{"id":6376,"date":"2019-12-04T11:57:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/press\/press-releases\/upstream-announces-dimitris-maniatis-as-new-ceo\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T10:56:09","slug":"upstream-announces-dimitris-maniatis-as-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/pt-br\/press\/press-releases\/upstream-announces-dimitris-maniatis-as-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Upstream announces Dimitris Maniatis as new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former CEO Guy Krief will join the Board of Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>London, December 4th, 2019 <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Leading mobile technology company, Upstream, announces former Head of Secure-D, Dimitris Maniatis, as its new CEO. As of January 1<sup>st<\/sup> 2020, Maniatis will succeed Guy Krief who will join the board of directors to drive the company\u2019s strategic vision and long-term growth. Following the successful transformation of the company under Guy\u2019s leadership, in his new position, Dimitris will be responsible for further expanding Upstream\u2019s growth by leading its new innovative products to market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Maniatis-Guy10-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Maniatis-Guy10-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Guy Krief said: <em>\u201cThis has been a transformative past three years for Upstream as we developed innovative technologies that addressed challenges and explored untapped digital opportunities within the mobile industry landscape. As a precursor for even more amazing things to come, Dimitris Maniatis will be writing the next exciting chapter as CEO. I am eager to continue supporting him as he takes over the helm and delivers the company\u2019s cutting-edge vision worldwide\u201d<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dimitris Maniatis joined Upstream in 2017 to head Secure-D. Under his leadership Secure-D has grown into an award-winning, carrier-grade security platform, trusted by 30 mobile network operators in emerging markets. Before joining Upstream, Dimitris was in advertising through \u2018all things web\u2019, the digital marketing agency he founded in 2009. In 2014 \u2018all things web\u2019 became part of IPG and was relaunched as Reprise Digital Greece, member of the global digital marketing agency network of IPG. Maniatis holds a degree in Software Engineering, from the University of Manchester, in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ManiatisB2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ManiatisB2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI am honored to be leading Upstream through its next steps into the future and preparing to advance our product portfolio further into the market,\u201d<\/em> commented Dimitris Maniatis. <em>\u201cI want to thank Guy for the trust he has put in me over the past three years of working together, and for his approach to innovation which he has infused in all of us. I am looking forward to working alongside our amazing management team and our talented, savvy and committed colleagues\u201d<\/em>, Maniatis added.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is a pivotal and exciting time for Upstream,\u201d<\/em> commented Marco Veremis, co-founder and executive chairman of the board. <em>\u201cAs CEO, Guy had a catalytic effect on the company\u2019s evolution as a mobile technology leader, successfully transforming our product portfolio with innovating technologies. The succession of Dimitris Maniatis paves the way to the next phase of development for Upstream and I look forward to seeing all the new things I know he\u2019ll bring to the table for our ground-breaking products to reach their full market potential\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Upstream\u2019s co-founder, board director, and CEO of Persado, Alex Vratskides, commented, <em>\u201cGuy was called to transform Upstream and he revolutionized the company\u2019s product offerings. Upstream is now entering a new era of growth and leadership, and I wish Dimitris Maniatis the very best of luck in his new role as CEO. He has proven his pedigree as head of Secure-D for Upstream, and with his extensive digital expertise, I am confident that he will strengthen the company\u2019s position as a market leader worldwide\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Upstream, the leading mobile technology company, provides innovative solutions that offer seamless and secure mobile Internet access to 1.2 billion consumers in high growth markets. Upstream\u2019s Zero-D service provides free access to the internet essentials to 250 million mobile users in Latin America and Africa even when they have run out of data. Its security platform Secure-D, in 2018 alone, processed over 1.8 billion mobile transactions, detecting and blocking over 63,000 malicious apps in 16 countries. With a presence in over 45 countries in Latin America, Africa, and SE Asia, Upstream works with more than 60 mobile operators. Its team consists of 280 employees, over 25 nationalities, in 9 offices around the world.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information please contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nUpstream Corporate Communications<br \/>\n\u0395: corp.comms@upstreamsystems.com<br \/>\nP: +30210 6618532 +30210 6618507<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading mobile technology company, Upstream, announces former Head of Secure-D, Dimitris Maniatis, as its new CEO&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5722,"parent":0,"template":"","tags":[600,426,559,601,602,370,603,604,605,606,607,608,609],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Upstream announces Dimitris Maniatis as new CEO - Upstream<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upstreamsystems.com\/pt-br\/press\/press-releases\/upstream-announces-dimitris-maniatis-as-new-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Upstream announces Dimitris Maniatis as new CEO - 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