WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE VOL. 4
“How To Break Into The Creative-Tech Industries And Stay Competitive.
The new media technologies that the wireless telephone and broadcast TV industries are beginning to roll out over the next several years will enhance the ability of each to get into some of the traditional businesses of the other. There will be convergence, and all of this will create a talent void because there are no experts in these two soon to be merged fields.
We will see collaboration between the tech companies, broadcasters, and business, and we will need a new crop of young talent to jump in and become expert in these soon to be, growing industries. Every facet of all industries will need to be recreated in a smarter, more exciting fashion.
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Maya Beasley
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Dr. Maya A. Beasley is the Founder and President of the T10 Group and has been working on issues related to diversity an inclusion her entire career. Before founding the T10 Group, Maya served as a tenured associate professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut for ten years. Her first book, Opting Out: Why America Is Losing Out On Its Young Black Elite, was published by the University of Chicago Press. She is currently finishing her second book, The Social Portfolio: Building Up and On the Capital of Minority and Female Professionals. She maintains a strong footing in the academic world as a research professor and the Director of Diversity 360 at the University of Maryland, College Park.
In addition to her consulting and research, Maya serves on the strategic board for Untapped, an impact-focused initiative that provides financial capital and strategic guidance to a network of entrepreneurs of color and is a member of the international advisory board for GlobalMindED. Interviews with and opinion pieces by Maya regularly appear in major media outlets such as The New York Times, USA Today, Huffington Live, The Wall Street Journal, and NBC. She earned her A.B. from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford University.
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Andrea Berry is currently the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Broadcast, TV & Film group for the Production Resource Group (PRG), managing global teams who create technology solutions for live television Sports, Entertainment and News, as well as scripted and unscripted projects for film and television. Inducted in the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Andrea has served as an award-winning broadcast media executive, for the FOX and CBS television networks.
At Fox Sports, as the SVP of Field Operations, she led remote technical teams for high profile live events including the World Series, the NFL, NCAA, and NASCAR, and was a part of the original team that launched the Fox Regional Sports Networks. As a Broadcast Operations leader, Andrea held key roles supporting the technical operations and transmission of the networks’ content and her teams were instrumental in launching new cable and broadcast television networks. She also served as the SVP of Broadcast Media Services, managing the FOX Network Groups’ Digital Media Management initiatives.
Andrea earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, from the Illinois Institute of Technology and she holds Executive Certificates in Management and Leadership from M.I.T. and in New Media Management from USC. Andrea serves on the Boards of the NAB Education Foundation, the Sports Video Group, the DuSable Museum of African American History, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. As a recipient of four “Technical Team Remote” Emmy awards, Andrea was also recognized by the Alliance for Women in Media for STEM Leadership in Media; the “Technology Leadership Award” from Broadcast, Cable Magazine; and the “Women in Technology Leadership Award” from TV News Check and participates in many organizations advocating S.T.E.A.M. education and diversity.
Ted Milner
Of his many accomplishments, Milner is proudest of forming Executive Temps with his partner Stacy Milner. Through this full-service entertainment employment agency, Executive Temps has placed thousands of and professional personnel in rewarding positions. Utilizing effective management practices, purposeful training for employees and placement of qualified personnel, Ted and Stacy Milner have developed a distinguished clientele list including but not limited to Disney, HBO, The CW Network, Turner Broadcasting, ABC, Skydance and the Oprah Winfrey Network. Under his leadership, Executive Temps has become a highly respected household name in the entertainment industry.
Milner is also active in civic and community engagement, including his most recent undertaking of his formation of the Black Baseball Players Association (BBPA), an organization created to acknowledge the contributions of the Negro League Baseball players, where he led and organized “The Game of the Century” held in 2002 at Dodger Stadium featuring retired Major League players & Hall of Famers. Milner also gives back to the local community by educating youth through various outlets, including baseball clinics and camps.
Milner’s civic duties also include volunteering as an appointed member of the Civil Service Board for the City of Burbank for the past six years, the latter term of which he was elected chairman. Milner, a firm believer in education, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Leadership from Biola University. He resides in Burbank, California with his wife and is the proud father of three children.
La Mer Walker
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