GlobalMeet Names Richard Smith Vice President of Global Sales

Seasoned sales and marketing executive with expertise in building high-performance enterprise software sales teams brings a proven track record of driving growth to the most trusted webcasting solution.

GlobalMeet Names Richard Smith Vice President of Global Sales

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GlobalMeet, a virtua

l event technology leader, today announced the appointment of Richard (“Rick”) Smith as VP of Global Sales. Leading the teams that service worldwide customer relationships, Smith will leverage his 20 years of experience driving profitable revenue growth at large, publicly traded software companies to help customers and partners achieve better business outcomes and return on investment with GlobalMeet’s streaming-as-a-service technology. GlobalMeet helps organizations execute flawless hybrid events, video training, webcasting, webinars, and virtual events every time through a smoother, more reliable live production experience.

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VP of Global Sales Rick Smith (Photo: Business Wire)

Prior to joining GlobalMeet, Smith served as VP of Sales at AI, IoT, cloud, and automation provider FPT Software. Previously, he served as Director of Enterprise Sales South at Zoom, and held key commercial leadership positions at Sprinklr, Salesforce, Oracle, and Hewlett-Packard, consistently delivering exceptional revenue growth and market expansion results.

“Rick is responsible for driving sales strategy, expanding market presence, and fostering a culture of collaboration between our customers and our experienced event professionals," said GlobalMeet CEO Kim Niederman. "Our focus on innovation with our customers is constantly reshaping the future of hybrid and virtual events. I am confident Rick will drive growth and value creation across the GlobalMeet platform.”

“Joining the GlobalMeet team is an incredible opportunity to collaborate on strategy and innovation for companies worldwide,” said Rick Smith, VP of Global Sales. “I look forward to rolling up my sleeves to enable customer success and drive long-term growth for GlobalMeet.”

GlobalMeet is a webcasting platform trusted by Fortune 500 companies to engage and inspire large, worldwide audiences. As a leader in the events industry, GlobalMeet leverages cutting-edge innovation, robust reporting and analytics, and high-impact broadcasting capabilities to drive advancements in event technology.

Smith earned his MBA from Eastern University and a B.A. from Shippensburg University.

About GlobalMeet

50% of North America’s largest banks, biotech, energy, hospitality, insurance, life sciences, pharmaceutical, technology, and the world’s largest accounting firms, responsible for auditing 90% of the Fortune 500, trust GlobalMeet as their preferred webcasting provider for more than 25 years. GlobalMeet scales to the largest audiences because we own and operate our own global streaming-as-a-service infrastructure. The GlobalMeet hybrid events, training, webcasting, webinar, and virtual events platform is fully customized to use your branding. GlobalMeet delivers full HD video and high-fidelity audio that scales to the largest audiences with chat, polling, Q&A, and surveys for audience engagement. GlobalMeet’s experienced event producers deliver professional onboarding, targeted training, managed event production, and real-time support to ensure your success. Enabling On-Demand and Simulated Live playback of recorded events, your audience can watch at their convenience, supported by a full suite of captioning, transcription, and translation capabilities. Reporting and analytics provide a comprehensive view of events, attendees, presenters, content, and engagement while integrating with your CRM. When your message matters™, our people make sure your people look and sound their best as we take care of all the technical details before, during, and after each event with 24/7 LIVE support. For more information, visit www.globalmeet.com.