Jim Helfgott

Current

• Managing Director- Europe (based in Budapest, Hungary) at Sand Cherry Associates

Past

• Co-Chairperson at CTAM Europe- The Cable Marketing Association for Europe
• VP Sales and Marketing Central Europe at HBO
• SVP Sales and Marketing at Skyview World Media

• VP and GM at TKR Cable Company
• General Manager at Rollins Cablevision Rhode Island
• Marketing Director at RollinsCableVision

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Education

• Hofstra University

Recommended

9 people have recommended Jim

Connections

208 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Company
• CTAM Europe

Jim Helfgott’s Summary

Prior to joining Sand Cherry Associates to head up their European operations, Jim was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for HBO in Central Europe. There he was responsible for the HBO brand in Europe as well as the growth of HBO, Cinemax and other basic channels owned by HBO and its partners. He also was responsible for the launch of the HBO family of services in new countries throughout Europe.

Jim has over 25 years experience cable operations and marketing, satellite distribution, wireless telephone integration and program distribution. Exposure to these different pieces of the same industry has allowed Jim to bring a very broad perspective to his new position at Sand Cherry Associates. As a seasoned broadband professional, Jim will be able to support a wide variety of needs for clients in Europe. In addition, with over 5 years in the European market, he is well positioned to support the current and new clients of Sand Cherry Associates.

Jim has a BA in Communications from Hofstra University. He has served as one of the founding co-chairs of CTAM Europe and has been named one of the 50 most influential people in the industry by Cable and Satellite Magazine Europe. Jim continues to learn Hungarian (not an easy language) and enjoys golf (a lot) and skiing (still a novice).

Jim Helfgott’s Specialties:

•End-to-end business processes incl. contracts, product intros, marketing, sales, order processing, billing and cust care, budgeting, P&L
•International Experience
•Employee training, development and retention
•Team building and leadership
•Develop marketing programs to drive business and foster team focus
•Creative approaches to product marketing and sales
•Bus Dev and contract negotiations
•Public speaker - public, government and press incl. trade shows (US and Europe)

Jim Helfgott’s Experience

• Managing Director- Europe (based in Budapest, Hungary)

  Sand Cherry Associates

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

  December 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Sand Cherry Associates is the premier consultancy to the broadband industry. As Managing Director for the European business I am responsible for the expansion of the business in Europe including working with the largest MSOs and helping to develop new business segments. Other areas of focus include suppporting programmers looking to enter or expand in the European market.

• Co-Chairperson

  CTAM Europe- The Cable Marketing Association for Europe

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  September 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 1 month)

  Co-Founder and first Co-Chair of Marketing Association for Cable Industry in Europe

• VP Sales and Marketing Central Europe

  HBO

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  2001 — 2006 (5 years)

  HBO CE is the leading provider of premium programming to the region. A partnership of HBO, SONY Pictures International and Disney; HBO CE has a suite of premium channels, several core basic channels and handles 3rd party distribution for SONY.
  
  Responsibile for the core distribution, marketing and branding of the HBO channels and all consumer sales activities. HBO channels are distributed in 11 Countries in Central Europe and this position was responsible for offices in five countries.

• SVP Sales and Marketing

  Skyview World Media

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  August 1997 — January 2000 (2 years 6 months)

  Responsible for the marketing and distribution of 16 channels of programming focused on the various ethnic and foreign language speaking audiences in North America. SkyView World Media was the premier provider of this targeted programming at this time.

• VP and GM

  TKR Cable Company

  (Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  1987 — 1997 (10 years)

• General Manager

  Rollins Cablevision Rhode Island

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RCI; Telecommunications industry)

  1985 — 1986 (1 year)

• Marketing Director

  RollinsCableVision

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1982 — 1985 (3 years)

Jim Helfgott’s Education

• Hofstra University

  1975 — 1979

Additional Information

Jim Helfgott’s Websites:

• My Company
• CTAM Europe

Jim Helfgott’s Interests:

Golf, Skiing, Reading

Jim Helfgott’s Groups:

CTAM Europe, European Cable Marketing Association, CTAM New York

•    CTAM
•    Alumni of Hofstra University
•    Sand Cherry Associates
•    CTAM Europe
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    TV International

Jim Helfgott’s Honors:

Named one of the 50 most influential people in the industry by Cable and Satellite Magazine Europe, 2004
Founding Co-Chair of CTAM Europe, 2004
Recipient (with Chapter)of CTAM Chapter Innovator Award, 2004
Quality Service Award- Palisades Institute of Dominican College,1995
Human Resources Leadership Award-TKR Cable Company, 1996

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