Hal Willis Email & Phone Number

Mr. Willis has 40 years of experience in the media and entertainment industries, as a CEO, attorney, and visionary entrepreneur specializing in start-ups and turnarounds. He served as the CEO of Country Music Television during the golden age of Country music in the mid-90’s after handling its acquisition, and was a pioneer in cable television as General Counsel and a member of the team that launched The Nashville Network as the fifth cable television network in existence in the early 80’s. Under his leadership, CMT achieved record ratings and profits, and TNN became a dominant player in music and motorsports, wresting NASCAR Winston Cup racing from ESPN and taking the sport to new heights. He also oversaw the launch of CMT in Europe and Asia, dealing directly with ambassadors and prime ministers and negotiating with decision makers at entities such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and Deutsch Telekom. He subsequently served as Executive VP of mPhase Technologies, which in conjunction with the Georgia Tech Research Institute developed the first system to take digital cable television over copper telephone wires. During his tenure with mPhase, the company’s publicly traded stock rose from less than $1 to more than $20 in a period of less than three years. He then launched his own business, American Music Channel, the first Web site to play music videos online and currently one of the most robust music sites on the Internet, recently named by Business Tennessee magazine as one of the “HOT 100” emerging companies in the state, and named to the Nashville Post “Fast 50.”Mr. Willis received a J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1978, and was elected to The Order Of The Coif; the highest academic honor awarded to American law students. Previously he earned a B.S. in Business Administration, With Highest Honors, majoring in Economics, from the University of Tennessee. He also holds a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Wado Ryu Karate.

Listed skills include Entertainment, Television, Entrepreneurship, Start Ups, and 20 others.

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