Blackbird Hires Morgan Henry As VP Engineering

Morgan Henry

Blackbird plc, the technology licensor, developer and seller of the cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird, has appointed Morgan Henry vice president of Engineering.

He brings 20 years of experience heading and growing teams in innovator and disruptor businesses across mobile, media, music and multiplayer gaming. Starting his career writing operating systems for landmark smartphones, Morgan then successfully ran strategic innovation programs at UK IPTV pioneer, YouView. More recently, his focus has been on accelerating growth for organizations supporting digital content creators and the creator-to-consumer economy.

Blackbird CEO Ian McDonough said: “I’m excited to welcome Morgan as our latest senior hire into Blackbird. Morgan is a superb engineer and executive with an excellent track record in pioneering innovation and leading technology teams. As we stated during our successful fundraise in December, much effort is being put into bringing in new skillsets to complement our existing strengths.”