Entrepreneur and Executive Producer
Greater New York City Area
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- Exclusive US Representative at DanishCandles.com
- President & Chief Executive Officer at Entertainment Drive
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- Executive Producer, Information Provider at CompuServe
- Producer at AOL
- American Artistic Coordinator at The Chautauqua Institution-Eisenhower Institute's "Journey in Open Diplomacy"
- Creator/Anchor, Kidcast at KAMR-TV 4, Amarillo, Texas
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Michael Bolanos’s Summary
Entertainment Drive® is the exclusive US representative for award winning Danish Candles from Blindkilde, website is at www.DanishCandles.com; the US Patent Pending and EU Patented Danish Candles use stainless steel sticks and glass oil lamps for a unique and innovative atmosphere. If you'd like to see the Danish Candles or hosting an event that would benefit from their presence please let me know.
eDrive joined forces with CBS Meteorologist Bryan Norcross to form Hurricane Enterprises LLC to market and promote Hurricane Almanac, Bryan's book from St. Martin's Press. www.HurricaneAlmanac.com contains vital information and preparedness products and is open to new ideas and partnerships.
eDrive created and produced Official Websites for celebrities including Cindy Crawford, Daisy Fuentes, Marilu Henner, Richard Simmons and Britney Spears.
Prior to launching eDrive, Michael was active internationally in entertainment as a manager, producer, director and performer. CompuServe tapped Bolanos as Entertainment Consultant for the H&R Block-owned service. Beginning in 1994, eDrive attracted over 1 million members and was 1st to offer digitized entertainment from Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. and over 100 other media companies. The William Morris Agency acquired an equity minority interest in eDrive, as did CompuServe.
eDrive's CyberStudio was 1st to introduce celebrities including Tom Hanks, Mick Jagger, Jenny McCarthy, and Sylvester Stallone live online. eDrive was 1st to present live backstage online coverage backstage at the Oscars®, the Daytime, Sports and Primetime Emmys® and the Tony® Awards.
Michael was on the Board of the Friends of the American Theatre Wing, and helped to bring the Artists Rights Foundation, ASCAP, and the first Muscular Dystrophy Telethon online. More information is at www.MichaelBolanos.com.
Michael Bolanos’s Specialties:
Michael Bolanos is President & Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment Drive®, "Your Backstage Pass to Entertainment,®" an award-winning production company that creates and manages online communities around entertainment properties and personalities. An innovator and a showman, Michael Bolanos was one of the first to envision the potential of combining new media technology with entertainment, and with an amazing team created and creates some of the industry's most successful productions.
Michael Bolanos’s Experience
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Exclusive US Representative
DanishCandles.com
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Entertainment Drive is the exclusive US representative for Blindkilde of Copenhagen, Denmark. Blindkilde is an innovative design company. Based on the modern home, they develop and produce home accessories that are beautiful to look at and add a unique atmosphere. Blindkilde works with a number of innovative Danish designers, who continuously challenge the familiar and seek pioneering solutions in order to make their mark on current design and who always aim for the very best – with regard to form, functionality and quality.
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President & Chief Executive Officer
Entertainment Drive
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
November 1993 — Present (14 years 11 months)
Entertainment Drive®, "Your Backstage Pass to Entertainment®", is an award-winning production company that creates and manages online communities around entertainment properties and personalities, executive produces television programming, theatrical and live events, and consults internationally on technology, new media and entertainment.
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Executive Producer, Information Provider
CompuServe
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CSRV; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 2000 (6 years)
As one of CompuServe's leading information providers, Entertainment Drive was featured on CNN, Fox News, in the New York Times, on the cover of PC Magazine, in Yahoo! Internet Life and named one of the "12 Great Online Areas" by Compute Magazine. eDrive attracted more than one million members and was first to offer digitized entertainment from Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. and over 100 other media companies. eDrive was first to present live, backstage online coverage backstage of the Oscars® (with Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith), the Daytime, Sports and Primetime Emmys® and the Tony® Awards. Other eDrive productions include yDrive.com for young people, eDrive Japan on NIFTY Serve in Japanese, eDrive Latin America on StarMedia in 12 languages, and Tapehead.com for independent films.
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Producer
AOL
(Public Company; Entertainment industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years)
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American Artistic Coordinator
The Chautauqua Institution-Eisenhower Institute's "Journey in Open Diplomacy"
(Entertainment industry)
1986 — 1987 (1 year)
The "Journey in Open Diplomacy" brought 260 American diplomats, artists and citizens to the Soviet Union for first-ever "people to people" exchanges.
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Creator/Anchor, Kidcast
KAMR-TV 4, Amarillo, Texas
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1976 — 1977 (1 year)
In 1976, at age 11, Michael created and anchored "Kidcast," one of the first TV news features for kids, on NBC affiliate KAMR-TV in Amarillo, Texas. Thanks to News Director and Anchorman Ben Boyett, Michael and "Kidcast" were pioneers for youth journalism with Christopher Glenn's "In The News" for CBS.
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Michael Bolanos’s Honors:
Michael was named one of NY Magazine's "Cyber 60" and as a "CyberStar" by Newsweek. Michael and eDrive were honored as Innovators by the Smithsonian Computerworld Awards. Michael received his first US Patent for the "eDrive Movie Viewer" in 1998. Michael is listed in multiple versions of Marquis Who's Who In the World®, America®, Finance and Industry®, and Media and Communications®. He lectures on New Media frequently, including at Yale University. More information is at MichaelBolanos.com.
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