Rick Butler
Executive Vice President and General Manager
Fandango and Movies.com
NBCUniversal Entertainment and Digital Networks
Rick Butler was appointed by NBCUniversal as the Executive Vice President and
General Manager of Fandango in 2011, recognizing his 10 years of leadership at
the nation’s top moviegoer destination, with over 30 million unique visitors per month,
20 million downloads of its popular mobile apps, and more than 16,000 screens
across the country.
As the top executive at the company, Butler runs Fandango’s day-to-day business,
as well as serving as its chief strategist and operations manager. His oversight
includes Profit and Loss responsibility, Exhibitor Relations, Product and Marketing,
Web and Mobile Application Development, e-Commerce, Corporate IT and Partner Networks,
Consumer and Studio Support.
Before his appointment as Fandango’s top executive, Rick previously served the company
as its Chief Operating Officer, and previous to that promotion, its Vice President of
Operations and 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. Rick also manages Fandango's
sister property, Movies.com in the same capacity. Movies.com is a content focused web
site for everything movies, from pre-theatrical buzz to home entertainment.
Before Fandango, Rick 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.
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. Rick 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.
Scott Schiller
Executive Vice-President, Digital Media Sales
NBCUniversal Entertainment and Digital Networks and Integrated Media
Scott Schiller is the EVP of Digital Media Sales, for NBCUniversal Entertainment and Digital
Networks and Integrated Media. Scott oversees ad sales for Fandango, iVillage, DailyCandy,
Swirl, and Television without Pity.
Most recently, Schiller was SVP of Comcast Digital Entertainment Advertising Sales. Under
his leadership, Comcast Digital Entertainment ad sales doubled in the last two years.
Prior to joining Comcast in 2009, Scott was Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and
the original Chief Revenue Officer of Glam Media. He has more than 25 years of advertising,
sales management and start-up media experience, having held positions at worldwide entertainment
brands including: Disney, AOL, Sony, Prodigy and MTV Networks. He is a co-founder of the
Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and was its first vice-chairman.
Scott earned his BA in Economics from Cornell University and chairs the Career Connections
Committee for the College of Arts and Sciences. He has an MBA in Marketing/Finance from the
JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he currently is
leading a class in Managing Interactive Media. Additionally, he is a member of the New Media
Committee for Lincoln Center in New York.
A lifelong resident of New York City (that makes him a Yankee fan); he currently lives on
the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wonderful wife, two boys, and their dog Ginger.
Ted Hong
Chief Marketing Officer, Fandango
Ted leads Fandango’s marketing, public relations, and product development initiatives.
He brings nearly 15 years of business experience in marketing, strategy and general
management from small start ups to $200MM global brands. He joined Fandango in 2003 as
director of marketing, overseeing brand strategy, marketing planning and execution,
co-marketing, offline and online advertising, 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 Ted led marketing
efforts for the international and wholesale divisions of the company.
Ted 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 for the
Golden State Warriors.
Ted received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
and a BA in Political Economy from UC Berkeley.
Jessica Yi
Chief Product Officer, Fandango
Jessica leads the strategic planning, development, and ongoing management of all
product-related initiatives for Fandango and Movies.com. She oversees the website Fandango.com,
mobile application and emerging platform design and development, and the sister property
movies.com. Jessica joined Fandango in 2006, bringing with her 13 years of experience
in product, user experience, and web application design and development. Prior to joining
Fandango, Jessica served as 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.
Jessica has a BA in Economics from Wellesley College.