Chuck Davis
Chief Executive Officer, Fandango
Executive Vice President, Comcast Interactive Media
Chuck Davis is the CEO of Fandango, Inc, the nation's leading moviegoer destination and a unit of Comcast Interactive Media. One of the Web's top movie and entertainment destinations, Fandango sells tickets to more than 16,000 screens. Since Comcast acquired Fandango in May, 2007, Davis has overseen the 2008 acquisitions of Movies.com and DailyCandy, both of which are under his supervision.
Previous to joining Fandango, Davis led Shopzilla, Inc., formerly BizRate.com, from its infancy to its status as the largest, most profitable and fastest-growing comparison shopping site online. Davis served as Shopzilla's president and chief executive officer from 1999 (when the company was in its pre-revenue stage) to June 2005 (when it was acquired by the E.W. Scripps Company for $569 million). Under Davis' leadership, Shopzilla was one of the first companies to spearhead a search engine cost-per-click model, transforming the way retailers market their products online.
Prior to joining Shopzilla, Davis was president, e-Commerce for The Walt Disney Company's Internet Group where he launched profitable merchant and travel businesses including Disneystore.com and Disneyvacations.com. Davis also managed all Disney Internet advertising sales, marketing, and online subscription initiatives from 1996-1998.
Davis' move to e-commerce was a natural evolution from his previous direct marketing and publishing experience at News Corporation's TV Guide. As senior vice president, Marketing, Davis directed the consumer marketing and circulation groups for America's then-largest magazine and was the last executive to increase the subscription circulation. While at News Corp, he also launched The Weekly Standard magazine and oversaw the Murdoch Magazines' Distribution Division, which distributed more than 60 client titles to retail distributors.
Previous to News Corp, Davis worked at Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated from 1986-1991 and earlier at Life and Time Magazines in marketing, circulation, and financial roles.
Davis earned his BA from Brown University and MBA from Harvard University. He serves as a Director on several boards, including Shop.org, The Teaching Company, and is the Chairman of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), Los Angeles Chapter. Davis is also a trustee of the Corporation at Brown University. Previously he was elected to serve on the board of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and served as a director to Business.com up to its 2007 sale to R.H. Donnelley. In 2004 he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Los Angeles.
Rick Butler
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Butler is responsible for managing Fandango's day-to-day operations, including oversight of exhibitor relations, e-commerce, marketing and product development, corporate IT and theatre networking. Butler joined Fandango as its Vice President of Operations and prior to his appointment as COO, held the position of Chief Information Officer. As one of Fandango's original executives, he brings over 20 years of leadership in media and internet operations, technology solutions delivery and professional services to its management team.
Before Fandango, Butler was Senior Vice President of Operations for financialprinter.com, a Web-based financial document services company providing secure on-line document creation and editing, SEC compliant EDGAR filings, and printed and electronic distribution, where he was responsible for product delivery, professional services, real estate assets and facilities management. He previously served as regional Vice President of Operations for Bowne Business Solutions, an information-management outsourcing provider to legal and financial institutions where he managed a multi-state on-site and corporate document services group. Butler began his career at R.R. Donnelley, where over a 12 year period held several positions in the book and financial publishing and printing groups in Indiana, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco from major account services to operations management.
Daniel V. Murray
Chief Financial Officer
Murray oversees the financial management of Fandango, as well as
playing a key role in the company's strategic operations, business
intelligence, business plans, financial affairs and administrative
functions. He reports directly to Chuck Davis, Chairman and CEO
of Fandango.
Murray was formerly the CFO and SVP of Operations for Academy123, a
venture-funded start-up that provides online math homework help for
students of all ages. Less than two years into the company's
operations, Academy123 was acquired by Discovery Communications,
the leading global real-world and knowledge-based media company.
Prior to joining Academy123, Murray was VP of International Finance
at Yahoo! where he was responsible for both Finance and
Controllership functions for the company's international business
units, representing 26% of total company revenues. Murray's expertise
in leading Internet companies was honed at Overture, the
Pasadena-based pioneer of pay-for-performance search services, which
was acquired by Yahoo! in 2003 for $1.63 billion.
Prior to Overture, Murray worked for fifteen years in the consumer
products and financial services industries. Part of this time,
Murray lived in China where he worked as an executive for The Quaker
Oats Company. Murray holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School
of Management, a BS in Finance from Penn State University, and is a
Certified Public Accountant.
Stacey Olliff
Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs
Olliff oversees legal matters, business affairs, corporate development
and corporate governance for Fandango, reporting directly to Chairman
and CEO Chuck Davis. From 2000-2006, Olliff was General Counsel of
Shopzilla, Inc., the Web's largest, most profitable and fastest-growing
comparison shopping site, and where Davis also served as CEO from 1999 to
2005. Previous to Shopzilla, Olliff practiced corporate and transactional
law for over 20 years at Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP in Beverly Hills, CA,
where he represented numerous companies and entrepreneurs involved in a
variety of entertainment-related businesses, including film studios,
recording studios, entertainment executives and artists.
