M2A Media Announces Expansion of North American Team

M2A Media confirms the expansion of its team in North America with the appointment of two key commercial hires.

George Silvis

Rob Levesque joins M2A Media in the newly created role of Director of Sales, US – East Coast. While George Silvis, will be responsible for M2A’s West Coast sales operation, in the newly created role of Director of Sales, US – West Coast.

Levesque and Silvis will bolster M2A Media’s North American team as the company looks to strengthen and expand its

presence in the US market. They will play a role initiating new relationships, ensuring customer success, and propelling business growth for M2A’s cloud-native media solutions working across a range of media clients including broadcasters, streaming platforms, content owners, and sports rights-holders.

Most recently a Senior Sales Specialist with AWS, Rob Levesque has previously held senior sales roles with LiveU and The Switch. His proven success in direct sales and account management for major brands are a great fit for M2A’s core and new ventures’ offerings.

George Silvis joins M2A Media from Amagi Corporation, where he held the position of Sales Director focused on US Media and Entertainment customers. Prior to his time at Amagi, Silvis spent 6+ years at AWS, most recently as Senior Edge & Elemental Sales Specialist, tasked with growing

Rob Levesque

revenue for AWS Elemental Media Services, Amazon IVS, and Amazon Cloudfront year-over-year.

Matt Hughes, Chief Commercial Officer, M2A Media says, “M2A Media opened its first office in Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, establishing a Media Control Room to serve our growing international customer base. Expanding our North American team is a natural next step. George and Rob bring with them a keen understanding of the pain points that broadcasters and rights owners experience as they look to scale and drive growth via a transition to cloud. M2A Media’s live video solutions are perfectly positioned to ease these pain points and I’m delighted that now, with the help of Rob and George, we’re able to respond to the US market more effectively.”