Atlanta, Ga. - June 21, 2006
Pathfire Expands Sales Team
Atlanta, GA, June 21, 2006 - Pathfire,
Inc., the leading provider of digital media
management and distribution solutions for the
broadcast television industry, is pleased to
announce the expansion of its dynamic sales
team.
Michael Donohue - Director
of Sales
Michael Donohue is Pathfire's Director of Sales,
managing the entertainment industry which includes
content producers, aggregators, and distributors.
Michael brings over thirty years
of rich media experience to Pathfire. His career
began at UCLA by creating and implementing Transamerica's
Telecommunication Network in the mid-1970s.
Throughout the following decades, Michael was
responsible for driving fixed facilities and
mobile unit system integration projects for
KTLA, ARCO, NBC, One Pass, Paramount Pictures,
AFRTS, Santa Fe Communications and Viacom. Also
during this period, Michael produced several
shows and commercials, as well as the production,
marketing and distribution of several consumer
products.
During the last six years, Michael
has focused on the evolution to non-linear work
flow and content distribution with emphasis
on the value of Media Asset Management. Before
joining Pathfire, Michael was the VP of New
Product Sales for Ascent Media Network Services
where he helped to envision, sell and market
a new store-and-forward platform called Media
Express. His experience with media content-from
creation to distribution-is an asset to Pathfire's
role as a worldwide leader in content management
and distribution.
Tom Califano - Broadcast Sales Manager
Tom Califano joins Pathfire as Broadcast Sales
Manger on the East Coast concentrating his efforts
on managing relationships with group owners,
broadcast stations, and system integrators.
During a long career with Sony
Broadcast, Tom managed direct sales to broadcast
stations, networks, groups, post production
houses and system integrators. He successfully
launched several new products and was the recipient
of numerous sales and marketing achievement
awards. Tom has also held sales and marketing
positions at Hitachi and Controlware Communications.
He started his broadcast career working for
the ABC Television Network as a Systems Engineer.
"Pathfire is leading the
way in file transfer technologies, providing
customers with increased workflow efficiencies
as Broadcasters become more IT centric. It's
a tremendous opportunity to join such a dynamic
and highly respect team of individuals at Pathfire,"
said Tom Califano.
Tom is an avid boating enthusiast
and enjoys cruising Long Island Sound and the
Great South Bay with his wife and two children.
Peter Rosenbaum - News Sales Manager
At Pathfire, Peter Rosenbaum holds the title
of News Sales Manager, responsible for servicing
both clients in the newsroom industry as well
as video news feed distribution partners.
Peter possesses more than 20 years
of television broadcasting experience. He began
his career working as a television audio and
camera operator for ABC, NBC, CBS, Discovery,
CNN, and Fox News. More recently, Peter's focus
has been on broadcast sales, building sales
teams and penetrating new market segments while
maintaining solid, high-retention revenue bases.
During his tenure as the Director of Sales &
Marketing at Mobile Video Services in Washington,
DC, he drove the profits to their highest peak
in its 25-year history. Peter was selected the
Most Valuable Player in Northeast Sales for
Qwest Digital Media in 2000.
Peter has a BA in Communications
from Elon University in North Carolina. He lives
in Alpharetta with his wife, Kristi, and three
children, Madison, Turner, and Grant.
Mark Wronski - Broadcast Sales Manager
Based in California, Mark Wronski serves as
the Broadcast Sales Manager, managing relationships
with groups, broadcast stations, and system
integrators for the western portion of the United
States.
"I am excited to be here
because Pathfire's products really do help broadcasters
increase the operational efficiencies of their
businesses, which is precisely what is needed
in this current era of the industry," said
Mark.
Mark began his professional career
in the broadcast industry in 1980. Since then,
he has held a variety of senior sales management
positions with manufacturers involved in such
product areas as non-linear editing, special
effects, digital file encoding, delivery, and
transcoding. He holds a Bachelors degree in
marketing management from Bentley College in
Waltham, Massachusetts, and is a veteran of
a number of successful technology startup companies.
About Pathfire (www.pathfire.com)
Pathfire (www.pathfire.com), headquartered
in Atlanta, is the leading provider of digital
content distribution and management solutions
for the broadcast, media and entertainment industries,
supplying innovative digital solutions, from
distribution to air, for broadcasters, news
organizations, television networks, Hollywood
studios and other media companies. Pathfire's
Digital Media Gateway (DMG) is an advanced
digital IP store-and-forward platform, delivering
news stories, syndicated programming, advertising
spots, and video news releases to more than
1,300 broadcasters throughout North America.
Press Contact for Pathfire:
Shea Stanback
770.619.0801
sstanback@pathfire.com