Olliff graduated cum laude from the Harvard Law School in 1978, where
he was Articles Editor of the Harvard Journal on Legislation, after receiving
his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from the University of Central Florida
in 1974. Following law school and until 1981, he practiced banking and
finance law at the firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Olliff is a member of the American, California, Los Angeles, and Beverly
Hills Bar Associations, and the Association for Corporate Counsel (ACC),
and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Corporate Law
Departments Section and the Commercial Law Committee of the Commercial
Law and Bankruptcy Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
He has also served on the Board of Trustees and as Chair of the Business
and Corporations Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association,
and as Chair of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section
of the California Bar Association.
Scott Schiller
Senior Vice President Advertising Sales
Comcast Interactive Media
Schiller leads advertising sales for Fandango, Fancast, Movies.com and Plaxo, all units of Comcast Interactive Media (CIM).
A key member of the CIM executive team, Schiller staffs and manages CIM sales offices throughout the country. He is based in New York City.
A co-founder of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and its first vice-chairman, Schiller has more than 25 years of advertising, sales management and start-up media experience, in leading positions at worldwide entertainment brands including Disney, AOL, Sony, Prodigy and MTV Networks.
Schiller joins CIM from Glam Media, Inc., one of the fastest-growing women’s Web properties, where he was the Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and its original Chief Revenue Officer. Earlier in his career, Schiller served as Senior Vice President of Interactive Marketing for America Online; Senior Vice-President of Strategic Partnership Marketing for the Walt Disney Internet Group (where he ran advertising sales and sponsorship for such Disney-branded sites as ABC.com, ABCNews.com, Disney.com, Family.com and ESPN.com); Vice President of Advertising and Partnership Marketing for Sony Online Ventures; Vice President of Advertising Sales for Prodigy; and account director for MTV Networks, during the cable network’s earliest days.
Christopher Cunningham
Vice President, Business Development
Cunningham oversees all of Fandango's business development initiatives.
He brings with him 17 years of diverse experience in business development,
strategic planning, corporate development and product management in digital
entertainment, technology, and new media. Throughout his career, Cunningham
has negotiated and structured technology partnerships with Fortune 500
companies as well as structured content and distribution partnerships with
broadcasters, studios, cable operators and satellite networks.
Cunningham most recently held the position of Vice President of Strategy &
Product Development for YaYa Media, Inc., a leading interactive entertainment
consultancy and agency. Prior to YaYa, he served as Vice President of Business
Development for Wink Communications, Inc., a leader in interactive television
services. Previously, he was Director of Business Development for DVR pioneer,
ReplayTV, Inc. Cunningham has also held a variety of senior management
positions with OpenTV, Inc. and Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Cunningham serves on the Board of Directors for the Cable and
Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM-SV Chapter)
and is a member of the Interactive Television Alliance (ITA),
the Association for Interactive Media (AIM), the National Association
of Broadcasters (NAB), and the National Cable Television
Association (NCTA). He earned his master's of business administration
in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton
School at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a Mayer
Scholar, and a bachelor's of science in Psychology with High
Distinction from Duke University.
Rajesh Duggal
Vice President, Finance/Controller
Duggal is responsible for Fandango's financial planning,
management and controls. He has worked for fourteen years in a
variety of industries, including financial services, automotive
and media/entertainment.
Prior to joining Fandango, Duggal served for five years at
Sony Pictures Entertainment where he was Executive Director of
Finance for International Television. During his tenure at SPE,
he was responsible for the design and development of a new financial
system supporting International Television operations. Previously,
he was a Manager at KPMG in their financial services sector where
he was responsible for audit and other transactional matters.
Prior to becoming a Chartered Accountant, Duggal earned his
master's (with Honors) in Management Science at Southampton
University (UK), and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
(with Honors) from King's College, University of London (UK).
Bethany Ellis
Chief People Officer
Ellis oversees all aspects of human resources, organizational development and administration for Fandango, Movies.com and Daily Candy. Ellis is responsible for the design and implementation of the company's human resources initiatives and policies, and is responsible for providing each department with the personnel, guidance and support necessary to achieve company-wide business objectives. She brings to Fandango over thirteen years of experience in human resources with an emphasis in employee relations, recruiting, compensation, and labor relations.
Prior to joining Fandango, Ellis was the National Director of Human Resources for the Screen Actors Guild, where she served the world's leading actors' union and its 350 staffers from its Hollywood headquarters. Ellis began her professional career as human resources coordinator for Sony Development and has also worked at Hilton Hotels Corporation and McCann-Erickson. Ellis earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts from Bennington College in Vermont and received her SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) certification in 1999.
Ted Hong
Chief Marketing Officer, Fandango
Hong leads all marketing efforts for Fandango and Movies.com, both leading entertainment destinations on the Web. In addition, for Fandango he oversees the Promotional Sales, Gift Card and Live Events ticketing businesses. Fandango and Movies.com are owned by Comcast Interactive Media, A Division of Comcast Cable.
