DIGITAL MEDIA | BRAND CONTENT | STRATEGY | LEADERSHIPA dynamic creative leader successful in launching digital media and content ventures for new and unique markets, Ed develops innovative projects, products, acquisitions and strategic partnerships to forge new ventures that build value, views, ratings, brand equity and revenue via diverse content and programming initiatives.Since 2018 he has been Chief Operating Officer of Arkansas PBS helping to lead the statewide public media network to new levels of achievement including a 25% expansion of its FCC broadcast transmission footprint, groundbreaking statewide educational initiatives for students, Public Media Awards for overall excellence in education and community engagement, the Mid America Emmy Award for community service and multiple national and regional awards for excellence in content creation.As Chief Brand Officer of The Great Courses he increased creative content, revenues and SVOD distribution for $150m edutainment media brand, forging long-term cobranded content partnerships with National Geographic, Smithsonian, Mayo Clinic, The Culinary Institute of America; leading a diverse workforce of 100+ creative and technical staff in product development and brand marketing while running a premium content studio producing a diverse slate of 500+ hours a year of short & long form video series; innovating production values, brand content, virtual reality and accredited education.As SVP Programming & Production launching the SiTV cable network [now Fuse] he helped expand the TV marketplace to a young, multicultural, acculturated Latino audience, establishing a content vision, operational & production infrastructure; and executive producing of 500+ hours of original programming.As an experienced TV producer, he has delivered hundreds of hours of original programs for major media: FOX, NBC, ABC, Disney, Sony, CBS Distribution, and MTV in non-scripted, informational genres. In addition, he has built award-winning brand creative teams, and created TV ads and collaborations with brands (Suzuki, Pepsi, Diageo, Target, Verizon) to generate millions in product integration revenue. Strengths: creative development | brand management | innovation | strategic vision | partnerships | biz dev | driving new markets & revenues | corporate & consumer selling | P & L | acquisitions & negotiations | managing multiple complex initiatives | handling rapid change | driving out-of-the-box thinking