Canoe Taps COO for Next Phase

摘要

Nascent interactive cable platform Canoe Ventures is entering a new phase with the appointment of its first chief operating officer, Kathy Timko (above right). Her mission: Help Canoe's considerable ambitions in the advanced advertising realm get to scale fast.rnTimko was most recently the COO of global phone giant IDT, where she was involved in pricing and business metrics operations.rnCanoe Ventures CEO David Verklin says her appointment, made largely to execute his own vision, should quiet naysayers given Timko's skill set. "Kathy's arrival is another milestone," Verklin says. "This is not a pipe dream of six wandering MSOs; this is a single company, Canoe, moving into a building phase with one of the top engineering talents in the country.