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Companies Brightcove

Brightcove (BCOV): executive pay, fiscal 2023

Free brief. Every figure links to the company’s own filing.

Brightcove no longer files a proxy statement; its last pay data is FY2023.

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CEO total pay$3,533,050CEO Marc DeBevoise · source
Say-on-pay support92.98%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers31st pct.Of 15 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio33:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $5,288,315FY2022
  • $3,533,050FY2023

CEO total pay was $3,533,050 in fiscal 2023, down from $5,288,315 in fiscal 2022.

FY2023: salary $550,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $1,382,213 · option awards $1,330,798

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Brightcove in fiscal 2023?
As disclosed, Marc DeBevoise (Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Brightcove in fiscal 2023, with total compensation of $3,533,050.
How does Brightcove's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Marc DeBevoise's total compensation ranked at the 31st percentile of Brightcove's disclosed peer group.
What is Brightcove's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Brightcove's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 33:1.
How did shareholders vote on Brightcove's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 92.98% of shareholders supported Brightcove's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Brightcove spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2023?
As disclosed, Brightcove reported total board compensation of $1,007,755 for fiscal 2023.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Marc DeBevoise$550,000$0$1,382,213$1,330,798$192,500$0$77,539$3,533,050
Chief Executive Officer
Robert Noreck415,2000310,999299,43075,451012,4561,113,536
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David Plotkin400,0150241,887232,89055,915012,000942,707
Chief Legal Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2023 totalFY2022 totalFY2021 totalΔ FY2022→2023
Marc DeBevoise$3,533,050$5,288,315—↓ −1,755,265
Robert Noreck1,113,536653,9201,960,585↑ +459,616
David Plotkin942,707575,2981,192,485↑ +367,409

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our compensation strategy is designed to attract and retain high-caliber executive officers and employees, and align employee contributions with our objectives and the creation of long-term stockholder value.

CEO STI target (% of salary)125%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantnot disclosed
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2023

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
David PlotkinOPTION2023-03-20——133,080—$232,890
Marc DeBevoiseOPTION2023-03-20——760,456—1,330,798
Marc DeBevoiseRSU2023-03-20——312,012—1,382,213
David PlotkinRSU2023-03-20——54,602—241,887
Robert NoreckRSU2023-03-20——70,203—310,999
Robert NoreckOPTION2023-03-20——171,103—299,430

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
David Plotkin$241,887$0$232,8900.0%
Marc DeBevoise1,382,21301,330,7980.0%
Robert Noreck310,9990299,4300.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

No outstanding equity awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Diane HessanIndependent · Board Chair$90,000$75,351$0—$0$165,351
Gary HaroianIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation80,00075,3510—0155,351
Kristin FrankIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance74,00075,3510—0149,351
Thomas E. WheelerIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)68,00075,3510—0143,351
Tsedal NeeleyIndependent · Audit · Compensation67,39675,3510—0142,747
Scott KurnitIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance64,00075,3510—0139,351
Ritcha RanjanIndependent · Compensation · Departed during FY36,90275,3510—0112,253
Marc DeBevoiseEmployee director000—00

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer$140,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 20,000 / 8,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2023
Cash retainers and fees$480,298
Equity awards (grant-date value)$527,457
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,007,755

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Brightcove as a peer

Companies that benchmark against BCOV

6 companies name BCOV as a compensation peer

The list of companies that name BCOV as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2023

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Peer reciprocity

The companies Brightcove names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Mitek Systems, Inc.2025Edward H. West$500,000$7,902,361$0$761,500$9,414,057
2Vimeo, Inc.2024Philip Moyer426,9236,217,624008,184,912
3A10 Networks, Inc.2025Dhrupad Trivedi697,9175,211,97301,056,8006,974,141
4Model N, Inc.2023Jason Blessing556,5006,009,6320306,6286,877,671
5Fastly, Inc.2025Charles Compton438,7826,313,831006,798,332
6Kaltura, Inc.2025Ron Yekutiel552,9855,431,5790353,4716,412,754
7Harmonic Inc.2025Nimrod Ben-Natan609,0004,927,5620570,0006,163,092
8Ooma, Inc.2026Eric Stang619,5513,852,8000500,0005,028,580
9Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.2024Jeffrey Miller520,0002,816,0000449,2803,842,280
10Brightcove2023Marc DeBevoise550,0001,382,2131,330,798192,5003,533,050
11Avid Technology, Inc.2022Jeff Rosica550,0002,414,3770172,2603,150,569
12Veritone, Inc.2025Ryan Steelberg665,0001,675,200002,506,450
13Quantum Corporation2026Hugues Meyrath444,2311,313,500002,212,799
—ON24, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—Edgio, Inc.——————not in coverage universe
—ChannelAdvisor Corporation——————not in coverage universe

