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STARZ PLAY
STARZ Play is a streaming platform that offers movies, TV shows, and live sports to users in the Middle East and North Africa.
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STARZ PLAY
STARZ Play is a streaming platform that offers movies, TV shows, and live sports to users in the Middle East and North Africa.
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STARZ PLAY
STARZ Play is a streaming platform that offers movies, TV shows, and live sports to users in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Maaz Sheikh
Maaz Sheikh brings more than 20 years’ experience in media and telecom sectors, spanning technical, operational, sales & marketing functions at Fortune 100, as well as early stage technology companies operating in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Maaz started his professional career with Sprint Corporation, where he developed a passion for cutting edge technologies to improve consumer experience. After Sprint Corp, Maaz held consulting positions with Ernst & Young’s San Francisco office where he provided technology and marketing consulting services to media and telecom companies. Maaz also held various positions in US-based technology and communications corporations including Product Manager at Concentric Network (now XO Communications), Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Virtela Communications (an NTT Communications Company) and Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing at StorePerform Technologies (now JDA Software). Maaz spent a part of his childhood growing up in Dubai and returned to the region in 2006 to join Showtime Arabia (now OSN). As Chief Sales & Operations Officer at OSN, he was responsible for regional growth, customer service and spearheading overall customer operations across the Middle East. As CEO of STARZ Play, Maaz is inspiring his team to deliver a new and highly anticipated digital media platform. With its internet–savvy population, the region is a leader in adopting innovative technologies and under Maaz’s leadership, STARZ Play is ushering in a bold new world of entertainment options. Maaz holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and an M.B.A from The University of Kansas. He currently lives in Dubai with his wife and two sons.
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Danny Bates
Danny brings more than 20 years’ experience gained throughout the EMEA in Satellite Pay TV and Energy sectors.Having the ability to conceptualize and think laterally, Danny introduces fresh ideas, defines, develops and implements strategies that are designed to deliver operationally excellent service and increase market share. Danny worked at Npower for eight years where he held various positions starting from Sales Analyst and Sales Performance Manager to Commercial and Forecasting Manager, where he was managing a team Senior Commercial Analysts responsible for providing expert planning and analytical services to Residential Npower business units. During the deregulation of the market, Danny acted as primary point of contact to convert Market, Sales and Operational information where the number of employees
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