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Experienced, entrepreneurial executive providing strategic, financial and operational consulting in the media and entertainment industries, including specialties in:- business development;- sales representation services for international companies;- program and movie financing including international co-productions; - international program distribution; - identifying new properties for TV and other media; and - business management.

Co-founder/COO of PorchLight Entertainment, a leading independent supplier of quality family entertainment to worldwide audiences. Instrumental in developing the company from a production company when founded in 1995 to an integrated entertainment company including Animation and Live-Action Production, Worldwide Program Distribution, L&M and Digital Media. Instrumental in assembling the financing and co-production partners to fund and produce PorchLight's series and movies and/or acquisition of distribution rights to over $500 million of programming including 1,500 episodes and 200 movies.While at PorchLight, co-founded and Board Member of GenMouse, Inc., which developed two on-line businesses for kids: KidMango.com, a broadband entertainment site for kids 2 - 11 offering cartoons, movies, videos, games, music and comics; and KidVideos, a "You Tube for Kids" site featuring short videos and programming created by or for kids.Executive Producer of 300 animated series episodes, 15 animated movies and direct-to-video programs and 40 live action movies, including the following: 1. Tutenstein; Discovery Kids and NBC2. Tutenstein, Clash of the Pharoahs; Discovery Kids3.. Secret Saturdays; Cartoon Network4. Jay Jay the Jet Plane; PBS5. Four Eyes; France 36 Jet Cat; Nickelodeon (Kablam)7. The Night Before Christmas; A Mouse Tale;Cartoon Network8. The Haunted Pumkin of Sleepy Hollow; Cartoon Network 9. A Dinosaur Christmas; Cartoon Network10. A Martian Christmas; Cartoon Network11. Leapfrog’s A Tad of Christmas Cheer12. . A Christmas Carol13. Classic Children’s TalesLive Action Movies 1. The Brainiacs; Disney Premiere Movie2. The Trial of Old Drum; Animal Planet3. Treehouse Hostage; Disney Premiere Movie4. The Family Holidays; Lifetime5. Stragner in Town; Showtime6. Wild Grizzly7. Lightning, Fire from the Sky

Responsible for business development for this NASDAQ-listed, $200 million-revenue communications and entertainment company which owned radio stations and entertainment companies including Hanna-Barbera Productions, Worldivsion Enterprises (program distribution) and Hamilton Projects (licensing and merchandising).

Responsible for corporate and business development, acquisitions, strategic and tactical planning for this NYSE-listed diversified broadcasting, cable, entertainment and theme park operator with over $500 million in annual revenues.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

Mba Studies