Worldcast has developed an Internet software solution for worldwide interactive television to mass audiences. This will change the way the world watches television, bringing tremendous economic opportunities and consumer benefits.
Current Internet solutions, which all use unicast technology, do not scale, i.e., only a very limited number of customers can receive service simultaneously; therefore, there is no business model. Worldcast’s SMART (Secure Multipoint for Advanced Repeating of Telecommunications) technology overcomes these barriers.
| Management | Advisors/Consultants | ||
| Alan Bailey | CEO & CFO | Dan Tompkins | Special Finance Advisor |
| Ian Stewart | Founder, Chairman & CTO | Hugh Mendelsohn | Entertainment Industry Advisor |
| Greg Tennant | Chief Operating Officer | Claudia Johnson | Business Development Advisor |
| David Danford | Chief Marketing Officer | Skip Fredricks | Content Acquisition Consultant |
| John Levy | SVP, Business Affairs | ||
Alan Bailey, CEO & CFO
Alan Bailey has been a Senior Studio Executive with Paramount Pictures for 35 years. Most recently, Alan held the position of Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Paramount Pictures Corporation. He began his career with Paramount as the Financial Controller of Paramount Pictures International. Prior to joining Paramount, Alan was Vice President of Finance for Gulf & Western; Senior Audit Director of Ernst & Young; and, Senior Manager for Grant Thornton. In addition to his leadership roles as CEO and CFO for Worldcast, Mr. Bailey heads up Dynamic Media International, a new media entertainment company with three operating divisions: Dynamic Media Network, Dynamic Media Music and Dynamic Media Pictures.
Ian Stewart, Founder, Chairman & CTO
Ian is a genius visionary and inventor, and is Worldcast’s Thomas Edison. He is the inventor of Worldcast patented SMART and SIMPLE technologies and creator of business software on the ARPANET (the progenitor of the global Internet). Ian is truly a web software pioneer. Currently, he serves as chair of the research project "DP-DPO" (Discovery Protocol for the Directory of Persistent Objects) with members Vinton Cerf (known as the Father of the Internet), Paul Vixie and Dr. Kevin Almeroth. Internet software mavens including Stephen Deering, Dino Farinacci, and Deborah Estrin, founded a robust and able aspect of the web that became known as Multicasting. As founder and CTO of Worldcast, Ian has monumentally expanded the usefulness of their original work. Following nearly 15 years of development, Ian’s SMART technologies will revolutionize data transport on the entire Internet. Ian’s breakthroughs render point-to-multipoint IP transmission both secure and reliable, finally making this powerful technology universally Internet usable.
Greg Tennant, Chief Operating Officer
Greg brings over 20 years of leadership and management experience to his role as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he worked as a banking professional at Bank of America, as well as JPMorgan Chase. In addition, Greg worked as a regional manager for Downey Savings and Loan and as a real estate broker for Prudential. He has additional experience in the technology sector selling Cisco Systems networking hardware and services, as well as managing daily operations of software sales.
David Danford, Chief Marketing Officer
David brings over 25 years of experience in graphic design, advertising and marketing to the table and has worked with a broad range of consumer package goods, hi-tech and service companies. He was previously a senior partner at Danford.Madison.Sproul, and is the founder and President of Ram Design Group. David earned his BS degree at Southern Oregon University and completed his post-graduate studies at the Academy of Art in San Francisco.
John Levy, J.D., Senior Vice President, Business Affairs
John brings to Worldcast over 28 years of senior level business experience gained during his role as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. John's extremely successful business dealings drove countless multi-million dollar deals. To name just a few, he negotiated with author Dan Brown the rights for the production of The DaVinci Code. Further, he negotiated the contracts with all of the movie's main stars, including Tom Hanks, as well as the director, Ron Howard, and producer, Brian Grazer. John is credited with the purchase of the rights for the movie, Julie and Julia, as well as the negotiation of Meryl Streep’s acting contract. Additionally, John handled Will Smith’s acting and producing deals for the movies Pursuit of Happyness and Seven Pounds. John earned his B.A. from UCLA and attained his Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School.
Dan Tompkins, Special Finance Advisor
Dan Tompkins, Founder & Managing Partner of Novus Ventures, contributes senior-level experience in high-technology investing and industry financial management. His early career experience includes his role as a Product Manager at Fairchild Semiconductor and ten years as a CFO in three Silicon Valley technology start-ups. He began investing as an SVP of Wells Fargo Investment Company, with early investments in Intel, Rolm and Storage Technology, among others. He later managed DSC Ventures for the Ray Noorda family for six years prior to founding Novus. Dan earned his BA and BSEE from Rice University and his MBA from Stanford University.
Hugh Mendelsohn, Entertainment Industry Advisor
Hugh is an independent IT Consultant specializing in Entertainment. His clients include both major studios and boutique companies and during the past six years he has delivered complex, global solutions for content management and program distribution. Previously, Hugh was involved in the start-up of DreamWorks and led the IT groups responsible for the Features and Television business. He also served at Sony Pictures as the Director of Participations.
Claudia Johnson, Business Development Advisor
Claudia has a unique combination of both corporate and entrepreneurial experience growing organizations from one to 1000 employees. Her past experience includes: Group Vice President at Oracle, General Manager at Microsoft and Managing Director for BearingPoint a global management and technology consulting company.
Skip Fredricks, Content Acquisition Consultant
Skip heads up the Production Department for Dynamic Media International, works as Head of Content for Wizzard TV, and is the creator of WizzardX.TV. Skip founded the highly successful iClipx website and is an award winning Executive Producer and two-time Emmy Nominee.
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