{"id":19039,"date":"2020-08-20T09:46:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T13:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/playmonster-hires-vp-global-operations\/"},"modified":"2020-08-20T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:11:19","slug":"playmonster-hires-vp-of-global-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/playmonster-hires-vp-of-global-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayMonster Hires VP of Global Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PlayMonster, following the recent appointment of Tim Kilpin as president, has tapped Jeff Freeman to become the company\u2019s new VP of global operations.<\/p>\n<p>In the newly created role, Freeman will lead and oversee the management of all areas of manufacturing\u2014distribution, supply chain, QC, production and maintenance\u2014to build and develop operations that support the company\u2019s long- and short-term planning and strategic direction. He will report to PlayMonster CEO Bob Wann.<\/p>\n<p>For the last several years, Freeman has run a successful business management consulting practice while also serving as an adjunct professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Previously, Freeman served as the senior VP of supply chain for American Girl from 2002 through 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Wann said: \u201cWe are so pleased to welcome Jeff Freeman to the team. At this time of international expansion and global franchise building, Jeff brings yet another significant and high level of experience to our leadership team in a very exciting growth period at PlayMonster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Freeman added: \u201cWith PlayMonster\u2019s focus on global growth, new acquisitions, and franchise development, like <em>Snap Ships<\/em>, I could not be more pleased to join the PlayMonster team. I\u2019m excited to jump back into the toy industry, which I love, and contribute to PlayMonster\u2019s continued success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PlayMonster, following the recent appointment of Tim Kilpin as president, has tapped Jeff Freeman to become the company\u2019s new VP of global operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":19040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5629,5091],"class_list":["post-19039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-jeff-freeman","tag-playmonster","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PlayMonster Hires VP of Global Operations - 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\/playmonster-hires-vp-of-global-operations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PlayMonster Hires VP of Global Operations - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PlayMonster, following the recent appointment of Tim Kilpin as president, has tapped Jeff Freeman to become the company\u2019s new VP of global operations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/playmonster-hires-vp-of-global-operations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-20T13:46:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-20T15:11:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/jeff-freeman-PlayMonster-820.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\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\/playmonster-hires-vp-of-global-operations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/playmonster-hires-vp-of-global-operations\/\",\"name\":\"PlayMonster Hires VP of Global Operations - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-20T13:46:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-20T15:11:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/playmonster-hires-vp-of-global-operations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/playmonster-hires-vp-of-global-operations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/playmonster-hires-vp-of-global-operations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PlayMonster Hires VP of Global Operations\"}]},{\"@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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