Jim Mattix

Current

• Chairman at ISIS, LLC

Past

• Director, Program Management at GTE Spacenet Corp.
• Director of Marketing and Videoconference Svcs at Western Union Telegraph Company, Inc.
• Television Consultant at Self Employed

• Director of Production at WETA-TV
• General Manager at New Worlds Video, Inc.

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Education

• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Industry

Telecommunications

Jim Mattix’s Summary

BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
Experienced program management/business development executive with 20+ years’ experience in telecommunications and broadcast systems. Consistent leader and achiever, with a history of increasing responsibility and accomplishment, and successful Profit & Loss (P/L) management. Entrepreneurial, customer-oriented, skilled in every facet of business operations from product development through sales, contract negotiation and program/project management.

Founding Member and senior partner in a leading consultancy serving satellite programmers, operators, and users with management support. Emphasis is on satellite programming, educational & distance learning applications, technology marketing and management, and transponder management & brokerage.

Jim Mattix’s Experience

• Chairman

  ISIS, LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  November 1994 — Present (15 years 2 months)

  Small boutique consulting company specializing in satellite oriented activities in program, project and product management. Customers have included Public Broadcasting Service, Globecast, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Intelsat, SpectraRep, et. al.

• Director, Program Management

  GTE Spacenet Corp.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 1986 — October 1994 (8 years 5 months)

  Business unit general manager with overall P/L and program management responsibility for $100M revenue stream. Focused on established and emerging television/multimedia applications and associated satellite services, programs and products.

• Director of Marketing and Videoconference Svcs

  Western Union Telegraph Company, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

  October 1981 — May 1986 (4 years 8 months)

  Marketing & technology product management for Western Union's SCPC satellite services; Texas Video Microwave System; and videoconferencing services.

• Television Consultant

  Self Employed

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Media Production industry)

  June 1980 — September 1981 (1 year 4 months)

  Performed consulting studies and acted as freelance production manager for broadcast television and cable programs and series.

• Director of Production

  WETA-TV

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  November 1976 — May 1980 (3 years 7 months)

  Responsible for air traffic, crew scheduling, facilities scheduling, supervision of directors, lighting/staging unit, traffic group, announcers; contract negotiation for union labor positions; management of for-profit outside production activities.

• General Manager

  New Worlds Video, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)

  June 1973 — July 1976 (3 years 2 months)

  General management, sales, production activities for small production company offering remote TV facilities for broadcast, cable and closed circuit.