[Avid-L2] RE: News from Avid

Just got this in my inbox:

Dear Avid Community,

You may have seen an announcement earlier today about an executive
leadership change at Avid. As Avid's new President and CEO, I am writing to
briefly introduce myself, and to provide some early thoughts on why I am so
excited to be leading Avid at such an important time in the company's
history.

Having led many previous technology companies in a variety of complex
vertical markets, I join the entire Avid team in our commitment to helping
you win in the rapidly changing technology environment we all face. As a
member of Avid's Board for the past five years, I've had the good fortune
to become familiar with many of you directly, and I am well aware that you
all are the reason for our success as a company. I am also confident that
the transition of leadership and customer relationships will be smooth, as
Gary Greenfield will remain on the Avid Board of Directors through the end
of his current term, to help ensure there will be no disruption in our
current ability to meet our product delivery, service, or account
commitments to all of you.

From my perspective, Avid has never been better positioned to deliver
products and solutions that help meet your current and future business
challenges. Over the past 25 years, Avid has built a strong heritage of
industry leadership with the customers who create the most listened to,
most watched, and most loved entertainment in the world. In the last
several years, under the leadership of Chris Gahagan, our SVP of Products
and Services, we have continued to innovate around our entire product
suite. The recent addition of other senior executives such as Jeff Rosica
as our SVP Worldwide Field Operations, and W. Sean Ford as our CMO and VP
of Worldwide Marketing has only continued to build energy and momentum
within our broad community of supporters, partners and customers. I am
genuinely excited to be leading this management team, and expect even
greater success in the future.

Going forward, you can expect Avid to work more closely with you than ever
before, whether it's through our support and services teams, customer
advisory board participation, partner advisory boards, or direct contact
with your key Avid representatives. In addition, I will be dedicating
significant time to meeting with as many of you as possible over the next
few weeks and months, hearing your feedback, and understanding your
strategic priorities.

I know from my time with Avid's Board of Directors, that there is broad
support and excitement in our community about the future opportunities in
our industry generally and for Avid specifically. Thank you again, and I
look forward to celebrating many more achievements together in the future.
In the meantime, do not hesitate to reach out to me or your Avid contacts
directly.

Best regards,
Louis Hernandez, Jr.
President and CEO, Avid

--
Tim McLaughlin
Final Cut, Avid and Premiere Pro Editor
http://vimeo.com/mcltim


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