Very impressive leadership involved in this company.
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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The following table sets forth the names and positions of our executive officers and directors. Directors will be elected at our annual meeting of stockholders and serve for one year or until their successors are elected and qualify. Officers are elected by the Board and their terms of office are, except to the extent governed by employment contract, at the discretion of the Board.
Name Age Position Director Since
Mark Bradley 53 Chief Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Chairman 1993
Michael Berk 69 President of Programming and Director 2000
Brett Pojunis 36 Director 2016
Mark Bradley founded the Company and has been its Chief Executive Officer and a director since 1993, and became its principal financial officer in 2004. Mr. Bradley was a staff producer/director at United Artists where he produced original programming and television commercials. In 1985 he created the Real Estate Broadcast Network that was the first 24-hour real estate channel. In 1993 he founded Players Network. Mr. Bradley is a graduate of the Producers Program at the University of California Los Angeles. Under his direction, Players Network became the first user of a digital broadcast system for television programming and the first private label gaming network. Mr. Bradley pioneered, developed and executive produced the production of Players Network’s unique gaming-centric programming. Mr. Bradley graduated from the UCLA producer’s program and became a producer/director at United Artists, where he produced original programming, television commercials, multi-camera music videos, live-to-tape sports and a variety show and was studio manager and postproduction supervisor with United Cable Television in Los Angeles. In this capacity he engaged in the production, packaging and syndication of television and film productions for such media venues as HBO, Nickelodeon, Prime Ticket and MTV. As an independent producer/director, Mr. Bradley created and promoted live pay-per-view events, negotiated entertainment programming distribution deals, budgeted and packaged TV programming. In 1985, Mr. Bradley created the Real Estate Broadcast Network, which was credited as being the first 24-hour real estate channel. As a founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Bradley has extensive media production expertise as well as deep knowledge and relationships in the Las Vegas, Nevada entertainment industry. Mr. Bradley’s experience with the Company from its founding also offers the Board insight to the evolution of the Company, including from execution, cultural, operational, and competitive and industry points of view.
Michael Berk has been a director since 2000 and was appointed as the Company’s president of programming on March 22, 2005. He created and Executive Produced “Baywatch,” the most popular series in television history, and is currently producing a large-budget “Baywatch” feature film for DreamWorks. Mr. Berk wrote and produced the first three-hour movie ever made for television, “The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel,” the highest-rated movie of the year, averaging a 42 share over three hours, “The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd,” another three-hour movie that received two Emmy Awards, “The Haunting Passion,” winner of the Venice Film Festival Award and “The Last Song,” recipient of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Mystery Writing. Mr. Berk is also a significant figure in the Las Vegas community. He was a founding Board Member and President of the highly acclaimed “CineVegas” Film Festival, now in its sixth year at the Palms Hotel, and was recognized with the prestigious Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Community Achievement Award in the category of Entertainment. He also received the Nevada Film Office/Las Vegas Film Critics Society Silver Spike Award for his contributions to the film and television industry in Nevada. Mr. Berk maintains offices both in Hollywood and in Las Vegas. Mr. Berk’s extensive experience and contacts in the media and entertainment industry provides the Company and the Board a unique perspective on this industry and insight into the Company’s business.
Brett Pojunis has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since March of 2016. Mr. Pojunis has served as the Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada since November 2013 and previously served as Secretary. From December 2011 through June 2014, Mr. Pojunis served on the Libertarian National Committee in multiple positions. Mr. Pojuis has worked in Libertarian politics since 2010 in multiple capacities including activism, event production, fundraising, technology and working on candidate campaigns during 2012 and 2014. From 2007 through 2010, Mr. Pojunis was Co-Founder and CEO of Dealguys Network, Inc., a financial media holding company focused on developing exclusive communities within the financial industry. Mr. Pojunis has been involved in finance and the public markets since 1999 as a consultant to many start-up companies including high-tech Internet to traditional brick and mortar companies. Mr. Pojunis served in the US ARMY and was awarded the Outstanding American award twice, the second time with honorable mention. Mr. Pojunis studied Environmental Liberal Arts at Green Mountain College and Entrepreneurship classes at the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. Mr. Pojunis also attended elective International Business and Finance classes at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among directors, executive officers or persons nominated or chosen by Players Network to become directors or executive officers."
