What Happened?
New York, NY-based Shindig Appointed Gaurav Hind as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Shindig is a platform for large scale online events.On Shindig all webcam enabled participants can see and are seen in a shared online space. Featured presenters can give a talk, be interviewed, share multimedia, teach, and more to a live online audience of thousands. Selected audience members can be brought up to share the stage and directly interact with hosts, "face-to-face", before the entire group. Meanwhile, audience members themselves can move freely in and out of private video chat conversations with one another, mingling, networking and socializing all without disturbing the other members of the audience. Its the dynamics of in person events at internet scale. Already embraced for online events by pioneers such as notable individuals and institutions as Sheryl Sandberg, Bill Gates, Guy Kawasaki, General Assembly, TED and others Shindig is leading the next generation of online engagement. Company founder and CEO Steve Gottlieb is a serial entrepreneur and longtime angel tech investor. His past career highlights include founding and leading TVT Records, long the largest US independent label. TVT was original home to Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon and Pitbull, among others and earned during its 25 year run 30 Gold, Platinum, and Multi-platinum releases. Shindig has already closed on $12 million in financing.
About the Person
Gaurav Hind is chief technology officer at Shindig. Previously, Gaurav held various senior HR leadership roles in the industry.
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