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Management - Executive

Director of Business Development / Strategic Partnerships / Product Innovation / Growth Strategy / Former Sony Pictures

Accounting & Finance

Results-driven executive with 20+ years of experience in global business development and digital strategy within the media and entertainment industry.

Proven expertise in negotiating high-value digital content licensing deals, leading global teams, and driving innovative digital transformation initiatives.

Adept at building senior-level partner relationships, leveraging data for strategic decision-making, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to achieve business growth and maximize revenue.

Passionate about movies, gaming, music, live events, and emerging technology such as Web3, generative AI, and Blockchain.

Provide expert guidance on business development strategies for a startup leveraging Web3, Generative AI, AR/VR, and 3D spatial computing in entertainment and gaming. 

Offer strategic insights for complex deal structures and go-to-market strategies, collaborating with product, engineering, and legal teams. 

Contribute industry expertise to position the company at the forefront of the digital entertainment landscape, drawing on 20+ years of experience.

Strategic Business Development Advisor

Spearheaded GTM strategy and account management for key digital distribution and e-commerce partners, consistently exceeding sales goals and scaling an eight-figure business 4X.

Created innovative content bundling strategies that drove as much as 88% of sales at launch and are now benchmark strategies used across the industry by all studios.

Led a team to launch multiple partnership marketing campaigns for major box office releases resulting in ROI as high as 490%.

Formed strategic marketing partnerships with major brands at Walmart as part of digital transformation initiative driving customer acquisition and incremental revenue well into six figures.

Launched aggressive promotional strategies during peak buying seasons to achieve revenue lifts ranging between 400-600%.

Team lead for all joint business planning and pitch meetings with distribution partners which required cross-functional leadership among marketing, operations, analytics, and senior executives.

Director of Digital Distribution

Managed digital supply chain for film and video content distribution across Asia Pacific territories.

Orchestrated the release of over 2,400 multi-lingual titles for Apple TV Pan-Asia launch.

Client Services Manager – Global Digital Operations

Delivered 20,000+ digital film and TV assets to launch the domestic and global storefronts of iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Xbox, and Vudu.

Established workflows in cloud migration of digital supply chain reducing delivery time and cost leading to today's industry standards.

Digital Distribution Coordinator - Worldwide Product Fulfillment

On set production for Discovery series 'Stuff Happens with Bill Nye'.

Production Coordinator

Customer facing project manager for post production services on major studio film and TV programming.

Post Supervisor

Sales of tape duplication and multi-media services for various film and TV projects.

Business Development Manager

Assisted Sales Team with deals for Academy Award winning creative services that were performed in several major motion pictures.

Sales Coordinator

Suppression of wildland fire using various hand and power tools such as chainsaws.  Assignments were nationwide and ranged from extended attack on large complex incidents to helicopter rappelling on small initial attack fires.

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John Scott: Director of Business Development / Strategic Partnerships / Product Innovation / Growth Strategy / Former Sony Pictures in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, CA

John Scott: Director of Business Development / Strategic Partnerships / Product Innovation / Growth Strategy / Former Sony Pictures in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, CA

John Scott

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MIT Sloan Executive Education