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Watertown, NY, US

Watertown, NY, US

✔ Direct day-to-day operations of WPBS, including programming, marketing, sales, technical operations, production and educational services. Build, motivate and mentor an outstanding professional team.✔ Report directly to a 16-member volunteer Board of Trustees. Co-chair Community Advisory Board and Community Education Council.✔ Represent WPBS and nurture.

Toronto, ON, CA

✔ Led management team and business operations - finance, administration, marketing, talent management, IT services, legal and business affairs ✔ Implemented strategies for growth and new revenue-generating initiatives. Intensified and expanded digital advertising (Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, Google).✔ Deepened existing partnerships and and built new ones.

Toronto, ON, CA

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

✔ Steered the December 2013 launch of CTV Life Channel (formerly Gusto TV) as an independent pay TV channel and cross-platform digital content hub, focused in the food and lifestyle genre. Gusto TV attained 2 m subscriber homes at launch - virtually unheard of for a new independent specialty channel.✔ Positioned the channel to compete effectively and.

✔ Propelled early stage growth of this digital/social media consulting company through talent recruitment and effective negotiation and relationship-building with customers and suppliers.✔ Developed and authored business plans, research reports, social media marketing strategies, budgets, proposals and client presentations.✔ Contributed to growth of online.

✔ Founded my own consultancy to provide strategic advice and management services to broadcasters, content production/distribution companies and not-for-profit organizations✔ Prepared regulatory applications (TV and radio) and business plans. Successfully obtained licenses for startup MVPD (BDU) services and pay TV channels.✔ Spokeperson at regulatory.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

VisionTV was acquired by publicly traded broadcast/media company Zoomer Media (CVE:ZUM) in June 2010. Through the ownership change, I continued in the same dual role which I held at VisionTV (see below) as COO and Head of Programming/Content, establishing the television division as Zoomer Media's leading profit centre.

CA

✔ Spurred growth in annual revenues from $14m in 2001 to $35m by 2010. Engineered turnaround from loss-making charitable organization to diversified, profitable takeover target with multiple subsidiaries and TV networks. ✔ Oversaw day to day operations including advertising/paid program sales, legal, regulatory and business affairs.

CA

✔ Pioneered startup of new division responsible for all revenue generating activity (affiliate relations, advertising sales, paid programming, content sales). ✔ As General Manager, successfully launched OneTV, Canada's only 24-hour fitness, yoga and healthy living channel carried on all major cable, satellite and telco systems across Canada.

✔ Member of Board of Directors of this television and feature film production/distribution company. Guided day-to-day operations, affiliate companies, legal and business affairs and corporate development.✔ Drove revenues from approximately $10m in 1998 to $50m in 2000.✔ Reinforced corporate growth through founding of international television program sales.

✔ Chief Executive of this provincial funding agency and film commission, reporting directly to 11 member volunteer Board made up of production industry, broadcaster and government representatives. Dealt directly with senior officials and politicians at the federal, provincial and municipal level. ✔ Grew annual production activity in the province from $7.

Toronto, ON, CA

✔ Negotiated all pre sales and acquisitions from distributors and independent producers for this public broadcaster with an annual programming budget of approximately $20m. ✔ Developed and presented sponsorship proposals with major corporate and federal/provincial government partners, structuring approximately $5m in deals. ✔ Oversaw scheduling of internal.

Toronto, ON, CA

✔ Managed logistical and technical needs of television series productions (documentaries, children's, current affairs programming).✔ Achieved cost savings on facilities, locations, equipment and crew.✔ Provided management and business support to the launch of La Chaine Francaise (now TFO).✔ Scheduled and budgeted productions and monitored/managed.

Toronto, ON, CA

✔ supervised administrative services (facilities, print shop, shipping/receiving, switchboard, office equipment and IT support), controlling costs while supporting rapid growth of the organization which scaled up to 600+ employees during my tenure. Guided multiple renovations/office moves.✔ participated in collective bargaining as member of the management.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Major In Marketing

Executive Program, Sales Management

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Film And Tv Production

English, Film Studies

Jefferson Leadership Institute