Jumpwire Media is a cross media consulting company that specializes in helping traditional media companies build strategies to profit from the emerging digital market place on the mobile, social media, gaming, and web video platforms.
| Gavin McGarry | Principal | New York |
| Chris Van Noy | Vice President of Media Strategy | New York |
| Jennifer Harkness | Vice President of Development | New York |
| Craig McGarry | Director of Business Development | Vancouver |
| Kimberley Bozak | Producer Broadcast Television | Toronto |
| Advisory Board Members | ||
| Jean-Marie Heimrath | Board Member | Toronto |
| Consulting Partners | ||
| Edith Champagne | News Expert | London |
| Christian Lindstrom | Business Development Specialist | London |
| Jason Roks | Emerging Technology Analyst | Toronto |
| David Stevens | Video Specialist | Toronto |
| Cat Le Huy | Technology Evangelist | London |
Gavin McGarry
Principal – New York
gavin.mcgarry@jumpwiremedia.com
Before founding Jumpwire Media in 2009 Gavin worked for online video start up Joost and was the Head of Cross Platform Business Development at global television production company Endemol.
Gavin has a been working in media space for over 15 years. His past experience includes positions at major television networks as well as owning and operating a television production company and a boutique advertising agency. His company created some of the first cross media TV content and worked with major networks including NBC, Discovery, CTV, and Global Television. The full service ad agency serviced two national clients and explored integrating brands into television and online properties. In 2004 he moved from his native Canada to the UK to better understand the rapidly emerging mobile phone space. Through his position at Endemol he worked closely with the UK’s largest mobile operator O2 and helped develop leading edge content for multiple platform release. In 2007 he moved into the web video arena with Joost. He has spent time in Japan, Africa, Europe and China exploring and understanding the global digital media content market place. He is invited to speak at industry conferences on a regular basis including Banff World Television Festival, MIPCOM, LATVfest. He lives in New York.
Chris Van Noy
Vice President of Media Strategy – New York
chris.vannoy@jumpwiremedia.com
Chris Van Noy is a media executive whose expertise in strategy and operations spans online, mobile, emerging technologies and traditional media. In his 12 year career he has worked for media and technology companies such as NBC Universal, Hulu, ESPN, ABCNews, Microsoft, 24/7 Real Media and Disney. Previously he was a Vice President of Distribution at NBC Universal and a member of the Hulu launch team.
Jennifer Harkness
Vice President of Development – New York
jennifer.harkness@jumpwiremedia.com
Jennifer started her production career as a field producer with Up Front Entertainment, a Toronto independent film and television company. From there she moved on to Manager of Development where she was integrally involved in the financing and overseeing of several Up Front television productions including, The Beauty Guide, Success Inc., Girl Talk, Take 3 and Mind, Body and Spirit.
After leaving UpFront, Jennifer worked with the cutting edge digital company Extend Media (formerly Digital Renaissance) where she produced interactive pilots for the Life Network.
In 1999, Jennifer was selected to take part in the Canadian Film Centre’s Producer Lab where she successfully produced the short film “Chez Amore”. Jennifer was then selected for the Al Waxman Calling Card Grant short film Maximum Capacity which went on to screen in major festivals around the world.
In 2000, joined The Global Television Network as Production Executive where she worked on a number of documentary, drama and reality programs including Popstars, Supermodels, No Boundaries.
In 2005, Jennifer joined Achilles Media as Director of Content for the Banff World Television festival and in 2007 she was promoted to the role of Executive Director of the event overseeing all aspects of the Festival.
Jennifer recently moved to New York where she has several television series in development.
Craig McGarry
Director of Business Development – Vancouver
craig.mcgarry@jumpwiremedia.com
Craig McGarry has over 15 years of sales and business development experience from many different verticals including medical, hard goods, sports retail, and hospitality. He has worked for large multinational corporations as well as small independent companies most recently turning around a retail business that he purchased and then sold. Craig will be responsible for ensuring that Jumpwire’s sales teams in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, and London are positioned to take advantage of the new global marketplace in media and deliver outstanding sales service to our global clients.
