Motricity Appoints New Leadership with Jim Smith and Richard E. Leigh, Jr.

Strategic Insights -

Jim Smith has been appointed as the President/Chief Operating Officer and Richard E. Leigh, Jr. as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Motricity, a Bellevue, WA-based mobile data solutions provider. Smith brings over 20 years of operating and management experience, having previously served as a senior executive at Avaya, where he was responsible for a $600 million application business. He will focus on market expansion and day-to-day operations in his new role. Leigh, with a track record of providing strategic legal counsel to corporate and non-profit clients, will act as a strategic advisor on legal, regulatory, and business matters for Motricity.

Key Takeaways:

  • Jim Smith joins Motricity as President/Chief Operating Officer with over 20 years of operating and management experience, including six years as a senior executive at Avaya, where he was responsible for a $600 million application business.
  • Richard E. Leigh, Jr. has been appointed as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Motricity, bringing a track record of providing strategic legal counsel to corporate and non-profit clients, including Cell Therapeutics and Vulcan.
  • Smith will focus on market expansion and day-to-day operations in his new role at Motricity.
  • Leigh will act as a strategic advisor on legal, regulatory, and business matters for Motricity.
  • CarterBaldwin partner Terry Addington, a veteran of the mobile communications industry, led the search for Motricity.
  • Motricity serves customers such as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Alltel, CNN, FOX News, A&E, and Conde Nast.

Statistics:

  • 20 years of operating and management experience for Jim Smith.
  • 6 years of service as a senior executive at Avaya for Jim Smith, with responsibility for a $600 million application business.
  • 7 years as General Counsel for Paul Allen's Vulcan for Richard E. Leigh, Jr.
  • 1 $600 million application business at Avaya, managed by Jim Smith.
  • 1 senior executive role at Cell Therapeutics, previously held by Richard E. Leigh, Jr.

Sources:

  • CarterBaldwin executive search
  • Closeupmedia.com