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Brightcove28.0%RSU 50 · Options 50Nonot disclosed
A10 Networks, Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50NoRadford-AON
Avid Technology, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
ChannelAdvisor Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Edgio, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Fastly, Inc.135.4%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR)Semler Brossy
Harmonic Inc.not disclosedRSU 60 · MSU 20 · PSU 20Yes — TSR relative to Nasdaq Telecommunications IndexExequity
Kaltura, Inc.68%RSU 100not disclosedFW Cook
Mitek Systems, Inc.152.3%PSU 80 · RSU 20NoFrederic W. Cook & Company, Inc.
Model N, Inc.55.1%RSU 50 · PRSU 50NoCompensia
ON24, Inc.79.3%not disclosedNoCompensia
Ooma, Inc.80%RSU 100not disclosedCompensia Inc.
Quantum Corporationnot disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedCompensia
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.86.4%PRSU 65 · RSU 35not disclosedGrant Thornton Advisors LLC
Veritone, Inc.not disclosednot disclosedYes — Relative TSR Metric - percentile ranking of Company's total shareholder return relative to S&P Software Services IndexCompensia, Inc.
Vimeo, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosedSemler Brossy Consulting Group LLC

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20242024-05-0829,675,7792,241,87913,69392.98%Passed
20232023-05-1032,445,7511,700,7998,63495.02%Passed
20222022-05-1132,931,507321,43010,95199.03%Passed
20212021-05-1131,267,204328,762196,23298.96%Passed
20202020-04-2822,778,7733,191,03227,77087.71%Passed
20192019-05-0722,634,1319,181,99880,41971.14%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20242024-05-0892.98%a
20232023-05-1095.02%b
20222022-05-1199.03%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on these proposals.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have no effect on these proposals.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions have no effect on the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, or on the non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)33 : 1
CEO total compensation$3,533,050
Median employee compensation$107,403
Insider trades since the proxy

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2023 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Gary HaroianDirector2025-02-04D118,240$4$526,168CommonForm 4 ↗
Scott KurnitDirector2025-02-04D202,0674899,198CommonForm 4 ↗
Thomas E. WheelerDirector2025-02-04D125,5944558,893CommonForm 4 ↗
John Brandon WagnerChief Financial Officer2025-02-04D275,00041,223,750CommonForm 4 ↗
Marc DeBevoiseDirector2025-02-04D1,819,77148,097,981CommonForm 4 ↗
David PlotkinChief Legal Officer2025-02-04D343,67041,529,332CommonForm 4 ↗
Diane HessanDirector2025-02-04D122,2614544,061CommonForm 4 ↗
Tsedal NeeleyDirector2025-02-04D97,0274431,770CommonForm 4 ↗
Kristin FrankDirector2025-02-04D106,3114473,084CommonForm 4 ↗

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

Sources (50 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Marc DeBevoise. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Summary Compensation Table—2023”. As printed: 3,533,050. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Robert Noreck. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Summary Compensation Table—2023”. As printed: 1,113,536. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, David Plotkin. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Summary Compensation Table—2023”. As printed: 942,707. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Plotkin OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – 2023” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Marc DeBevoise OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – 2023” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Marc DeBevoise RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – 2023” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Plotkin RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – 2023” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert Noreck RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – 2023” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert Noreck OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards – 2023” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 33 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Diane Hessan. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 165,351. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Gary Haroian. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 155,351. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kristin Frank. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 149,351. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Thomas E. Wheeler. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 143,351. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Tsedal Neeley. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 142,747. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Scott Kurnit. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 139,351. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ritcha Ranjan. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 112,253. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Marc DeBevoise. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Gary Haroian 2025-02-04. Form 4, filed 2025-02-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Scott Kurnit 2025-02-04. Form 4, filed 2025-02-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Thomas E. Wheeler 2025-02-04. Form 4, filed 2025-02-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, John Brandon Wagner 2025-02-04. Form 4, filed 2025-02-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Marc DeBevoise 2025-02-04. Form 4, filed 2025-02-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, David Plotkin 2025-02-04. Form 4, filed 2025-02-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Diane Hessan 2025-02-04. Form 4, filed 2025-02-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Tsedal Neeley 2025-02-04. Form 4, filed 2025-02-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Kristin Frank 2025-02-04. Form 4, filed 2025-02-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-09. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 92.98% (votes for as printed: 29,675,779). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-05-11. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 95.02% (votes for as printed: 32,445,751). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2022 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2022-05-11. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.03% (votes for as printed: 32,931,507). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 480,298 + equity 527,457 + all other 0 = 1,007,755, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Mitek Systems, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Mitek Systems, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,414,057. View filing ↗
  • Vimeo, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Vimeo, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,184,912. View filing ↗
  • A10 Networks, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-10. CEO total compensation as printed in A10 Networks, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,974,141. View filing ↗
  • Model N, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-01-05. CEO total compensation as printed in Model N, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,877,671. View filing ↗
  • Fastly, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Fastly, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,798,332. View filing ↗
  • Kaltura, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Kaltura, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,412,754. View filing ↗
  • Harmonic Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Harmonic Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,163,092. View filing ↗
  • Ooma, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in Ooma, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,028,580. View filing ↗
  • Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,842,280. View filing ↗
  • Brightcove (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Brightcove's own proxy. As printed: 3,533,050. View filing ↗
  • Avid Technology, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2023-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Avid Technology, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,150,569. View filing ↗
  • Veritone, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Veritone, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,506,450. View filing ↗
  • Quantum Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Quantum Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 2,212,799. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. names Brightcove in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Vimeo, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Vimeo, Inc. names Brightcove in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Mitek Systems, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Mitek Systems, Inc. names Brightcove in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Avid Technology, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Avid Technology, Inc. names Brightcove in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