ChyronHego Names Ung Chief Product Officer

ChyronHego today appointed Boromy Ung chief product officer, reporting to President-CEO Johan Apel. As leader of ChyronHego’s global product management division, Ung has taken charge of the vision and roadmap for the company’s award-winning family of solutions for live television, news, and sports production.

Ung has more than 14 years of progressive product management and marketing experience, having worked his way up at Grass Valley from product manager to his previous position as VP of news. In that role, he had full P&L responsibility for the company’s entire news product portfolio including automation, graphics, asset management, and editing solutions.

Ung’s other previous positions at Grass Valley included VP of product management for the Digital Media & Workflow and Monitoring & Control divisions.

In addition, Ung served as director of strategic marketing, market segment manager — playout, and product manager for Miranda Technologies prior to its acquisition by Grass Valley, and he was product manager and digital designer for AldeaVision and digital designer for EMS Technologies.

Ung received a degree in electronics engineering from L’École Nationale Supérieure d’Électrotechnique, d’Électronique, d’Informatique, d’Hydraulique et des Télécommunications in France and holds an MBA from HEC Montréal.