Kimberley Bozak
Producer Broadcast Television – Toronto
kim.bozak@jumpwiremedia.com
Kimberley Bozak has been active in the film and television industry for more than 10 years. Her credits include Producer on the short films; Games at Four and Maximum Capacity, which were nominated for best dramatic film at the New York Film Festival. Bozak has been very active in a fundraising and managing position with the Canadian Art Foundation, and she is Chair of the Foundations’ annual Reel Artists Film Festival. Prior to her work in film and television, Bozak acted as Communications Advisor to the former Prime Minister of Canada and the former Premier of Ontario and as a Marketing Director at the Bank of Montreal.
Jean-Marie Heimrath
Board Member
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Jean-Marie Heimrath is best known in Canadian boardrooms for his leadership as President, General Manager and Executive Producer of Standard Broadcasting’s Sound Source Networks. In his 35+ years in the Canadian online, radio broadcast and music industries, Jean-Marie has used his skills as a strategist, communicator, manager and marketer to build Orbyt Media into Canada’s pre-eminent syndicated radio provider, transform Astral Media’s online identity and oversee the national content strategy for Standard Radio. His tenacious curiosity in 21st century communication has allowed him to build on his extensive background in creative marketing, senior management, international sales, promotions and communications to become the leader of one of Canadian Media’s most forward-thinking media companies.
Consulting Partners
Edith Champagne
News Expert – London
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One of the CBC’s most experienced field producers, having covered national and international events for over 20 years, Ms. Champagne, has been based in London for the past 10 years specializing in Asia and the Middle East including the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anticipating that news would be consumed more readily in the online environment, Ms. Champagne, has spent the last 5 years adapting by becoming a multi-skilled digital producer with an excellent understanding of how the news gathering process is changing to match the internet age. She trains and advises journalists around the world and was instrumental in the success of international news conferences such as News Xchange, the Arab Broadcast Forum, and Digital News Affairs. Ms. Champagne has recently done work for Reuters, The New York Times online, UNTV and other UN agencies.
Holder of a Master in International Relations from London School of Economics and a recipient of a Gemini Award, Ms Champagne is a keen observer of new media and the convergence of newspapers and web production. She lives in London.
Christian Lindstrom
Business Development Specialist – London
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Christian assists start-ups and established European and US companies launch, grow and re-focus their online services and products. Prior to this he worked as a Director of Global Business Development at Joost. Christian has more than 12 years of experience in online media, e-commerce and marketing. He lives in London, UK.
Jason Roks
Emerging Technology Analyst – Montreal
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Jason is recognized across North America for his networking and digital media distribution acumen, and for his ingenuity in predicting and leveraging new directions on the Internet and other communications technologies.
He has also presented at numerous conferences, including the International New Media Festival, Digital Coast Reporter, MB5 New Media Visionaries, KMDI, nextMEDIA, MacWorld, iWorld, and XmediaLab.
Jason focuses on providing expertise to software producers, broadcasters, advertisers and entertainment companies in the areas of digital media distribution, content management systems, adaptive business modeling, rights management, online guerrilla marketing, emerging technologies, and the prototyping of innovative technology platforms, services and products.
While the digital “fringe” community celebrates Jason as a founder of the now decade-old file-sharing software pioneer, Hotline Communications, Jason’s career has roots in design and creative direction. He studied philosophy and business at the University of Western Ontario.
David Stevens
Video Specialist – Toronto
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David has been creating content in media business for over 15 years. An accomplished cameraperson and video editor he has helped his clients create unique and innovative content for broadcast television, online video, and corporate presentations. He specializes in high production value inexpensive content production for online companies and works closely with website production firms advising them on video integration.
Cat Le Huy
Technology Evangelist – London
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Escaping from a landscape dotted with glass elevators, Big 5 Consultants, and Investment bankers, Cat is a refugee in the land of media, where he happily tends to the idealic gardens of Web 2.0, Social networking and Convergent Media. Cat spent the twilight years of the Dot Com, wishing he had time to launch his own business, was taken away to fire-fight technical projects for some of the biggest UK agencies.
Over time Cat emerged from the shadowy rocks of Teck-speak and mastered the art of Business-Talk. With his new found skills he applied himself as an interpreter and translator between the Technical and Business factions. These days Cat can be found applying big-business practices and technologies to the whimsical requirements of our new media overlords.
From white-hacker for Investment Banking Sector, to Head of Technology for Endemol, Cat has no technology preference and spends his time wandering the vast kingdoms of technology be it Python/Ruby or anything else that shuffles 1s and 0s from Point A to Point B. He believes the best technology is that which the user never sees.
