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KEY MANAGEMENT
 John West, President, Untamed Sports
John West has recently joined the Olympusat team as President of Untamed Sports. With over 17 years experience in Advertising Sales and Sales Management, John has developed a solid management
foundation in all aspects of the advertising sales of national cable television networks, including strategic planning and analysis, executive leadership, and P&L management for revenue budgets in excess of $80 million and expense budgets in excess of $7 million. John began his career with Turner Broadcasting Sales, spending seven years selling properties with TBS, TNT, Turner Sports and CNN. In 1996, he joined the newly formed management team at Cable Network Services, L.L.C. to launch OLN and its sister network, Speedvision. John directed the sales efforts for the Midwest region and then for the entire company, which led to revenue growth from 0$ to $80,000,000 over six years. These efforts contributed to the valuation growth of CNS, L.L.C. from $225M (initial investment) to $1.45B at its sale in October of 2001. John also served as Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales at OLN, under the sole ownership of the Comcast Corporation. In November of 2005, John founded Hatch, LLC. with two OLN partners to develop production initiatives for a number of major TV brands.
 Chuck Mohler, Executive Vice President
Chuck Mohler is intricately involved in the day-to-day operations of Ocean Communications and a part of the leadership team managing the Untamed Sports TV network for Olympusat, Inc. His responsibilities include driving distribution and program acquisitions for the network during its early stages. Chuck joined Ocean Communications in 1998 and structured the new company with his brother Tom Mohler. He was instrumental in launching the company's infomercial network, TV Superstore, and drove distribution and sales for the network. He became a member of the Board of Directors for Ocean in 2000. Prior to that Chuck worked for U.S. Representative John Boehner (OH-8), both in Ohio and on Capitol Hill. In addition to acting as Untamed Sports TV's COO, Chuck continues to manage most of Ocean Communications' operations and is the key contact for Ocean's major clientele.
 John Carter, Senior Vice President, Programming & Production, Untamed Sports
As head of programming and production for Untamed Sports, John Carter has over 20 years of
television production experience, with seven spent at cable sports channel OLN (now Versus). John held various positions at OLN, including Vice President of Production and Executive Producer for the network that reached a distribution of 65 million homes during his tenure. Under his leadership the ten-year old network obtained it highest ratings and revenue with signature production properties such as the Tour de France. Other events included the Gravity Games, FIS, USSA, the PBR, the AVP, the Iditarod, and the network's historic high-definition launch of the National Hockey League national games. Prior to joining OLN, John produced sports and series content for CBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN, and Turner. Specifically, he worked multiple venues at three Olympic games, the NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournament, the Goodwill Games, and
produced for ABC's Wide World of Sports. He also produced/directed commercials for Proctor & Gamble, Tandy Corp., and Block Drug Co. His awards include two National Sports Emmys. Since leaving OLN in 2005 to form Hatch, LLC, John produced programming airing on ABC, CBS, ESPN, Versus, the Outdoor Channel and Spike as well as commercials for Toyota, Chevy, Polaris, and LL Bean.
 Mike Long, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Untamed Sports
Over 14 years of sponsorship marketing and production experience with a background in broadcast and cable television, Mike is responsible for sales and marketing strategies for Untamed Sports. His past experience includes advertising sales positions at FOX Television Sales and OLN (now Versus). During eight years at OLN, Mike led the Integrated Marketing Group, with a primary focus on business
development in 'Branded Entertainment' and partnership projects. His national territory included client direct, advertising agency and governing body accounts. Prior to IMG, Mike served as Vice President of Advertising Sales for OLN's Midwest regional office. Sales efforts in Midwest resulted in significant year over year revenue growth, with four-year trend in triple digit increases. In November of 2005, he worked with two OLN colleagues to launch Hatch, LLC. As one of the Managing Partners, Mike developed and produced a number of television and web projects for brands such as BRP, Cabelas, Crocs, GM, L.L.Bean, Mossy Oak, Polaris, Toyota and Yamaha, along with series and event production for networks such as ABC, CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, Outdoor Channel, SpikeTV and Versus.
 Tim Kelly, Vice President of Affiliate Sales, English-Language Networks
Tim Kelly joined Olympusat as Vice President of Sales and Distribution, bringing over 10 years of cable, satellite and programming experience. Prior to Olympusat, Tim served as Vice President of Affiliate Sales and Marketing at ˇSorpresa!, (children’s network) where he was responsible for distribution agreements, eclipsing the one million mark in subscriber growth and spearheading the networks award-winning brand refresh. Before joining ˇSorpresa! Tim spent time with both DISH Network and Charter Communications. While at DISH Network, Tim led the product marketing team focused on the development and launch of new direct-to-consumer technologies, products and services designed to attract and retain new customers. While at Charter Communications as Director of Video Product Marketing, Tim led corporate focused priorities such as re-pricing and re-packaging video offers, the design and implementation of customer loyalty programs and introduction of advanced product and services such as HD, DVR and iTV.
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