BANK STREET MEDIA GROUP PRINCIPALS

Eric Baum
Eric is a seasoned business development executive with a proven track record of developing new revenue streams through acquisitions, licensing, strategic partnerships and product development.  Eric has held key business development roles in both business-to-business and consumer media companies and also has extensive international experience in the conference trade show industries.  Eric holds a BA from Harvard and an MBA from Columbia University, and speaks French, German, Italian and Japanese.
 

Mergers & Acquisitions
Content Licensing
International Partnerships

John Cabell
In his role as Founder and CEO of Cue Ball (www.cueballdigital.com), John has advised on and brokered hundreds of cross-border licensing, partnership, and M & A deals around the globe. He has extensive media operating experience as Publishing Director of Women’s Sports, Managing Director of International for Rodale, and in a variety  of key roles in sales, marketing and publishing management positions at Ziff Davis, CBS and Rodale. 

 John holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He is an avid endurance runner, cyclist, mountain biker,  skier, and fly fisherman … and is passionate about the environment, animal rights, education, and design. 

International Partnerships
Content Licensing

Andy Goodenough
Andy has deep operating experience in business-to-business media and has held key positions such as CEO of Summit Business Media and President of Thomson Media.  Andy has special expertise in business information, restructuring/bankruptcy, digital media, events, data and reference publishing and has also headed up several acquisition programs in partnership with private equity firms such as Windpoint Partners, Spire Capital and Shamrock Capital. Andy holds a BA from Middlebury College and an MBA from New York University and is an avid skier and  sportsman.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Digital Product Development
Operations

Mike Greehan
Mike has led numerous international licensing initiatives throughout Latin America, Spain, Portugal, India, Japan and Korea and has held operating roles such as Publisher for Bicycling Magazine and Associate Publisher for Runner’s World.  Mike worked with his John Cabell in the original development of Rodale International.  Mike holds a BBA in Accounting from James Madison University.  He speaks Spanish and reasonable Portuguese.  He has been a board or advisory group member of many non-profits and bicycle advocacy groups.

International Partnerships
Content Licensing

Joe Haddock
Joe has deep expertise in IT and digital product development.  He has led multiple IT initiatives as Chief Technology Officer at Spanfeller Media Group, Chief Digital Officer for Central Energy, Director of eMedia Business Development at Summit Business Media, and Vice President of eMedia at Wiesner Media.

Digital Product Development
Operations

Jim Keefe
Jim is a media executive with over 17 years in conference development and management, 30 years total experience in print, online and live event platforms.  Jim is a hands-on operating executive equally comfortable with both strategy development/implementation as well as tactical planning/execution and excels in new product development, product launch, and product re-invigoration. The founder of an events management business, Jim has also held key roles at Summit Business Media, Source Media and McGraw Hill.  

Jim graduated Le Moyne College, is active in the Society of Independent Show Organizers and American Business Media and is a consummate wine expert.

Conferences & Trade Shows
Mergers & Acquisitions

J. Sperling Martin
Sperling is a data architect and expert in designing advanced information solutions that deliver measurable value.  His expertise is in content management solutions, data and text analytics tools and advanced access enabling services that rely on innovative content classification techniques.  Involved in many high-level projects, Sperling developed natural language processing systems at the National Security Agency, National Science Foundation and  the Federal Trade Commission. 

Other recent projects include rich media content architectures, content management systems, taxonomies and  other advanced content categorization solutions.  Early in his career, Sperling directed pioneering efforts in  Computer-aided Legal Research for Aspen Systems Corporation.  Among other recent positions, Sperling was VP  for Technology Planning at Thomson-Reuters.  Sperling has an MS in Computer Science from the University of  Pittsburgh.  Sperling enjoys bicycling and sailing on the Chesapeake Bay.

Content Classification Solutions
Data Mining and Analytics
Database Architectures
Digital Product Development
Operations

Delores Meglio
Delores is a digital publishing executive with operational experience in technical management, product planning, database and knowledge management, production and product development. Delores holds multiple degrees with a BA in Psychology from City College of New York, Information Science from St. John’s University and an MBA from INSEAD European Management Institute.

Digital Product Development
Operations
Content Licensing

David Myers
David has over 22 years of experience specializing in sales, licensing and business development and has drafted, negotiated and closed over 500 domestic and international licensing agreements.  David has served in key corporate roles such as Executive Director of Global Licensing and Business Development for Wolters Kluwer and Vice President of Business Development for Marco Polo Technologies.
 
He holds a BS in Genetics/Business from the University of Maryland, an MBA in Finance from Pepperdine University and a JD from American University – David is an avid traveler and appreciates fine cuisine.

Legal/Contracts
Strategy
Content Licensing
International Business Development

Steve Rosenfield
Media Resource Group provides confidential strategic, operations and transaction services for media, marketing and information  services companies. Since 1995, Steve Rosenfield and his associates conduct short term quantifiable project that include analyzing opportunities and recommending solutions, increasing revenues and profits and enhancing value. Client span the globe and range from multi-national corporations, financially-backed enterprises to privately owned businesses. More details at www.media-resource.com

Mergers & Acquisitions
Operations