{"id":15623,"date":"2019-01-18T09:49:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T14:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-appoints-vp-business-development\/"},"modified":"2019-01-18T10:14:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T15:14:49","slug":"genius-brands-appoints-vp-of-business-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-appoints-vp-of-business-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Genius Brands Appoints VP of Business Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genius Brands International is expanding its executive team with the recent hire of Jon Ollwerther as the company\u2019s new VP of business development.<\/p>\n<p>As VP of business development, Ollwerther will aim to drive value across all areas of Genius Brands, working in tandem with Michael Jaffa, general counsel and senior VP of business affairs; CFO Robert Denton; Natalie Setton, head of global distribution; Deb Pierson, VP of domestic content distribution and president of Kid Genius Cartoon Channel; and Lloyd Mintz, senior VP of global consumer products. Ollwerther will report to Genius Chairman and CEO Andy Heyward.<\/p>\n<p>Ollwerther\u2019s last post was as the VP of media for Drone as a Service (DaaS) company Measure, where he grew the Arts &amp; Entertainment division and worked with the likes of ABC, CBS, ESPN, Red Bull Media House, Coach, Prada, Maker&#8217;s Mark and Nissan.<\/p>\n<p>Heyward said: \u201cHaving known Jon for many years now, the sheer amount of energy, and wealth of knowledge and expertise in marrying technology with entertainment that he brings to the table in his new role will be instrumental in identifying fresh and unique opportunities for reaching and engaging consumers. Working in collaboration with our strong senior management team, we\u2019re poised to take our worldwide operation to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of my career has been with venture-backed startups,\u201d added Ollwerther. \u201cThat said, I\u2019ve known Mr. Heyward and many of his senior staff for the better part of a decade. I am thrilled to be working with the forward-thinking and visionary team that he has attracted to Genius Brands, and am excited to help drive the myriad possibilities for growing every aspect of its business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genius Brands International is expanding its executive team with the recent hire of Jon Ollwerther as the company\u2019s new VP of business development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":15624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1503,4226],"class_list":["post-15623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-genius-brands-international","tag-jon-ollwerther","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Genius Brands Appoints VP of Business Development - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-appoints-vp-of-business-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Genius Brands Appoints VP of Business Development - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Genius Brands International is expanding its executive team with the recent hire of Jon Ollwerther as the company\u2019s new VP of business development.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-appoints-vp-of-business-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-18T14:49:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-18T15:14:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Jon-Ollwerther-Genius-Brands-International-0119.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-appoints-vp-of-business-development\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-appoints-vp-of-business-development\/\",\"name\":\"Genius Brands Appoints VP of Business Development - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-18T14:49:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-18T15:14:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-appoints-vp-of-business-development\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-appoints-vp-of-business-development\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/genius-brands-appoints-vp-of-business-development\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Genius Brands Appoints VP of Business Development\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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