Bergen, Norway—Vizrt, the home of software-defined visual storytelling, today announces the appointment of Jon Raidel as the company’s new Global Lead for its Live Production in the Cloud offering.
With an accomplished background spanning nearly two decades as a technical director in sports broadcasting, Raidel is uniquely positioned to further innovate Vizrt’s solutions in cloud-first live production with his deep, intimate understanding of the challenges and needs of customers.
“Building software-defined visual storytelling tools are mission-critical when talking about futureproofing live production, and Vizrt is advancing those fail-safe technologies. I’ve worked with Vizrt and NewTek for years, and they have some of the best offerings out there. Working with the technology of the future made me want to be a part of driving change directly - this is why I’ve joined Vizrt,” says Raidel.
Raidel is a rich source of expertise and will work directly with development teams. He will also be an integral part of Vizrt’s Customer Success team to guarantee Vizrt's trusted and reliable solutions in the cloud and live production become even more relative and valuable to end-users.
“Jon is an incredible asset to Vizrt due to his direct experience of the requirements and challenges our customers are facing day-to-day. With his unique point of view, our world-class solutions and Customer Success Team will get even better, solidifying our position in the market for live production in the cloud,” states Vanessa Walmsley, Global Head of Customer Success.
Before joining Vizrt, Raidel worked as the Manager of Technical Operations with the National Football League (NFL) for NFL Network and NFL Digital control rooms. Prior to that, Raidel worked with the National Basketball Association as a Technical Director. In both roles, Raidel advocated for Vizrt and NewTek technologies using the solutions across hundreds of productions in varying sizes both on-prem and in the cloud.
At Vizrt, Raidel will collaborate with the product development and Customer Success teams on several 2022 initiatives including advancing Vizrt's capabilities in sports, creating a Viz Technical Director Academy, establishing a new Vizrt Center of Excellence to expand product offerings, training, and certification options for customers. Further details on these initiatives from Vizrt are coming soon.
For more information about Vizrt’s Customer Success team, please visit: vizrt.com/support/customer-support-and-services
About Vizrt
Vizrt® is the world’s leading provider of innovative visual storytelling tools for media content creators in broadcast, enterprise, or new media – unlocking the power of a story for all.
Vizrt offers market-defining software-based solutions for real-time 3D graphics, video playout, studio automation, sports analysis, media asset management, and journalist story tools – each tool unlocking the power of the story for our customers.
Vizrt offer Flexible Access to our workflows, and our platforms integrate with third party products, because we believe in enabling our customers’ success, giving them the right tool for the job, accelerating their creative excellence.
More than three billion people watch stories told by Vizrt customers everyday including from media companies such as CNN, CBS, NBC, Fox, BBC, BSkyB, Sky Sports, Al Jazeera, NDR, ZDF, Network 18, Tencent, and many more.
About the Vizrt Group
Vizrt Group® runs under the passionately held single, simple purpose of “more stories, better told,” supplying media content creators around the world with software-defined visual storytelling tools to help them to build a better-informed world.
The Group contains three of the strongest names in the broadcast technology industry; NewTek, NDI® and Vizrt. All three being creative businesses, built on innovation and grown by our people, with the goal of becoming the most recommended solution provider in the markets we serve.
We combine our strategic pillars of Content-Centricity, Software-Defined, IP First, and Innovation to increase our customers’ success in delivering engaging and immersive content to their audiences.
Vizrt Group is a global and diverse organization with over 600 employees from 58 different nationalities, with offices in 16 countries worldwide. It is privately-owned by Nordic Capital Fund VIII. www.vizrtgroup.com