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Airbourne broadband provider Row 44 has closed a financing round of over $21m, led by Boston-based firm PAR Capital Management. Row 44 is scheduled to perform commercial trials with Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines in North America summer 2008.
Surge!Media's integrated technology facilitates secure digital content distribution to multimedia devices. Formulation and implementation of sales strategy, marketing, PR and budget Representation of company at trade shows and industry events
· Develop technology enabling Telecom customers greater control over the wireless devices and applications they use, such as e-mail, downloading and picture-sharing
· Airbourne broadband provider Row 44 has closed a financing round of over $21m, led by Boston-based firm PAR Capital Management. Row 44 is scheduled to perform commercial trials with Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines in North America summer 2008. www.row44.com
NBC Universal Foreign Theatrical Distribution system. Sr. Business Analyst. Update AS 400s with JD Edwards to SAP. Maximized existing and newly formed relationships with motion picture post-production and distribution executives at Paramount, NBC Universal, DreamWorks and UIP
Props On Tops. Sales Consultant. Mobile advertising that people cannot ignore… and goes where people are. www.propsontops.com

Recommendation by John Guidon, Founder of Row 44 and Founder and CEO of ComCore Semiconductor, sold to National Semiconductor for $150 million.
“Antony is a self-motivated, creative, results-oriented professional, with a wonderful grip of the big picture of the world of modern media. His ability to understand and convey the tradeoffs and benefits afforded by competing approaches is second to none. I would not hesitate to recommend him.”

· Developed and managed strategic master plan for phase-by-phase implementation
· P&L responsibilities of 4 digital storage and distribution systems. Budget $23 million.
· Responsible for Digital Asset Management, Digital Rights Management, Storage, Digital
Distribution, Back-up / Recovery.
· Conducted business analysis and presentations at all levels within the organization to articulate the vision, technology, and staffing requirements, thus building consensus among stakeholders.
· Managed time-line, capital expenditure, and operating budgets
· Negotiated complex licensing agreements and maintenance contracts with IBM Global Services, Virage, Informix, Sun Microsystems, EMC, Sony, gedas.

EDS Media and Entertainment Practice Head. EDS Digital Studios. VP Business Development and Sales, project management and P&L responsibilities Increased revenue from $20m to $31m. $11m content management project at Universal Studios that enables inter-departmental collaboration for movie trailers, photos and print advertising $2 million DVD authoring work outsourced from Hollywood Studios $6 million+ outsource to digitally restore Disney Classics Collection (Bambi, Mary Poppins, Dumbo, Lady and the Tramp, and Fantasia) Clients include ABC, MTV, Disney, MGM, Universal, Paramount, Fox, Sony.
· Increased revenue from $20m to $31m
· Maintained and enhanced relationships with key customers
· Utilized industry contacts to initiate new relationships for EDS
· Provided clear direction and motivation to sales team of 7 in Los Angeles and 3 in San Francisco
· Clients included: ABC, MTV, Disney, MGM, Universal, Paramount, Fox, Sony,
· Developed and implemented sales strategies for EDS in media and entertainment.
· Formulated and implemented road shows for EDS' Media Vault.
· Strengthened EDS core business and developed new lines of business:
(Encoding, DVD authoring, film restoration of the Disney Classics Collection)
· Developed and implemented strategies for applying EDS technology to re-purpose content for VOD, games, Internet and wireless
· Sales, project management and P&L responsibilities:
$2 million DVD encoding and authoring outsourced to EDS from Paramount, MGM,
Universal, Warner Bros. and Fox
$6 million+ outsourcing contract to digitize and restore Disney Classics Collection
(Bambi, Mary Poppins, Dumbo, Lady and the Tramp and Fantasia)
$11million MediaVault (DAM) installation for Universal Studios that enables inter- departmental collaboration for movie trailers, photos, and print advertising.

· Accomplished track record producing content, including television events, concerts, documentaries, commercials, and music videos. Sales, project management and P&L responsibilities of revenues of $6m per year.
· Clients include Vivendi, EMI, Universal/MCA, Sega, Motown, MTV, Amnesty International and Rodale Press.
· Produced TV concerts for Amnesty International that feature The Dalai Lama, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, Alanis Morissette, Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Coldplay, Shania Twain, Beth Orton and Mos Def. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma5a6zmyjDE
· Wrote and produced direct response advertising to drive e-commerce opportunities for Sega, Universal/ MCA, Rodale Press and Motown Records
· Produced "Motown Oral Histories,” 120 hours of interviews with Motown legends
· Produced "B.B. King, The Blues Summit," winner of the Cable Ace Award for Best Performing Arts Special
· Award winning music videos including: "Losing My Religion" by REM www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQeSIkw3X0