The Producer for the show is an accomplished television and film producer/director. He has produced more than 250 half-hour episodes of television (more than most Hollywood producers). He is the creator of the nation's first television real estate show, Home Showcase , (an infomercial before the term was coined) and he is also the creator of the nation's first interactive dating show for broadcast television ( Cupid's Camera ). He has created and developed numerous projects for broadcast and the screen, including documentaries, sci-fi action adventures, game shows, a kids show, and a Christmas Special. His clients have included companies such as Domino's Pizza, McDonald's, Quaker Oats, Brookstone, General Electric, Litton, Sprint, Compaq, Sears, Columbia, A&M Records, Time Warner, and Viacom.
The managing partner has been an entrepreneur for over 25 years. He was Founder and CEO of an electronics distribution company that worked with plastic fabrication companies for 15 years. He was also part owner of a equipment manufacturer with over 200 people that built and sold combustion equipment worldwide. He set up worldwide distribution and manufacturing contracts with companies like Monsanto and Durr Environmental for their worldwide offices. He has over 20 years of marketing and advertising experience with all of his companies. He is also a speaker for the Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization that has over 400 member universities. His lecture topics include entrepreneurship and validating visions.
Our Project Manager is a , PhD graduate of Rheinisch Westfaelische University in Bonn, Germany, she has over 20 years of marketing expertise in the European market. She started in product management with Henkel, one of the world's oldest and most successful brand manufacturers. There she held various national and international positions, including managing market leading brands and developing new market leaders.
She has profound experience in planning, implementing and controlling all marketing activities for new and existing products. She had done it all - market research, market entry analysis, market strategies, pricing, packaging, package design, communication development for TV, print, and audio, sales promotion, media planning and budget/profit control.
She is a former lecturer of international marketing and integrated marketing communications at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University), UCF (University of Central Florida) and Rollins College and is the former president of a small advertising agency. She is an active volunteer at SCORE, The Counselors to America's Small Business. |
