales and the corporate bottom line.
M2A has confirmed the appointment of Graham Pitman as chairperson to its board of directors.
A respected leader in the broadcast technology industry, Pitman brings his experience of developing early stage companies to M2A Media, where he will provide strategic direction to support the company’s growth plans. He has had a long association with IABM and was appointed an honourary member of IABM in 2019 for his services to the industry. He is also a director of IABM, which owns the IABM share of IBC.
Pitman and Doran join the M2A board of directors comprising: co-founder and CTO, Marcus Box, co-founder and non-executive director, Marina Kalkanis, CFO, Sam Hewitt, COO, Leon Box and non-executive directors; Matthew Postgate, Chris Ross and Leslie Hurst, who will be handing over the role of chair to Pitman.
Marcus Box, founder and CTO, M2A Media, commented: “Ciarán’s astute commercial expertise and excellent reputation in the industry precedes him. We are delighted to welcome him to the M2A family as CEO at this exciting stage of the company’s growth. I look forward to learning from his considerable experience, as we guide M2A to its next stage of development.”
Ciarán Doran added: “M2A broke new ground in 2016 when it launched its first cloud-based live video & VOD solutions and has secured and maintained an impressive roster of customers. I look forward to working with the M2A team to achieve its ambitious plans to scale. Innovations in cloud technology are paving the future for all forms of broadcast and M2A continues to lead the way.”