Telestream names Rhonda Bassett-Spiers CEO

Rhonda Bassett-Spiers

Computer software company Telestream has named Rhonda Bassett-Spiers chief executive officer in which she succeeds Dan Castles. 

Bassett-Spiers who joins from iTradeNetwork starts the role effective immediately. Castles will retire from the CEO role and remain with the company through to April to aid in the transition of Bassett-Spiers.

Bassett-Spiers’ has a career spanning over 30 years, she was most recently president and CEO of iTradeNetwork. Under her leadership, iTradeNetwork developed a suite of industry-first solutions that enabled customers to build resiliency and quickly adapt to the ever-changing conditions of the food supply chain.

At Telestream, Castles helped head the completion of five acquisitions to expand the company’s leadership across the media supply chain and helped the company deliver consistent revenue growth, and strong profitability.

“Rhonda has an excellent track record of leadership across the technology industry and pioneering innovation and driving growth. Our leadership styles are complementary and our priorities of delivering superior customer and employee experiences are consistent, which is why she is the right person to lead Telestream as the next CEO,” said Castles.

 Bassett-Spiers added, “I joined Telestream because of its culture, its track record of growth and profitability, and its leadership position in the video industry. I look forward to partnering with Jon and the great leadership team as the company begins a new chapter of providing world class solutions across the digital media supply chain.