Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. unit Starz appointed Ameesh Paleja to a newly created position of chief technology officer.
Paleja joins Starz from Atom Tickets, a social movie ticketing platform that he co-founded and has served as CEO since 2014. Paleja will continue serving on the company's board and as an adviser and head of innovation for Atom Tickets, according to a March 9 news release.
Paleja, who began his career at Microsoft Corp. in 2001, moved to Amazon.com Inc. in 2003 and helped launch Prime Instant Video, Amazon's Appstore, Cloud Drive and the Kindle product line, according to the news release. He was also the founding employee of Amazon's research and development facilities in Southern California, where he oversaw more than 550 employees.
