SSIMWAVE INC.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb 23, 2018
STEPHANIE HOLMES AND ANGELA LUONG JOIN SSIMWAVE
Waterloo, ON, Canada, Feb 23, 2018– SSIMWAVE™ today announces that Stephanie Holmes,
CHRL and Angela Luong, MBA will be joining the company as Director of Human Resources and
Controller, respectively.
“I am delighted to have Stephanie and Angela join our leadership team,” said Dr. Abdul Rehman,
CEO. “Stephanie’s outgoing personality and experience with rapidly growing teams is a huge
asset for us. We have seen 6x growth in the past year with no signs of slowing. Angela’s quiet
and no-nonsense approach to everything financial along with her relevant experience in tech
will serve us well. Stephanie and Angela are important additions to support our continued
growth.”
Stephanie started January 29th and leads all HR functions including recruiting, development,
employee relations, performance management, compensation and business support.
Stephanie comes to us from one of Canada’s largest cargo airlines where she helped the
company grow from 450 employees to 950 in the span of 3 years. She was previously with Atria
Networks for 6 years where she directed HR as the team grew from 40 to 140 and through the
acquisition by Rogers Communications.
Angela starts March 1st and will manage the accounting, budgeting, forecasting, analysis and
preparation of statements, tax filings and audits. For the last two years, Angela was the
Accounting Manager with the artificial intelligence company Maluuba founded in Waterloo and
acquired by Microsoft in 2017.
SSIMWAVE™ helps video distributors, broadcasters and studios deliver TV people love.
Whether you are watching video on demand or live TV as a traditional subscriber or streaming
over the internet, our tech is likely behind making sure it gets to your device as intended by the
creators. Our products handle thousands of channels, for tens of millions of subscribers, 24/7 in
the US and Canada. SSIMWAVE is founded by world-leading researchers that put the human
visual system into software. Our work is PrimeTime Emmy Award-winning and has garnered the
respect of the American Society of Cinematographers who have created a technical working
group centered on SSIMWAVE’s SSIMPLUS technology.
Contact:
Saj Jamal, VP Marketing
519-741- 1505 saj.jamal@ssimwave.com
SSIMWAVE INC. 140 Columbia St West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3K8
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