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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

Adweek is the leading source of news and insight serving the brand marketing ecosystem. First published in 1979 and owned by Shamrock Capital since 2020, Adweek’s award-winning coverage reaches an engaged audience of professionals across platforms including print, digital, events, podcasts, newsletters, social media and mobile apps.

Santa Monica, California, Us

Wave Sports + Entertainment is a world-class sports and entertainment company that entertains modern day fans through content, products, and experiences. Through a portfolio of over 30 media brands, WSE reaches more than 500M Gen Z and Millennial sports fans on a monthly basis, with over 130 million followers that engage with our brands.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Landover, Md, Us

RB Media is the world's largest audiobooks publisher, with over 70,000 audiobook titles in its library, and publishes 8,000 new titles each year. The company is owned by H.I.G. Capital and Francisco Partners.

New York, Ny, Us

Major League Baseball Players, Inc is the for-profit corporate subsidiary of the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Chantilly, Va, Us

Santa Fe, Nm, Us

Meow Wolf is a leading arts and entertainment company creating large-scale and extraordinary immersive experiences in installations located in major cities across the U.S. www.meowwolf.com

New York, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

NASDAQ: PGRWU - Progress Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that targets companies in the media, entertainment and technology sectors, with an emphasis on attractive targets that fall in the digital ecosystem.

New York, New York, Us

TIME Studios is the Television and Film production division of TIME.

New Windsor, New York, Us

Led publicly traded Time Inc. during its transformation from the world’s leading print publisher, to one of the world's leading multi-media companies, culminating in the $2.8 billion sale of the company to Meredith Corp. in January 2018. Upon the sale, Time Inc. had a monthly global print audience of over 120 million, a monthly worldwide digital audience of 150 million visitors (top 10 in the U.S.), monthly video views of over 1 billion and a leading live events business, with fast growing businesses in television content, OTT, e-commerce, licensing and paid products and services.

Oversee Time Inc.'s U.S. portfolio of 22 leading multi-media brands, including PEOPLE, TIME, Sports Illustrated, Real Simple, InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine, Essence, People en Espanol, etc.

Oversaw entertainment and sports brands at Time Inc, comprised of PEOPLE, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, Golf, HelloGiggles, Fansided, SI for Kids and People en Espanol, as well as the company's centralized video division.

Studio City, California, Us

Mandalay Sports Media is a sports-focused content and media company that creates high quality and high volume programming in all formats for traditional and emerging media platforms, while also leveraging its capabilities and resources beyond content production to create, incubate and accelerate the growth of sports media assets and businesses. www.mandalaysportsmedia.com

Creating and investing in media properties, particularly in the digital and content arenas.

Sioux Falls, Sd, Us

LodgeNet (now Sonifi) is the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses. During my tenure, I successfully guided this publicly-traded company through a $400 million recapitalization plan and sale of the company to an investor syndicate led by Colony Capital.

New York, New York, Us

Oversaw a number of strategic initiatives across News Corp and Fox companies, particularly in television and digital - reported to the Deputy Chairman/President of News Corp.

Oversaw Fox's multi-billion dollar portfolio of national sports and entertainment cable networks including FX, Speed Channel, National Geographic Channel, Fox Reality Channel, Fuel TV, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, Fox Movie Channel and Big Ten Network.

As CEO of this publicly-traded company (part owned by Fox/Newscorp), Gemstar-TV Guide International (later named Rovi), I led its turnaround in which it revitalized TV Guide Magazine and TV Guide Network while greatly expanding its patent licensing and reach across digital media platforms, including the significant growth of TV Guide Online. I directed the successful $2.3 billion sale of the company to Macrovision in May 2008.

New York, Ny, Us

Century City, Ca, Ca, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Mba, General Management

Bsba, Finance - Cum Laude