He brings over 15 years of business experience in marketing, strategy and general management from small start ups to $200MM global brands. He joined Fandango in 2003 and currently oversees brand strategy, marketing planning and execution, co-marketing, offline and online advertising, public relations, market research and new business evaluation. He was instrumental in launching the nationally-recognized Fandango Bag Puppet advertising campaign. Prior to Fandango, he was a head of marketing for the .TV Corporation, a web identity services provider acquired by Verisign Inc. in 2003. At .TV Hong led marketing efforts for the international and wholesale divisions of the company.
Hong also spent several years at Nestle USA in brand management for the Chocolate and Confections division on the Butterfinger brand and the Halloween and Valentine's Day seasonal businesses.
He also has experience in management consulting for Gemini Consulting, non-profit management for the California Alumni Association and professional sports marketing for the Golden State Warriors.
Hong received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA in Political Economy from UC Berkeley.
Dan Mohler
Vice President, Sales
Mohler is responsible for increasing revenues through strategic
partnerships with national major advertisers and increase
partnerships in other categories including automotive,
telecommunications and package goods. He brings more than 20
years of sales and sales management experience in traditional
and non-traditional media.
Prior to joining Fandango, Mohler was director of sales for
the Western Region of the Ticketmaster Media Group. His
team represented Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster.com, Match.com,
Citysearch.com and Evite.com to companies throughout the West
including Microsoft, Toyota and majority of the movie studios.
Previously, he led sales teams at Excite@Home, Firstlook.com
and Launch. Mohler started his career with The Weather
Channel when it first launched and played a significant
role in their sales organization for 14 years. He opened
the Western Region, leading a team that represented The
Weather Channel and The Travel Channel cable networks and
web sites.
Mohler earned a bachelor of science in communications from
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Shane O'Neill
Chief Technology Officer
O'Neill is responsible for Fandango's website engineering, performance and
availability, and additionally for internal software development,
quality assurance, and technology selection. He brings nearly 15
years of relevant experience developing and delivering Web based
direct marketing and customer acquisition solutions.
Prior to joining Fandango, O'Neill worked in a variety of technology
roles in companies ranging in size and maturity from start-ups
to those in the Fortune 500. Most recently he served as the Chief
Technology Officer and Vice President for Synapse Group, Inc.
(a TimeWarner company) focusing on enterprise architecture,
application development and new product offerings. There, O'Neill
built highly customizable systems in order to acquire customers
for some of the largest brands in the publishing industry
(including Time, Newsweek, and People) through co-branded
relationships with hundreds of America's most trusted brands
(i.e. Amazon, Citibank, American Express, American Airlines,
and AOL to name a few).
Before Synapse, O'Neill held positions at Warnaco Group, Inc
(a large apparel manufacturer), and Owens Corning. He worked
on a variety of projects for both companies building web applications
which increased efficiency in the sales process and created greater
visibility into customer behaviors and the financials of the company
through advanced reporting technologies. O'Neill started his career
at the age of 20 developing technology solutions for ExpressBill
(now a WebMD company).
Robert Peralta
Vice President, Operations
Peralta is responsible for Fandango's Content Operations & Editorial, Advertising Operations and Customer Support. One of Fandango's original employees, he was instrumental is developing and enhancing Fandango's core product offerings including Fandango Bucks, 800-FANDANGO, Fandango Mobile (WAP application), and content editorial. He brings over 20 years of experience in technology operations and product management to the Fandango leadership team. Prior to joining Fandango, Peralta was Director of Project Management for BizBuyer.com, a CMGI-funded request-for-quote website for small business, where he was responsible for implementing project processes and ongoing technology project management.
Peralta began his career at Citicorp/Citigroup, where over a 13 year period he held positions in electronic product development and project management for Citicorp's businesses in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London, England. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Applications & Information Systems and in Marketing from New York University's Stern School of Business in 1985.
Jessica Yi
Vice President, Product Development
Yi leads the strategic planning, development, and ongoing management of all product-related initiatives for Fandango and Movies.com. Yi joined Fandango in 2006, first serving as the company's Director, and later, Senior Director of Product Development. In each of her roles with Fandango, she has helped lead the company's product strategy and managed all of its execution on product development initiatives. She brings with her 13 years of experience in product, user experience, and web application design and development. Prior to joining Fandango, Yi served as program manager and Director of Information Architecture at Sapient, a leading business technology consulting firm, where she worked in the financial services and automotive verticals. For several years, she oversaw Sapient's development team for Nissan North America's online marketing program. Prior to Sapient, she was VP of Information Architecture at Arc:eConsultancy and a Principal at Computer Sciences Corporation. Yi has been architecting web applications and online customer experiences since 1996, when she first learned to hand code HTML for Netscape 1.0.
Yi has a BA in Economics from Wellesley College.