Yovav Meydad will join ZIM’s Advisory Board to assist with Business and Technology Development.
Ottawa, Canada - September 05, 2006 - Today ZIM Corporation announced that Yovav Meydad, former Chief of Product Management at Spark Networks, joined the company’s Advisory Board. Meydad's role will be to assist with Business and Technology Development for ZIM’s mobile content and P2P Internet TV strategy.
"I am confident that my past and present roles with leading online companies such as ICQ and Spark Networks will serve as a tremendous asset to ZIM’s new direction”, said Meydad.
Prior to joining Spark Networks, Meydad worked for ICQ Mobile (an AOL Time Warner Company) as Director of the ICQ Wireless Accounts Management Group. Spark Networks is among the world’s leading providers of online personals and community services in the United States and internationally. Spark is running a diversified portfolio of 31 consumer websites including JDate.com, AmericanSingles.com, ChristianMingle.com, Date.ca, Date.co.uk, JDate.co.il, Cupid.co.il, BlackSinglesConnection and others. Spark Networks is a public company and its shares are traded on the American Stock Exchange (symbol: LOV).
"His knowledge, expertise and experience in launching an ‘internet product’ into the mobile space makes him uniquely suited to help lead ZIM’s Advisory Board.” We are very pleased that Meydad has joined our team,” said Michael Cowpland, President and CEO of ZIM Corporation.
About ZIM
ZIM is a leading direct-to-consumer Mobile Entertainment and Internet TV service provider. Through its global infrastructure, ZIM provides publishing and licensing services for market-leading mobile content and for peer to peer (P2P) Internet TV broadcasting. For more information on ZIM and its customers, partners and products, visit: www.zim.biz.
For more information:
Roberto Campagna
VP, Sales and Marketing
ZIM Corporation
Phone: 1 613.727.1397 ext. 184
E-mail: rcampagna@zim.biz
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