Talented Man:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD MEMBERS
Jeremy Barbera, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Barbera has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive of MSGI and its predecessor businesses since he founded MSGI Direct as an Entertainment Marketing company in 1987.
Mr. Barbera pioneered the practice of database marketing for the live entertainment industry in the 1980's, achieving nearly one hundred percent market share in New York. Under his leadership, MSGI, through their Pegasus Internet subsidiary, originated the business of web-based ticketing in 1995 and became the dominant services provider in every major entertainment market in America. Their principal areas of concentration also included: financial services, fundraising and publishing.
General Electric became the largest client and shareholder of MSGI in 1998 and remained in that dual role for five years. Other major clients included: American Express, Walt Disney Company, Clear Channel Communications, Carnegie Hall and every single theatre on Broadway. By 1999, MSGI had generated annual revenues of $250 million with a market capitalization well in excess of $1.5 billion.
MSGI was named one of the 50 fastest growing public companies in both 2001 and 2002 by Crains New York Business. In April 2004, Mr. Barbera completed the divestiture of the MSGI legacy businesses and re-birthed the company in the homeland security and counterterrorism industry as MSGI Security Solutions.
Prior to founding MSGI Direct, Mr. Barbera was a research scientist based at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, working on such groundbreaking missions as Pioneer Venus and the Global Atmospheric Research Program. Mr. Barbera has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of entertainment, technology, software, marketing and analytics. Mr. Barbera is a Physicist educated at New York University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
