Elizabeth Mackey is new GM of eReader
Elizabeth Mackey is the new vice president and general manager of the Motricity‘s eReader division. From a news release:
Mackey brings a wealth of experience as a former executive of several leading publishers and media companies, including audio-book leader Audible, Inc. and Franklin Electronic Publishers. Her appointment is directly related to Motricity’s ongoing investment in strengthening its business-to-consumer market channel…
February 28th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
[...] eReader gets new chief There is a new head of the eReader division of Motricity. According to the Motricity press release, "Motricity, a leading provider of mobile content solutions to the wireless industry, today announced that it has named business development executive Elizabeth Mackey as vice president and general manager of the company’s eReader division—one of the world’s largest electronic book publishers. Mackey brings a wealth of experience as a former executive of several leading publishers and media companies, including audio-book leader Audible, Inc. and Franklin Electronic Publishers. Her appointment is directly related to Motricity’s ongoing investment in strengthening its business-to-consumer market channel and follows the recent appointment of Kathleen Stockham, former head of marketing at BestBuy.com, as vice president of Commerce. " ‘With her proven entrepreneurial expertise and in-depth knowledge of ebook technology and licensing, Elizabeth is a crucial addition to our eReader team,’ said Ryan Wuerch, chairman and CEO for Motricity. ‘She will strategically develop and lead Motricity’s efforts to provide the most compelling mobile commerce ebook experience for consumers.’ "Mackey will be responsible for directing all business development and operations for eReader…" Mackey’s previous experience includes time with Audible, Franklin Electronic Publishers, as well as the publishing industry and working in media corporations. We’ve seen the web site at eReader become pretty stagnant and outdated in recent years, with the exception of new titles, and the software itself has not exactly been moving forward quickly with new versions and features. A change is likely to help shake things up if she doesn’t get so focused on business development that the operations side suffers. In terms of a customer’s perspective, the key person is probably whoever is slotted to be reporting to her, in charge of operations. via TeleRead [...]
March 7th, 2006 at 8:51 pm
Well, I guess you haven’t heard that when one of their best ereader.com customer care reps got pregnant and have severe life theatrening problems, they terminated her employment while she was in the Hositpal sick. Then when she tried to apply for her job again, The new VP of E-commerce said that she wasn’t a good fit. What kind of company hires women and then say that if you get pregnant you are out of here.
I am the ladys friend that used to work there and I would never purchase anything from a company that gets rid of excellent employee’s or maybe it was because she was single and african american woman. Actually one of the first in the company.
She was given the CEO-Mentality interview too.
Shame on Motricity……………………..
she’d too afraid to speak out but I am going to do it for her one day.