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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Responsible for global content acquisition and partnerships for the leading FAST, AVOD and e-commerce platform Dooya TV, expanding its live streaming offering on premium OTT and digital outlets as well as catalog depth and product innovation.

Ny, Us

*Marketing, PR, Partnership, Affiliate and Branding Executive for TrillerTV, the premier global platform for sports and entertainment, via Pay Per View, subscription and free viewing options. This year we added to our combat sports expertise, new verticals: football, soccer, rugby, motorsports, tennis, films, basketball, scripted series, music, pickleball, comedy and more to the platform.*1000+ live and VOD streaming events per year*8M+ registered users*Robust Affiliate Program powered by CJ*Free linear FAST channel on major OTT platforms: FITE by Triller 24/7*Part of the Triller suite of companies.*Popular SVOD packages including: TrillerTV+ and AEW Plus*AI-powered Sports Newsfeed for the latest headlines *Device agnostic digital viewing via online, iPhone & Android mobile apps, Roku, Android TV, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Chromecast, XBox, PlayStation, Xfinity 1, Xfinity Flex, Altice/Optimum, Cox Contour, Shaw Communications, Netrange, Hisense/Vidaa, Vizio SmartCast, VEWD, LG, Samsung, Netgem TV, Zeasn, Huawei Mobile, Foxxum, TiVo, Virgin Media and casting access to more than 7,000 Smart TV models. More expansion news coming soon!*See us also OOH on Loop Media, GlewedTV, Atmosphere TV, Sports.TV, The Roku Channel, Sports Tribal and more.#TrillerTV#LiveSportsAndEntertainment#ItsOn

Grand Cayman , Grand Cayman , Ky

*Spearheaded a new global entrant into the combat sports landscape called KARATE COMBAT, ideating with the founders the brand and value proposition, Karate.com website and apps and its extensive distribution network, marketing, social growth, media, partnerships, blogs, fighter engagement, contests, and league expansion.*KARATE COMBAT is a premier professional combat sports league revitalizing the martial art of karate. With over 100 of the world's top karate fighters representing a diverse roster, Karate Combat offers Full Contact events from exotic locales around the world. Using its patent-pending Pit arena, fighters compete using rules and rewards calibrated to encourage continuous action, presented with Hollywood production quality and its core values of honor and respect. For more information go to www.karate.com.*Oversaw the Marketing, Distribution, PR, Social Media, Digital Advertising and Promotional teams. Main Point of Contact for the Marketing AOR and procurement/management of brand ambassadors and celebrity talent.

London, Gb

*Named Chief Content Officer of FOTV Media Networks Inc. which oversaw FilmOn.TV Networks Inc., FOTV and Board Member.*Acquired digital, broadcast, radio, podcast, PPV & independent programming for FilmOn's global digital/ OTT platform, offering live streaming networks and VOD offerings in HD for online, mobile, tablet and OTT devices for subscription and ad-based offerings. Grew from minimal content to more than 1,000 channels and over 100,000 on demand titles.*CEO direct report with direct oversight of the FilmOn Content Ops and Master Control teams with dotted line reports in marketing, biz development, and production.*Owner of company's OTT/Smart TV/Satellite and app distribution, partnership and business development strategies including sourced deals with Roku, Lenovo, Sharp, Hisense, Opera/VEWD, Dish and more.*Worked with the PR Lead and the social media group on marketing strategies to promote unique content offerings.*Developed outside partnerships, business development and digital synergies with like-minded new media visionaries.*Drafted and executed all Programming contracts, NDAs, and syndication deals.*Executed deals for the FilmOn-owned library and other licensed assets with best in class syndicators like TV4, China Mobile and Kinonation.*Attended FCC meetings in Washington DC with CEO and legal team regarding vMVPD platforms and viability.*Oversaw 24/7 programming for the FOTV Network. The channel was initially on KILM-TV64 from 2012-2013 in L.A. to 5.6mm+ households. European distribution was added to Sky UK ch. 237 and Freesat ch. 410 from Nov. 2013-June 2016. FOTV was available nationally on FilmOn.com/FOTV apps as well as on Dish Network in L.A., Las Vegas, Miami and Atlanta through 2017.*Key member of the Executive Team charged with designing innovative strategies, integration and synergies amongst and with all of the companies under the umbrella group: OVGuide, Cinema Now, FilmOn, FOTV, Mondo Tunes and Hologram USA.

