Ariel is the President & CEO at Chyron; he brings more than 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles in technology and media. Ariel started his career at Accenture, advising Media and Telecommunication companies in Latin America. After his MBA, he joined The Boston Consulting Group, becoming a leader in the Technology & Media Practice. He then joined Vector Capital, a leading Technology-focused Private Equity Fund, as a Partner & Head of the Value Creation Team. During his stint as Vector, Ariel took several leadership and executive board member roles at portfolio companies. Ariel joined Chyron as President & CEO in September 2019 to lead its evolution and accelerating its growth. Ariel has an MSc and BSc in Computer Engineering from the Universidad Catolica Argentina and a Master in Business Administration from The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania. Ariel lives in Los Angeles Area with his family and enjoys staying active, surfing, and barbecuing in his free time.

Mike is the Chief Financial Officer at Chyron where he is responsible for global finance and accounting.  Mike has more than a decade of finance experience in PE-backed technology companies and a proven track record of leading financial teams to success. Prior to joining Chyron, served as CFO at Vision, a cloud-based CMS provider for local and state government agencies. Prior to his role there, Mike was a professional at several technology and software PE firms. Mike started his career as a CPA at KPMG, was an investment banker at Bank of America in New York, and a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Mike has an MBA from UCLA. He also has a Master of Accounting from USC and a BA in Economics from UC Irvine. In addition to Mike’s professional achievements, Mike likes to go fly fishing, skiing and cooking. He plays pick-up soccer and goes to the beach with the family on the weekends when he can.

Drew is the Chief Growth Officer at Chyron where he oversees building relationships with customers and potential customers, ensuring that Chyron products meet and exceed their needs and expectations. Prior to joining Chyron, Drew was one of three founding partners of Newsroom Solutions, the leading provider of turnkey software, hardware and services for U.S. broadcast television channel branding.  Drew oversaw the CTO function including leading and managing the product development and service delivery strategy, as well as the overall administrative and finance function. After 17 years, Newsroom Solutions was acquired by Chyron.  Prior to acquisition, the company’s products were installed in more than 500 U.S. television stations, including 74 of the 75 largest TV markets, seen daily in more than 90-million homes, with a 99% annual customer renewal rate. Drew obtained significant technology and management experience prior to co-founding Newsroom Solutions as a Director at New York University, spearheading their transition from print to digital marketing and publications.  He also worked in newsrooms at Bloomberg Television (NY) and ABC owned and operated (now Gray Television) WJRT-TV in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. Drew graduated from NYU’s Journalism and Mass Communications program (B.A., M.A.). Drew and his wife, Nikki, live in Scarsdale, NY with their four school-aged children.  He is an active volunteer in his community having served as an Advisory Council Member on Technology, a Cable Television Commissioner, a New York State certified EMT, volunteer Vice President for his town’s 911 EMS service, and a youth hockey coach.  In his free time, he enjoys playing adult league hockey (Go Yetis!), boating with his family, and entertaining friends.

Marek is the Chief Technology Architect at Chyron. He has been with the company for more than seven years. Working as a leader of the Czech Development Group for the Hego Czech brand since 2006. Prior to that, he was a software Engineer at ICZ. Marek graduated from the Master’s program at Brno University of Technology with a degree in Computer Science. He speaks two languages, Czech and English.

Olivier is the Senior Vice President for Sales, EMEA at Chyron where he oversees strategic growth and drives the sales team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Olivier is a  Parisian at heart and New Yorker by adoption. Prior to joining Chyron, Olivier’s career included trading financial structured equities products at Natixis in Paris, investment banking in media technologies at KBC Securities Paris, and supporting IPO of brands like Archos (mobile video/audio devices) and LACIE ( external hard drives). Keeping his heart in media and technologies, Olivier  worked for M6 TV, supporting international rights sales of French movies and TV Series. Next, Olivier invested in Paris-based Hybrid, a broadcast technology company pioneering virtual set, augmented reality and robotics products, where he served as CEO for over 15 years. In 2016, Olivier moved from Paris to NYC,  selling Hybrid to Chyron and joining Chyron’s management team. Initially, Olivier served as Product Manager of Live Solutions including Virtual Set and AR solutions as well as the Vidigo product line, then quickly moved up as a  Head of Commercial Strategy and SVP Marketing. Olivier holds a Bachelor degree Economics of Universite Paris I la Sorbonne and a Masters Degree of Finance of Universite Paris IX Dauphine Paris. Olivier lives with his wife Severine and their two daughters in Tribeca, New York, the city that never sleeps  When he does not work, Olivier loves to go out, enjoy the party life, see a good movie, buy sneakers, or look at the latest fashion trends!

Oskar is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Business with more than 20 years of experience in the Sports and Broadcast business. Oskar oversees strategic growth for the Cross Business Unit offerings globally.
During his studies for a Master in Computer Science at the Stockholm University he was introduced to the broadcast business and in parallel with his studies he started as a freelance Graphics operator and a developer for HEGO and Canal+ Nordics. Oskar ended up spending 15 years at HEGO and held various operational and managerial roles for high profile projects globally. 

After the merger with Chyron, Oskar initially held the position of Head of Operations EMEA, then quickly moved into a more commercial role as the Managing Director of ChyronHego Sweden and SVP Sales EMEA.
Growing up in Italy Oskar became a big fan of “Il Calcio” and football/soccer has since then been a big passion in his life.
Oskar lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two kids. When he’s not working he can be seen around the football fields of Stockholm where he coaches a very strong team of 11 year old kids.

