Stephen Roloff

MEDIA EXECUTIVE AND INNOVATOR, CREATOR, PRODUCER Multi-disciplined professional providing creative, technological and business expertise to:

1) media development and production 2) business and product development and innovation

• 21+ years (15 as producer), crafting over 250 hours of prime time content

• 14 award wins & nominations incl. Emmy, Gemini, Ace and Broadcast Design

• Innovator in the application of emerging technologies to media production

• Strong leader who effectively motivates others to excellence

• Design, story and technological expertise setting high levels of production value

• Effective blend of solo work and powerful team contribution

• Visionary perspective on the evolution of the media, and emerging opportunities

• Seasoned, internationally connected entrepreneur with CEO level experience

VP Business Development, Namo Interactive Namo builds tools to author, distribute and read ePub3, ePub2, MOBI and Google RePub files, and assembles them into robust enterprise solutions for interactive multimedia publication - as a white label complement to iBooks, and Adobe/ Amazon.

Stephen is helping focus the business and product development strategies and introducing new International clients, allies and investors.

VP Business Development, Enabledware Conceived media industry applications for the company's advanced content management and delivery platform. Created visual branding, renamed products, and advanced new business strategies.

Film and Television Online and Digital Media • Producing • Venture entrepreneurship • Production Design • Product design & development • Writing • Product management • Creative development • Brand marketing • Visual Effects design • User experience design • Transmedia integration • Futurist/ media innovator

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

(888)793-8589 Toronto (415)793-3791 San Francisco stephenwr@me.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ MEDIA TECH

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Strategic Consultant, Stornoway Communications Prepared reports outlining strategic recommendations for the company and for its three channels, in the light of evolving media conditions. The reports proved prescient in the light of industry developments over subsequent years. Founder and CEO, Juicr LLC • Conceived and developed a groundbreaking online business exchange accelerating intellectual property development and project financing. • Raised angel round, hired top-tier team, built prototype and set high profile advisory and international strategic relationships. • Awarded CMF funding to version the site for Canadian media professionals. • Pivoted successfully, but venture ultimately derailed by 2008. IP development on hold.

Product Manager, Tickle Inc, a Monster Company • Designed, developed and managed an online social entrepreneurial initiative. • Successfully achieved the holy grail of viral growth among users.

Producer, Production Designer, Writer, Development Consultant Film and television, including over 250 hours of Prime Time content. Clients include: Alliance Atlantis, Paramount, Universal, Lucasfilm Television, BBC, IMAX, PBS, Syfy, CTV, CBC Productions include: Gene Roddenberry’s Earth, Tekwar, Foolproof, FX, Traders, L5, First City in Space, Maniac Mansion, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Heaven on Earth, Walking on Air, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town 14 award wins & nominations include Emmy, Gemini, Ace and Broadcast Design Awards * Best Television Series Best Production Design Best Title Sequence Best Visual Effects *Also pioneered several visual effects techniques, and produced the first series to shoot in HD. Founder, Radiant Mediaworks Film, television and online media

• Ongoing development of a branded suite of cross-platform media products. • 11 projects total, covering a range of genres and formats including drama, comedy,

animation, science fiction and historical fiction. Architectural & Engineering drafting and design

• Shore, Tilbe, Henschel, Irwin and Peters Architects and Engineers, Toronto • V.Consult Architects, Engineers, and Planners, Stuttgart, West Germany

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ FILM AND TELEVISION (condensed)

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Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario B.Sc., Engineering (Honors) Award: NATIONAL ENGINEERING THESIS COMPETITION: 2nd place in Canada Institute of Scenography Val Strazovec, director and chief instructor Advanced Diploma: Production design, film and television UC Berkeley Extension Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

MEMBERSHIPS DGC WGC Academy

LANGUAGES English, rusty French, and erratic German

PASSPORTS Canada, EU

ADVISOR NextMedia, NATPE++, Canadian Center for Advanced Film Studies - Two Years

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Academy of Canadian Film and Television - Three Years

CONFERENCES Banff, MIP, NATPE, RealScreen Summit, Siggraph, TIFF, VIFF, Always On, Supernova, NextMedia, IDC, Mobility Conference, Worldwatch Institute, Idea City, Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

WEBSITE PORTFOLIOS www.stephenroloff.com www.stephenroloff.prosite.com

EDUCATION

MISCELLANEOUS