FYI 2007 Competition
Team
HeathCliff Rothman
Founder
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Kathi Sharpe-Ross
Founder/President, The Sharpe Alliance
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Barr Potter
CEO, MediaWide Consultants
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Jacquelyn MacDonald
Account Manager, The Sharpe Alliance
Dean Georgopoulos
Digital Cinema Consultant
Ion Valaskakis
As mobile media company Airborne Entertainment’s Vice–President of Licensing and Business Development, Ion Valaskakis leads their worldwide brand licensing and commercial activities. Prior to joining Airborne, Ion had global responsibility for the Media and Entertainment content strategy and acquisition at Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone company.
Ion specializes in licensing and managing mobile content developed from entertainment properties. At Airborne, he negotiated the company's contracts with Fox for their Family Guy animated TV series, Maxim Magazine, Marc Ecko and Speed TV among others. At Vodafone, he negotiated Vodafone's global mobile content partnerships with Warner Brothers, Walt Disney, Sony Pictures, and the multi-year agreement with the James Bond movie franchise.
Before moving to England, Ion worked for six years in Washington, DC, where he served as the Communications Director to two Members of the United States Congress.
Ion is a frequent speaker on mobile media and entertainment issues at panels and conferences across North America and Europe. He has served as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Mobile Entertainment Forum, a global trade organization representing the interests of the mobile entertainment community, and on the Executive Committee of the London Business School Media Alumni association.
Ion holds an MBA from London Business School, a Master Degree in political science from the University of Western Ontario (Canada) and a Bachelor's Degree from McGill University (Canada).
Ryan Cummings
Sarah Cummings
