Ulfvo Presents The Passionate Producers

Maury Rogow CEO at Rip Media Group Executive Producer and Author has a rare combination of success in both business and Hollywood He built his prominent career in business development at AvayaLucent Technologies and GeoTel a startup that was sold to Cisco Systems for over 1 Billion He has launched dozens of new products and businesses successfully His Hollywoodcredits include producingtwo theatrical films working with the creator of the Batman franchise and acting in various roles including Entourage and Oceans 13 His blend of business marketing and Hollywood story give him a unique voiceto storybasedmarketing

William F Nolan born March 6 1928 in Kansas City MO writes mostly in the science fiction fantasy and horror genres Though best known for coauthoring the acclaimed dystopian science fiction novel Logans Run with George Clayton Johnson Nolan is the author of more than 2000 pieces fiction nonfiction articles and books and has edited twentysix anthologies in his fiftyplus year career

Jordan likes to break things down making complex things simple I spoke to him while he was taking a break in India and at the same time learning something about marketing He founded Think Switch the information design company that champions the animated infographic breaking down complex and abstract information into digestible bitesized portions He is an advocate for effective storytelling simple presentation and adopting highfunctioning teams that make this whole production racket one of the most rewarding things one can do with their day

Philip Kotur is the founder of Gotham Lab a New York based Multimedia Localization and Translation Company Since 2004 Gotham Lab has provided multimedia and translation services to an array of clients including HBO Disney Viacom Sony Buckingham Palace The US Department of Justice and NYSE to name a few Prior to forming The Gotham Lab Philip was a recording engineer at Systems 2 recording studios in Brooklyn NY world renowned for their recordings in the jazz and classical genres After branching out from the recording industry Philip became COO of one of the largest language service companies in New York before opening Gotham Lab in 2004

Lizzy Shannon is an author with range Anything from Celtic mythology to hard scifi to autobiographical fiction Starting out as a library assistant in a Northern Irish rural town she moved on to study Theater Arts and Literature in London and toured the United Kingdom as a professional actressHaving grown up in Belfast Lizzys latest novel is set amidst the worst era of Northern Irelands Troubles in the 70s and based on true events in her lifeShe is currently working on translating her GreatUncle Ernest Blythes memoirs from Irish into English for his biography

Kevin Cooke started producing videofor Nintendo of America right out of college From gameplay demos to high profileNYC Video Walls at retail and Trade Show presentations getting the brand message visuallypresent at retail was critical After moving to the Portland AreaKevin spent the next several years producing local TV spots and eventuallybecame Creative Director for Shine Creativein Washington and Oregon earning 16 Telly Awards and National CAB award for topcreative Throughout this timeKevincookevocom was up and running balancing the day job with voiceover workfor projects from National Banks to local pizza jointsIn 2015 he started Kevin Cooke Mediakevincookemediacom producing media content for his clients from TV and Radioto Web and Billboards

Alex Jacobi started work as an audio engineer and music producer in 1995 He switched to audio post production and voice recording in 2008 and founded the casting company sprechersprecherde in 2010 Today there are 27 people working on over 1500 productions a year in 40 languagesWill voice over really be replaced by texttospeech in 5 years Yikes BUT there will always be a place for VO if you can tell a story Phew