Thom Kozik

Current

• Partner at Blueprint Digital Group

Past

• President at Wazap US
• President / CEO at ZipClips, Inc.
• Director, Communications Committee at Media, Entertainment, Technology Alliance

• Director, Business Development at Yahoo!
• EVP, Business Development / Co-Founder at All-Seeing Eye, Inc.
• Chief Operating Officer at Sorceron, Inc.
• EVP/GM at Wavo
• President & COO at MindShare Media
• Business Development Manager at Microsoft Corporation
• Program Manager at Microsoft Corporation
• Manager, Distribution Marketing at Microsoft Corporation
• Manager, Product Marketing at Microsoft Corporation / GTSI
• Product Manager at Ashton-Tate
• Intelligence Analyst at National Security Agency

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Education

• University of Maryland University College

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Thom Kozik’s Summary

Over 20 years experience in the internet and software industries, with firms including Yahoo!, Microsoft and Ashton-Tate. With experience across the board in; Business Development, M&A, Operations, Product Development, Marketing, and Sales -- I have successfully led start-ups and multi-national public companies alike.

Thom Kozik’s Specialties:

Competitive & Strategic analysis, General start-up financing & operations, software product design & management, sales management & operations

Thom Kozik’s Experience

• Partner

  Blueprint Digital Group

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  2008 — Present (less than a year)

  Blueprint Digital offers digital content fulfilment and strategic consulting services in the Media and Entertainment industry. Based in London and the US, Blueprint Digital enables content rights holders and retailers to develop strategies and implement technologies for the distribution of all entertainment content.
  
  Blueprint Digital's key client projects included launching the e-commerce component of Robbie Williams’ website, delivering a music audio and video e-commerce store for Sanity (Australia’s largest physical entertainment retailer), running an unsigned artist competition in conjunction with MSN, and selling a digital video store platform to a large US retailer.

• President

  Wazap US

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 5 months)

  Responsible for growing the US operations of the Internet's leading vertical search portal focused on Games and Gaming. Already the market leader internationally, Wazap provides gamers with the most comprehensive source of news and information available on all the hottest video games.

• President / CEO

  ZipClips, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years)

• Director, Communications Committee

  Media, Entertainment, Technology Alliance

  (Internet industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year)

  METAL is a leading Los Angeles area group of key executives within the Media, Entertainment and Technology industries. The group provides top-tier networking opportunities within the framework of ongoing debate of current issues, as well as social gatherings.

• Director, Business Development

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; YHOO; Online Media industry)

  September 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 3 months)

  Responsible for growing Yahoo!'s businesses in the Games industry.
  - P&L Responsibility
  - M & A opportunities
  - Strategic Partnerships
  - New content deals

• EVP, Business Development / Co-Founder

  All-Seeing Eye, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  April 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 6 months)

  Developers of the leading Game Server Browser.
  
  * Helped guide the growth of the product by its original developers in Finland, to an installed base of over 12 million gamers worldwide.
  
  * Negotiated and executed the sale of the company to Yahoo! in Sept., 2004.

• Chief Operating Officer

  Sorceron, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2000 — April 2003 (2 years 11 months)

  Sorceron developed a MPEG-4 media application server for dynamically assembling streaming rich-media on-demand. Responsible for fundraising, strategy, marketing, management of product development process, day-to-day operations.

• EVP/GM

  Wavo

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; wavo; Computer Networking industry)

  September 1998 — June 2000 (1 year 10 months)

  Responsible for management of the firm's Consumer products divisions, I helped develop strategic relationships Virgin Entertainment, as well managing our exclusive partnership with the PBS television network. In addition to financing & M&A activities during the last year of my tenure, I coordinated investor relations for the publicly held firm.

• President & COO

  MindShare Media

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1994 — August 1998 (4 years 8 months)

  Founded one of the earliest leaders in Internet development, creating the initial web businesses for Discovery Channel Online, DirecTV, and online promotions for Mission:Impossible for both Paramount Pictures and Apple Computer. Additional clients included Microsoft, NBA, MLB, Speedvision, Outdoor Life Network and O'Melveny & Myes.

• Business Development Manager

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; msft; Computer Software industry)

  April 1992 — January 1994 (1 year 10 months)

  Identified partnership opportunities for Microsoft's interactive televisions efforts with Hollywood and NY-based networks, studios and media companies. Managed the executive-level relationships between Microsoft and firms such as Disney, Discovery, Universal and others.

• Program Manager

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  September 1990 — April 1992 (1 year 8 months)

  Responsible for the integration of multimedia authoring capabilities into the Windows and Windows NT operating systems.

• Manager, Distribution Marketing

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  June 1989 — September 1990 (1 year 4 months)

  Developed the company's distribution plans and programs for the roll-out of Windows v3.0 to the marketplace. Worked with our largest distributors on sales and incentive programs to introduce the product, and build initial market acceptance.

• Manager, Product Marketing

  Microsoft Corporation / GTSI

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  August 1987 — June 1989 (1 year 11 months)

  Managed the $12MM of annual sales (1997 levels) of Microsoft software and hardware to the Federal Government, as well as state and local governments.

• Product Manager

  Ashton-Tate

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TATE; Computer Software industry)

  June 1984 — September 1987 (3 years 4 months)

  Starting as a Field Engineering Manager to the launch of dBASE III Plus, my career at Ashton-Tate was focused on the needs of the developer community, and incorporating their priorities into our product designs.

• Intelligence Analyst

  National Security Agency

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  1979 — 1982 (3 years)

Thom Kozik’s Education

• University of Maryland University College

  Computer Science 1979 — 1981

Additional Information

Thom Kozik’s Interests:

Adventure travel, Motorcycling, skiing

Thom Kozik’s Groups:

Media, Entertainment and Technology Alliance - Los Angeles, CA
Officer; Harley Owner's Group - Los Angeles Chapter

•    Executive Suite member
•    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group member

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