Piksel appoints Americas EVP


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Gabriel Miramar-Garcia

| 15 April 2016




Streaming technology firm Piksel has appointed Scott Williams to the position of EVP for the Americas.



piksel scott williamsWilliams, a former AT&T and Time Warner executive, brings 15 years of digital media experience to the company. At Piksel, he will lead the Americas team in driving commercial growth across the region and expanding reach across the digital, broadcast, telecommunications and cable markets.

Fabrice Hamaide, president, Piksel, noted: “We’re delighted that Scott has joined Piksel and we look forward to working with him. Scott is a knowledgeable pioneer who will help us to bring an additional level of technical expertise to our customers.”

Williams will also oversee Piksel Faith, which provides video live streaming and other digital services to churches, and Streaming Faith, the world’s first MCN serving the faith-based market.

While at AT&T, Scott filled a variety of roles including management of AT&T’s consumer portal and email service, att.net, uverse.com (AT&T’s TV everywhere service), and was responsible for the creation of AT&T’s big data platform, T-Data. Prior to working at AT&T, Williams held executive positions with Time Inc, The Weather Channel and Turner Broadcasting, where he was one of the original mobile content pioneers, developing CNN’s mobile products and business across the world. Williams holds a BS from the University of Miami and an MBA and JD from the University of Florida.

Piksel recently released Palette, a micro-services architecture for end-to-end video and media solutions.