James Green Resume - Sailing Ondine

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James Green. 501 Marin Street, #114. Thousand Oaks, CA. Tel: +1 (310) 896- 5404. [email protected]. Experience: Worldwide. Nov-10 - present.
James Green 501 Marin Street, #114 Thousand Oaks, CA Tel: +1 (310) 896-5404 [email protected]

Experience:

Worldwide Nov-10 - present

Captain, Sailing Vessel Ondine. Purchased a 55ft sailing Catamaran (Ondine) and fulfilled a life-long ambition of going sailing for a year (with the family) and crossing an ocean. Left from New York City in November 2010 and sailed to the Caribbean for the winter via Bermuda. Returned to Bermuda in and crossed the Atlantic via the Azores in May. Currently enroute to Greece. Personal blog: SailingOndine.com.

New York Jan-07 – Oct 10

CEO, Giant Realm, Inc. Giant Realm is an online advertising network targeting the M18-34 demographic through video game and entertainment communities. Raised $5.5 million from Comcast Interactive Capital, SoftBank Capital and the Edison Venture Fund in February 2008. Raised an additional $2 million of Venture Debt from Silicon Valley Bank in Sep 2008. Launched the company with 5 million uniques in November 2007 and grew that to 18 million in 2008 to 60 million in 2009 (22 million in the US). Revenue in the first full year of operations (2008) was $1.9 million and $4 million in 2009. According to comScore, in 2009 Giant Realm was ranked #3 (behind FOX:IGN and CBS:Gamespot) and was the fastest growing publisher in the Gaming Information Category. Giant Realm was sold to Burst Media in a private transaction in October 2009.

New York Jun 02 – Dec 06

CEO, PVI, Virtual Media Services, LLC. PVI is a provider of virtual advertising solutions to broadcasters, rights holders and advertisers. The company is most famous in the U.S. for the yellow first down line in football and the ads behind the batter in baseball. Reorganized the company including reducing yearly overhead expenses from $16 million to $7.5 million per annum. Took the company private by going through chapter 11 bankruptcy. Raised $8 million of financing from existing investors. Split the company in two (international + domestic) Sold the US operations to Cablevision and the international operations to Televisa in May 2005.

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New York Sep 00 – Apr 02

CEO, GiantBear Inc. GiantBear sold data solutions (WAP, SMS and Audio) to wireless carriers. Raised $25 million lead by First Union Capital Partners (now Pamlico Partners) in December 00. Reorganized the company replacing all senior management and reduced the burn from $2 million to $750K/month. Took the company from one client and $65,000 in revenue to 12 carriers (including Cingular Wireless/AT&T and Rogers/AT&T) with $3 million in revenue for 2001. Forecast revenue for 2002 was $14 million. Recipient of the Frost & Sullivan “Entrepreneurial Company of the Year” award. Sold the company to InfoSpace in a private transaction in Q1 2002.

New York Jan 00 -Sep 00

President, Technology Solutions, 24/7 Media Inc. 24/7 Media was broken into two halves: the 24/7 Media Network (ad sales) and 24/7 Media technology solutions, which was the unit responsible for building, marketing and selling all technology. The primary technology products were ad serving and e-mail delivery.

Los Angeles Mar 98 - Jan 00

President & CEO, Sabela Media. Bought 1/3 of this small Australian ad serving company and moved its headquarters to the US. Raised funding in a private placement and opened offices in Tokyo, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver (Canada), Chicago, New York, London, Paris, and Stockholm. Sold the company to 24/7 Media, Inc. for $70 million in January 2000.

The Walt Disney Company and related positions. San Francisco Head of Marketing, Pixar Animation Studios. Reporting directly Sep 97 - Mar 98 to Steve Jobs. Responsibilities included new business development as well as publicity (corporate & film), consumer products, liaison to Walt Disney, releasing short films, expanding the licensing program and Pixar’s web presence. Mission statement: “to make Pixar a household name”. Tokyo Feb 96 - Jul 97

General Manager, Buena Vista International (Japan). Moved to Japan to turn around the Japanese office. Responsible for the P&L and all operations. Reorganized the marketing department, doubled revenues, and erased an US$ 8 million loss in the first six months. Took Japan from the #5 territory to the #2 territory for BVI (aprx $100 million in revenue per annum).

Hong Kong Dec 94 - Feb 96 & Tokyo Apr 94 - Dec 94

Vice-President, Finance and Operations, Buena Vista International (Asia/Pacific). Relocated to Asia to manage all financial and administrative aspects of BVI’s Asian offices. Responsible for proposing and subsequently setting up the Hong Kong regional office as well as new operations in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Munich Jun 93 - Apr 94

Director of Finance and Administration, Buena Vista International (Germany) GmbH. Chief Financial Officer of the German, Austrian and Swiss subsidiaries. Responsible for ensuring overall profitability of the divisions.

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Paris Jun 92 – Jun 93 & Los Angeles Dec 90 – Jun 92

Senior Business Planner, Buena Vista International. Set up European offices and infrastructure (all offices became operational between Nov 92 and Jan 93). Developed and implemented pan-European theatrical distribution system. Wrote business plan to set up international theatrical selfdistribution offices. Evaluated market potential and made recommendations for all negative pick-ups in international territories and markets (theatrical, video, pay TV and TV).

Other Experience New York General Manager, InterVision, DD Distribution & CareerVision. Dec 88 - Dec 90 Started and managed three subsidiaries (television news production, video distribution, and educational publishing) for Kinnevik AB. Hired staff, created and implemented marketing and promotion plans, responsible for all operations. Reported directly to President and CEO.

Education:

Los Angeles Jun 88 - Dec 88

Consultant, Lancit Media (a family owned TV production company). Restructured the company to match a three-fold growth in sales. (The company subsequently went public in 1991.)

London & NY Jun 87 - Sep 87

Summer Associate, Goldman Sachs. Traded foreign exchange for a net profit of one million dollars.

Montreal Jan 83 - Jun 86

Owner/President, The Mobile Unit. Founded a special event production company. Company was sold in June ʹ′86.

Los Angeles June 1988

MBA, UCLA Andersen Graduate School of Management. Concentration: Finance.

Montreal June 1986

B. Music, McGill University. Major: Students’ Society of McGill University.

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Additional Information:

Dual citizen of the UK and Canada, Green Card in the US and working visa for Australia. Conversational French. Avid squash player, skier and sailor.

References:

Available upon request.