WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZiXiTM, the leading enabler of flawless broadcast-quality HDTV globally over the cloud, today announced the latest addition to its advisory board, Mr. F.A. “Fran” Dramis. Mr. Dramis joins the ZiXi advisory board with a wealth of experience in the web services, data security and IT infrastructure management industries. Mr. Dramis is the former Chief Information, Ecommerce and Security Officer of BellSouth where he gained the Company’s IT and Security groups national recognition as top organizations in their fields and received several industry awards.
“ZiXi presents an opportunity to vastly improve the way we deliver and view video over the Internet,” said Mr. Dramis. “I am impressed with the wide diversity of customers that use the ZiXi technology today and pleased to contribute my IT and leadership experiences to further extend broad industry adoption. ZiXi has the ability to revolutionize video delivery and deliver solutions to both established broadcaster and enterprise and innovative web-based businesses while it continues to ensure sustainable customer satisfaction.”
“Adding Mr. Dramis to ZiXi’s top-tier advisory board is the latest step forward for ZiXi,” said Israel Drori, CEO and Founder of ZiXi. “Mr. Dramis’ combination of experience and knowledge, create an amazing opportunity to guide ZiXi in its growth as a leader in enabling HDTV everywhere.”
Mr. Dramis currently serves on the private company boards of Damballa, NanoLumens and Urjanet, as well as on the advisory boards of Virima, Voyager Capital, Diabetech and Medify, Inc. Mr. Dramis has been recognized by a variety of publications as a top CIO. His awards include CIO Magazine’s CIO 100 Award in 1999, CIO Magazine’s Top 100 Leaders for the Next Millennium in 2000 and Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders in 2002. He is also an author of two books and a regular speaker at technology and leadership forums.
About ZiXi, LLC
Founded in 2006, ZiXi is the leading enabler of flawless, broadcast-quality HDTV over the cloud. Broadcasters, enterprises and video-on-demand services use ZiXi to enrich user experience, create new services and significantly reduce costs. ZiXi enables the delivery of live and on-demand HD video content over the Internet in real-time, with unprecedented quality. It is available as a plug-in for broadcasters, PCs, mobile devices and set-top boxes. ZiXi software uses existing equipment and content formats with no jitter, no packet loss and no frame freeze, regardless of network conditions. ZiXi supports any video encoding and encryption over MPEG transport streams at any bit-rate and broadcasts in up to full HDTV (1080p/60fps). ZiXi Feed™, ZiXi Cast™, ZiXi Client™ and ZiXi ready™ are trademarks of ZiXi. For more information visit: http://www.ZiXi.com.