Fundz

Backlight Appoints Kathleen Barrett as Chief Executive Officer

PRIVATEApr 09, 2024

Position

Chief Executive Officer

Company

Backlight

Kathleen Barrett
kathleen.barrett@backlight.co
BostonSoftwareContent And PublishingMedia And EntertainmentVideo

Description

Backlight, a global media and entertainment software solution provider, has appointed Kathleen Barrett as its Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Barrett has deep experience in the video software industry, having previously served as the SVP of Enterprise at Vimeo and most recently served as CEO of IAC subsidiary Mosaic Group.

Other recent leadership changes in Content And Publishing and Media And Entertainment

Executive moves at companies in the same sectors within 45 days, from Fundz verified event records.

Who to call at Backlight, and when

A new leader at Backlight brings new priorities and often new vendors. The first weeks are when they listen.

  • An alert the day Backlight raises, hires an executive or expands, scored against what you sell
  • The decision-makers there, with verified emails
  • Who you already know at Backlight, from your own LinkedIn network

Works inside ChatGPT and Claude. Ask who to call at Backlight. With Fundz connected, it knows.

Watch Fundz in
See plan options
Trusted byOracleSnowflakeCloudflareLinkedInGoogleSalesforce 4.8/5 on G2

Company Information

Company

Backlight

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

About

Backlight is a global media technology company that is dramatically improving every stage of the video and entertainment content lifecycle—from creation through monetization—with its award-winning, cloud-native SaaS products. Video-forward organizations partner with Backlight to solve their mission-critical business and operational challenges. Backlight’s product lines—iconik, cineSync, ftrack, celtx, Gem, Wildmoka, and Zype—provide secure and efficient media management, narrative design, production tracking, creative collaboration, OTT, monetization and hyper-distribution. Backlight launched in 2021 and is backed by $200M in funding from growth-equity partner PSG.

AI made execution free. Knowing first is the whole game now.

Fundz sees it the moment Backlight changes its leadership, hires an exec or expands, usually minutes after it happens, and tells you who to reach.

Related People

Kathleen
Likely contact at this company
••••••••@••••••••

See Kathleen's verified email →

Create an account to reveal verified emails
Predictive Intelligence
Strategic

ML-powered predictions for Backlight's next move

Learn about Strategic plan

Backlight changed its leadership. Fundz had it the day it was filed, with the decision-maker at the company attached.

145 of these a day, filtered to the companies you pick, with the decision-maker attached.

5 screens from a live account. No signup.

Fundz is a real-time business intelligence platform powered by agentic AI that proactively delivers personalized daily signals, including funding rounds, executive changes, M&A activity, 13F institutional filings, SEC 8-K events, investor activity, and website modifications, based on each user's watchlist and ICP. A trusted data source at firms such as BlackRock, Oracle, Kleiner Perkins, LinkedIn, HubSpot, and Cloudflare, Fundz democratizes the institutional-grade intelligence that previously required a PitchBook or Bloomberg terminal. Features include Daily Briefing for AI-powered daily briefings, and unified cross-signal alerts across 281,000+ organizations. Developers and data teams can access these signals programmatically via the Fundz Funding Data API, with transparent published pricing.