Information on Bonus Mobile, partly owned by DEP:
Management Team
Bonus Mobile’s management team is comprised of veterans from the video gaming, entertainment, technology, and finance industries. Collectively, they possess a unique combination of content development experience and marketing prowess in the consumer gaming and entertainment sectors. Bonus Mobile is also affiliated with, and partly owned by, Diversified Entertainment Properties, Inc. (“DEP”), a group of entertainment-focused entities based in Los Angeles, California. This affiliation with DEP, which is led by several veteran entertainment executives, provides the Company with access to numerous cross-marketing and licensing opportunities over a broad range of entertainment genres and media, including movies, sports, music, and television. Bonus Mobile plans to merge its carefully crafted mobile content and distribution methodology with compelling promotional, co-branding, and licensing arrangements.
The Company’s management team is comprised of veterans from the video gaming, entertainment, animation and film industries. Collectively, they possess a unique combination of gaming development experience and marketing prowess in the consumer gaming and entertainment sectors. The following is a brief description of the Company’s key operating personnel.
Al Lowenheim, Chief Operating Officer – Mr. Lowenheim has over 29 years of media management and production, and business development experience. Mr. Lowenheim is an award-winning producer and director of animated and interactive media products. Having studied with Martin Scorsese at New York University, he began his career by forming his own animation company, where he produced animated TV commercials and EMMY and PEABODY award-winning network TV shows. Mr. Lowenheim was the recipient of the prestigious Cannes Silver Medal Film Award for animation and produced the SHAMU feature film for Sea World.
At the Lightspan Partnership (now Plato Learning), Mr. Lowenheim built and managed a 90-person design and production team. There he guided the production of over 120 CD-ROM interactive educational software titles for the Sony Playstation. With Doubletake Productions, he was most notable responsible for the international deal to expand the world-famous brand Slinky® toy property to today’s kids via animated feature films, TV series, and worldwide marketing, licensing, and publishing.
At Bonus Mobile, Mr. Lowenheim is in charge of company operations, business affairs, and deal structuring. He was responsible for structuring and negotiating the Wayans Brothers The Dozens TM and the Topps Trading Cards license deals for mobile phone games and the exclusive mastertone license with Cheech & Chong.
Alan Grushcow – General Manager
Mr. Grushcow is responsible for integrating the financial and operations side of Bonus Mobile’s daily activities. As General Manager he is overseeing the deliverables and coordinating the financial relationships with our channels of distribution and licensors.
Mr. Grushcow has spent his entire career in the management, sales and implementation of technology systems development. His experience includes executive and finance management, sales force development, and technical systems design and implementation. He has worked extensively in a consultative and entrepreneurial environment.
Mr. Grushcow was co-founder and president of CG Computer Services Corporation (CG) from 1983 until its acquisition by Computer Horizons Corporation in 1997. CG provided information technology consulting services to the Fortune 500 business community, operating from offices strategically located across the country. His responsibilities included executive management, corporate and branch office P&L accountability, and the development of a corporate culture focused on quality and client satisfaction.
Prior to launching CG, Mr. Grushcow served from 1977 until 1983 as Vice President and Area Manager for the Southern California office of LTI Consulting Services. He was responsible for all facets of area operations including client sales, employee staffing, project completion and office profitability. From 1972 until 1977, Mr. Grushcow was Director of Projects for Programming Methods and managed the development of numerous applications systems projects. From 1964 until 1972, he worked on a variety of government, military and commercial projects for Sperry Rand/UNIVAC as a Field Engineer and for Planning Research Corporation as a Senior Associate. He has at various points in his career called Minneapolis, Washington DC, New York City and currently Los Angeles, home.
Mr. Grushcow is currently on the board or management committee of several large nonprofit organizations in the Los Angeles area. His primary focus is on budgeting as well as financial and personnel operations. Mr. Grushcow earned his BSEE from Purdue University in 1964.
Jonathan Fink - Executive Committee and Corporate Representative from the largest investor, Diversified Entertainment Properties.
Prior to joining Diversified Entertainment and Bonus Mobile, Jonathan Fink served as President of Corporate Resource Group, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in developing strategies for small and mid-market high growth companies. Mr. Fink successfully partnered in numerous companies in strategic planning and the development of strategic financing relationships and initiatives in strategic development, media, entertainment, direct marketing, and finance.
Mr. Fink’s experience includes direct acquisitions, mergers, and reorganizations for a wide variety of clients ranging from entertainment, media, public utilities, manufacturing, environmental, biotechnology, financial, education, food service, and publishing. He is also adept at coordinating all corporate activities, interacting with the company’s legal and accounting representatives, management of income markets, mortgage banking projects, and equity and debt financing transactions, and coordinating trading activities and information processing.
Prior to founding Corporate Resource Group, Mr. Fink spent 20 years with major Wall Street firms (Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Bear Stearns), Mr. Fink knows both the buying and selling side of the financial community . He was Managing Director of a boutique investment brokerage operation and of Select Capital Management an investment advisory firm. From 1977 to 1988, Mr. Fink was an Associate Director and Limited Partner of Bear Stearns and Co. From 1969 to 1977, he was an Associate Vice President, Assistant Office Manager, and Senior Institutional Fixed Income Salesman for Dean Witter and Co. in Southern California.
Elias Chavando - Vice President, Business Development.
Mr. Chavando is leading the Company’s international business development operations with a special focus on the Hispanic community in the US and Latin America. Mr. Chavando has more than 15 years of successful Media, Hispanic Media, Management, Business Development and Sales experience both in the United States and Latin America.
Mr. Chavando launched Radio Formula Network, a wholly owned US subsidiary of Mexico’s Grupo Formula (Radio Formula, Tele Formula and Formula Online). He served as President of Radio Formula Network and Director of Business Development and sales for Grupo Formula.
Mr. Chavando created and served as President and CEO of ChitChat Media, now Radiovisa Corporation, the largest Spanish-language talk radio network in the US. During his tenure at Radiovisa he raised over $75 million in debt and private equity and acquired radio station KPLS 830AM in Los Angeles.
Mr. Chavando has secured US and worldwide deals with and for companies like; AOL, Bank of America, Alpine PCS, Nokia, Shell, Microsoft, Thinkfree.com, Mobiliti, Carulla-Vivero (Colombia), Unefon (cellular carrier in Mexico) Pro-Mark, Fulfillment Plus and many others.
About Diversified Entertainment Properties Inc.:
Diversified Entertainment is dynamic market-driven enterprise providing funding, marketing and management expertise to its subsidiaries and affiliates. Diversified Entertainment is focused on identifying and creating new Media and Entertainment properties. Management is focused on creating valuable products and services based on performing assets and built upon unique licenses and branding, monetized by application of the company’s marketing and distribution skills. The Company’s products include producing and publishing audiobooks, music, video and wireless content. The Company also is a direct distributor of consumer product to the major national retail chains.
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