El Segundo, Ca, Us

*Oversaw national marketing and communications strategies for NASCAR HotPass, The 101 Network and our new 3D channels, Common Sense Media, as well as assignment of national GRPs for the company's TV commercials and more than 14mm newsletters in customer bills each month.*Managed DIRECTV's online focus group: created quantitative and qualitative content and projects with the business owners, online activities and weekly member communications and calendars, internal promotion, executive overviews and external recruitment, facilitation of live chat sessions, polls, analyze reports and data collected.*Managed quarterly call center training modules, content creation, agent incentives and all related metric reporting. *Facilitated cross functional task forces as needed for contract negotiations, process improvements, pricing and packaging changes, and MDU conversion activities.*Placement and execution of national tactics and strategies that supported company's customer goals for increased customer loyalty and customer satisfaction.*Selected defined competitive customer segments to target and designed/mailed monthly DIRECTV benefits brochures to mitigate churn.*Managed marketing of DIRECTV's TV Apps product which offers more than 40 interactive widgets accessed on any channel: sports scores and teams, weather, webcams, horoscopes, photos, social media feeds and more.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Led research and development of company's business model by creating marketing, distribution, branding, and publicity plans aimed at women 30+ with original HD web series programming.* Created/authored company's SheTeeVee blog and social media on Google, MySpace, Facebook. Oversaw corporate and micro-site website strategy, vendor selection and redesign.* Managed the Biz Dev process and vendors from RFP to commercialization. Oversaw competitive positioning, CRM, SEO/SEM, SWOT and analytics.* Devised and directed solutions for advertising, product integration, e-commerce, sponsorship and NTR models. * Created strategies and tactical deployment, partnerships and content re-purposing and viral marketing plans. * Designed and facilitated all digital distribution and syndication plans and negotiated/closed more than 25 distribution contracts for the company via broadband, mobile, cable, IPTV, EST, game console, VOD and connected-device platforms.

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Responsible for national affiliate relations, marketing, E/I programming and broadcast standards, OTA, satellite and cable retransmission launches, and e-commerce initiatives serving up to 90 broadcast television affiliates carrying the world's first and only all digital, all music television network. Using the newest technology of multicasting, The TUBE Music Network was available free over-the-air to homes with an ATSC tuner, via HD DBS platforms and on digital cable television.Oversaw and managed more than 65 OTA and digital cable launches growing total TV household reach from 2 to 17 million cable homes, with more than 40mm homes passed. Directed marketing asset creation, affiliate website and e-newsletters, research studies, new media campaigns, marketing collateral and viral marketing initiatives with client liaison at all levels. Monitored technical issues and contract adherence, TV spot make-goods, and ensured client retention and satisfaction. CEO direct report to the legendary Les Garland, co-founder of MTV and Vh-1 in this revolutionary music TV start-up venture.

El Segundo, Ca, Us

Oversaw PPV Marketing department with $500M P&L responsibility: PPV movies, events, adult and subscription and niche product. Business manager of the DIRECTV FREEVIEW concert series including the historic U2 Month on DIRECTV in 2001 with VH-1 and Best Buy. Marketing point person for the multi-year DIRECTV/BLOCKBUSTER PPV relationship. Launched the online ordering of PPV on DIRECTV.com and created a weekly PPV Email newsletter sent to 1M customers with the best open rate and lowest unsubscribe rate than any other program at the company. Launched DIRECTV's Relationship Marketing department serving as Director and oversaw DIRECTV's national outbound telemarketing business. Managed annual budgets up to $30M and participated in extensive research studies, national focus groups and post-mortem campaign analyses. Active member of a team that developed next generation TiVo/DVR, HD, interactive and VOD set top functionality and business plans.

With 33 cable MSOs in the greater southern California DMA, a need arose for a way to effectively promote PPV movies and events as well as new cable products being launched in the marketplace. I am a proud co-founder and the Co-op's first President for 2 consecutive years of this 501c Non-Profit Corporation which aggregated member dues to buy radio, TV, online, print and outdoor media. I executed exclusive category-specific promotions with companies such as Jiffy Lube, Raging Waters, Playboy, Universal Studios Hollywood, Bally Total Fitness, the California Angels and more. The co-op had a 100% participation rate by the operators as well as support from all of the major movie studios, sports and event providers. The result: industry-leading PPV buy rates and vastly improved customer retention for all members. This prompt made me choose ‘self-employed’ but this role was actually in addition to my full-time job!

Adelphia Regional New Product Manager for Digital Cable, PPV/VOD, Long Distance Phone/Telephony, Broadband Internet and Paging business lines for the L.A. Market, managing the supervisors in each category. Designed/launched/ran the PPV ordering website for the company. Management of the L.A. Times/TV Times relationship plus facilitation of monthly cable acquisition and upgrade marketing campaigns. Created promotions, sweepstakes, added-value offers and all related collateral. Reduced costs and improved department efficiency. Task force leadership participation in Hispanic Marketing, Integrated Marketing and PR, competitive intelligence and retail/ad sales partnerships

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Managed all sales and marketing activities for TCI southern California and Arizona properties. Created annual budgets and marketing campaigns. Trafficked all cross channel spots for the region and purchased radio, print and outdoor media buys and tie-ins. Managed employees in MDU/Commercial sales. Administered charity tie-ins and community/civic/school campaigns. Won major awards from SET, TVKO, Request PPV, Playboy, UFC, CTAM. Co-hosted and wrote/produced the popular Cable Interactive Live show which was broadcast throughout the L.A. cable region for 5 years.

Top outbound telephone salesperson, promoted to Lead and Supervisor.

This was the corporate office for the Los Angeles cable franchise that is now the Spectrum footprint. Oversaw 9 employees in the design, drafting, and postwire contruction department serving the Greater L.A. area. Responsible for MDU and commercial design blueprints, QC and construction contractors for the company. Liaison with the DOT City of L.A. One of 4 CATV engineering designers for the City of Bellflower, the CNN office feed and the iconic Bonaventure Hotel in DTLA.

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