Mathieu is the VP of Strategy & Chief of Staff at Chyron; he acts as a strategic advisor to the CEO and brings a cross-functional oversight of the sales, product and marketing activities. 
Mathieu started his career as a strategy consultant at Eleven, a management consulting firm focused on addressing the challenges of the digital and data revolutions. Mathieu led multiple missions in the telecommunication sector across Europe. 
Then Mathieu moved to Dalet, a global software provider for the Media & Entertainment space, where he held various roles across Project & Program Management, Solution Architecture, Product and Sales Management. During his tenure at Dalet, Mathieu had the pleasure to live in different parts of the world and serve key customers across APAC, North America and Europe. Before joining Chyron, Mathieu successfully launched and grew a joint venture company, CONNECT, with the WorldCast Group. CONNECT develops Monitoring & Control software for the Media and Industrial IoT sectors. Mathieu was in charge of the direct management of the company including global Sales, R&D and Marketing activities.
Mathieu has a Master of Science with a major in Computer Science and New Technologies from Ecoles des Mines, France, and a Masters of Business from Massey University, New Zealand, where he studied Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.
Mathieu lives in Bordeaux, France with his wife and daughter. He is a wine enthusiast, a rugby fan and a keen skier & surfer.

Carol is the Vice President of Marketing at Chyron, leading brand definition, the creation of sales enablement content, marketing campaigns, market research, go-to-market strategy and documentation. She initiated and developed Chyron Academy and is passionate about the customer experience. After earning a Bachelor of Science from Furman University, Carol’s early career focused on small business entrepreneurship, where she learned the importance of marketing in a way that is authentic and speaks to the customer’s needs. 

In 1998, she transitioned to a career in the broadcast technology industry, learning from the ground up as a documentation specialist for Pinnacle Systems, overseeing manuals for the Deko and DekoCast graphics products. She soon moved into a role as an integration and training specialist, focusing on newsroom/MOS workflows and working with an array of global customers: CNBC, NBC Arthouse, DirecTV, Radio y Televisión de España, Telemundo, Al Rasheed, numerous O & O stations, several universities, PBS, NASA TV, Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, WalMart, Wachovia, and many more. In 2015, Carol was recruited by Compix Media as VP of Product, Partner and Customer development, for a consultancy where she successfully identified key OEM partnerships to move into new verticals and strengthen existing relationships. 

In 2017, Carol joined Ross Video as Lead Training Producer, where she standardized internal and external training programs, focusing on product best practices, training and demo best practices and strategic solution selling.

Since late 2019, Carol has enjoyed supporting the exciting innovation at Chyron. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, reading, sailing and travel.

Mark is the Head of Creative Services across the globe, working closely with clients to help them bring their creative vision to life. Mark has worked closely with Chyron technology throughout his 20 year career in broadcasting.  He began his career in the sports and graphics department at KSDK in St. Louis, eventually writing and producing for daily newscasts.  His experience with Chyron was born and carried him to New York City to begin work at the YES Network. Early in the first year of their existence, Mark joined YES as a production assistant and graphics operator on multiple shows.  Eventually he joined the promotions department before heading out on the road with the New Jersey Nets and New York Yankees.  Mark sharpened his Chyron skills over years of travelling to live events as a graphics coordinator.  As the lead coordinator over four NBA and MLB seasons, he worked hundreds of games behind a Chyron machine.  Mark moved back to his hometown in 2008 and joined NBC Sports Washington as a producer in the Creative Services department and Chyron integrator.  After four years in the CS department, he was promoted to Director of Technical Innovation, and eventually Director of Creative Services.  While in these roles he led multiple initiatives across the NBC Sports Group including touchscreen integration and in-game sports betting and predictive gaming.  Mark has been recognized as an industry leader in sports betting and advanced data visualization. Mark lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two sons.  He is a passionate sports fan and loves anything and everything related to soccer (football).

Lou is Vice President of Product & Engineering at Chyron with over 30 years of experience in the Broadcast business. Lou oversees Chyron’s broadcast product portfolio. Lou started his broadcast career in local television in Springfield Massachusetts, the city where he grew up. Lou started as an entry level tape operator and moved to master control before quickly moving on to producing live shows, directing daily newscasts, directing commercial productions and eventually directing live sports for UMASS basketball/Football and the annual Abdows Classic Basketball Hall of Fame games in Springfield, home of the Basketball Hall of Fame.  Lou eventually moved away from local television to the vendor side of broadcasting taking a position with Pinnacle Systems as a Product Specialist eventually becoming a Software engineer, a Sr. Software Engineer and Product Manager. At Pinnacle, Lou handled the Deko graphics platform integrations in news and stadiums worldwide, with his specialty in data integration. Lou designed and built Pinnacle’s MOS Integration into Pinnacle’s graphics products. Lou's major accomplishment was building the industry’s first all encompassing Master Control playout device, The Pinnacle DekoCast product.  In 2009 Lou joined Chyron to lead its existing master control product, eventually rebuilding the product from the ground up and transforming it into Chyron's modern PRIME graphics system. Lou continues to live in the Springfield MA with his wife and their four children. In Lou's spare time he continually struggles with his golf game.

Jason Awerman is the Director of Customer Success at Chyron overseeing Global Technical Support and Customer Service. Jason joined Chyron in 2008 and has been a key player in the technical support department since joining the company. Jason Awerman has a background in Information Technology and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from St. John's University. Prior to joining Chyron in 2008, Jason worked for Sony Music in New York City supporting their core IT Infrastructure and has been part of the media industry for over 20 years. Customer Success is Jason's utmost priority and he strives to make sure that our clients are successful in all aspects of their business. Jason Awerman currently lives in Long Island, NY with his wife Nicole of 13 years and his two children. On his spare time, Jason enjoys going bike riding with his kids as well as woodworking and jogging.