John Patterson, Pixel Brothers, Inc., Chicago Convergence Founder
Chicago New Media Summit : Monday, September 15th, 2008 : 9:00 am : Opening Remarks
The Talk: Why I started the Summit and 'The truth about the future.'
The Internet is only 5000 days old. What is headed our way, no one can prepare for. This talk explains why the summit exists and why it exploded onto the scene. It will also address Chicago's future and our 2016 look to the horizon.
Finally, it will inspire and prepare you to be ready for an amazing two days of access to people, resources and ideas with global scale.
As the Founder and President of CNMS, John will 'host' the summit; being a curator (and sometimes referee) for an extraordinary group of talent and visionaries.
Bio: John Patterson birthed and led a citywide leadership council that declared Austin, TX as ‘The Arts Capitol of the South’. Since 1994 he has worked for an international consulting leader managing the Midwest US office. Having facilitated leadership development programs for over 10,000 people, he has joined Pixel Brothers, Inc to break new ground for the company and the media industry. He is the Founder and President of the Chicago Convergence, a high profile thought-leader collision of new media projects, entertainment, technology and ideas; pioneering Chicago as the Global Hub of Change and Innovation. Embraced by Mayor Daley, the annual Summit is intending to play an integral role implementing the new media infrastructure needed to win the 2016 Olympic bid.
Pixel Brothers, Inc
Director of Business Development
Since 2004, PBI "has ascended to the city’s biggest full-service production company", creating video, audio and interactive content for the motion picture, television, digital and mobile industry.
A Full Serve Media means helping customers understand and make the most of video and digital content in the new media age. Pixel Brothers Interactive allows clients to extend their reach into the digital environment, giving them an expanded capacity for serving their customers and enticing new ones. Google made Pixel Brothers one of it’s 22 global TV Ad Specialists, revolutionizing web video and television advertising for it’s millions of customers.
Pixel Brothers staff occupies a 12,000-sq. ft. state-of-the-art space. Founded in 2003 by David Moravec, Michael Torchia and Andrew Ryann, the “brothers” have 60 years combined experience in film and television production. Having worked extensively with local and national affiliates of ABC, CBS and NBC, the founders have a history of producing award winning original content with some of the biggest names in broadcasting: HBO, VH1, BBC, ESPN and The Discovery Channel.
Pixel Brothers does the post and field production for daily-episodes of The Jerry Springer Show and, NBC Universal’s #1 rated daytime talk television program, The Steve Wilkos Show while contributing to several Emmy Award winning television programs that include The Oprah Winfrey Show and Late Night with David Letterman.
Finally, Patterson has signed a co-production deal with Los Angeles-based Hollywood Farms to produce the romantic comedy, “Amsterdam,” written by Justin Ware (“American Summer,” “Men of Action”, "Amazing Girl"), teaming up with blockbuster motion picture producer Ian Bryce (“Hancock,” “Transformers”, "Spiderman") on the first of a slate of pictures.
Contact Info
John Patterson
Pixel Brothers, Inc
john@pixbros.com
(312)733-7373 p
(312)623-0123 c
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