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Digimarc Appoints Accomplished B2B SaaS Legal Executive George Karamanos as Chief Legal Officer
Former AppDynamics and ZipHQ Go-To-Market Legal Leader Set to Drive Strategic Growth BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC),
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nFormer AppDynamics and ZipHQ Go-To-Market Legal Leader Set to Drive Strategic Growth\n\n\n BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nDigimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC), the pioneer and global leader in digital watermarking technologies, today announced that former ZipHQ Chief Legal Officer and seasoned deal strategy and operations leader George Karamanos has joined the company as Chief Legal Officer (CLO). Karamanos brings proven expertise in supporting the hyper-scale growth of world-class enterprise software businesses.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240404600773/en/George Karamanos, former ZipHQ Chief Legal Officer and seasoned deal strategy and operations leader has joined Digimarc as Chief Legal Officer (CLO). Karamanos brings proven expertise in supporting the hyper-scale growth of world-class enterprise software businesses. (Photo: Digimarc)\n“Over the past year, Digimarc’s technology has taken center stage. We excel in supporting companies progressing in their digital transformation journey, where the identification or the authentication of physical and digital items is critical. As such, fortifying our legal team for growth is a priority,” said Riley McCormack, President and CEO of Digimarc. “George’s experience in partnering with cross-company go-to-market teams is exactly what we need as we scale to keep pace with the global market opportunity.”\n\n\n“It is truly an exceptional time to join the Digimarc team. The company is revolutionizing the digital transformation journey for companies across industries and sectors, worldwide,” said George Karamanos, Digimarc’s Chief Legal Officer. “Managing global risk and compliance is table stakes for a world-class legal team—acting as a strategic partner to help accelerate business outcomes, however, is what motivates me and can make the legal function a true competitive differentiator.”\n\n\nKaramanos brings nearly two decades of legal leadership and experience advising leading technology companies including Google, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Spotify. Building on CLO and General Counsel roles at DataRobot, Inc. and AppDynamics, respectively, Karamanos most recently served as CLO at ZipHQ where he optimized the legal function for deal velocity and go-to-market acceleration. As General Counsel a...