ChyronHego Adds Two To Its Global Sales Team

ChyronHego today hired Robin Adams as managing director, EMEA, and named Paul Weiser VP of sales, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. Adams will be responsible for sales in the U.K., Ireland, France, the Middle East, Africa, and India, while Weiser will oversee sales throughout the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Before joining ChyronHego, Adams was VP channel at EVS and served in senior sales-leadership roles at Quantel, Autodesk M&E and Avid. His focus has been on live broadcast sports, news and entertainment production, second screen, fan engagement, graphics, and postproduction.

Weiser has held high-level leadership positions in global companies serving the media and entertainment market. Before coming to ChyronHego, he was the VP of sales in the Americas and Asia-Pacific for The Vitec Group, where he oversaw a 40-person sales team. He also spent four years as the VP of sales and marketing for AJA Video.

In the interim, he founded KDM Global, a consultancy that provided strategic insights and sales and marketing advice for the media and entertainment industry. As a consultant, Weiser assisted numerous companies in building and deploying comprehensive sales and marketing strategies and streamlining internal operations.

Adams is based in the U.K. and will report to Rickard Öhrn, ChyronHego President, EMEA. Weiser is based in California and will report to ChyronHego President-CEO Johan Apel.