Vevo has appointed Colleen McCreary as Chief People Officer.
McCreary will be responsible for Vevo’s global people strategies and operations, reporting to CEO Erik Huggers in the company’s San Francisco office.
Interestingly, the exec has expertise in successfully managing organizations’ growth from the start-up phase through to IPO, having done this most recently for Zynga.
She also brings experience of working in senior human resources roles at multinational corporations such as EA and Microsoft.
“We’re delighted to welcome Colleen to Vevo as we enter into the next phase of growth and transformation for our business,” said Erik Huggers, CEO.
“Colleen’s tremendous expertise and leadership in people operations will be key in driving a high-performance organization that can deliver on our vision for the future.”
“Colleen’s tremendous expertise and leadership in people operations will be key in driving a high-performance organization that can deliver on our vision for the future.”
Erik Huggers, VEVO
During her time at Zynga, McCreary managed growth of the company from 130 to 4,000 employees in three years; recruiting, retaining and developing a technical and creative workforce including over 1000 software engineers.
Since then, McCreary has operated as a consultant, as CEO of CCK Partners.
“I’m excited at the opportunity to join Vevo at a time of such enormous growth and change at the company, and in the streaming media landscape,” she said.
“The company has a strong foundation that I’m excited to build on as we look to create an organization and culture that attracts, retains and optimizes for the industry’s best talent.”
McCreary was selected as one of San Fransisco’s Most Influential Women by the San Francisco Business Times, 2011 & 2012.
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