Meredith Kendall

Meredith Kendall is Vice President of Marketing, a new role at Lightspeed. Meredith moved to SF from LA where she was Head of Communications at Hulu and led external communications for the company across key areas including corporate, content, product, advertising and distribution. During her 3+ years at Hulu, she sat on the leadership team reporting directly to the CEO when the company hit several significant milestones including the development its first Hulu Original series, receiving its first Emmy nomination, and growing the U.S. subscriber base to over 6 million users. Prior, Meredith was Head of Public Relations for online video start-up Break Media (now Defy Media). In a previous life as a talent manager on American Idol, she oversaw public appearances and the album recording process for artists on seasons seven and eight when it was rated the #1 show on U.S. television. She began her career at Google HQ as part of the Global Communications and Public Affairs team.