Rich Iazzetta

About Rich Iazzetta

EXPERIENCE General Sales Manager, Walt Disney Domestic Television.(20••••20). SVP, General Manager, The Walt Disney Company. Ran the Los Angeles and Dallas sales offices.(20••••17) VP, Western Sales, Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution, selling syndication.(20••••04) Started my own Internet company after I had received \"angel\" financing from a business plan that I wrote in The company, Emerging Equity Network (EEN), was a venture capital firm which used commercial inventory, not cash, to invest in new media companies. We essentially raised media time and space from newspaper, magazine, outdoor, TV and radio groups and traded that media time for equity in start-ups. Unfortunately, the bubble burst about a year after start-up and we went under with a lot of other Recruited to help start UPN by Lucie Salhany. As a VP and eventually Sr. VP of Network Distribution, my role was to secure UPN affiliates which we did with great success during Lucie\'s tenure. While at UPN, I dealt with every major and minor station group across the country, signing affiliates, selling and trading stations, securing financing for station build-outs and dealing with the Manager, Broadcast syndication sales, Paramount.(19••••95) Director of Research, Paramount Domestic TV. Promoted 4 times in 4 years.(19••••90)

Experience

1. Real Estate Investor and Mortgage Loan Officer

   Augusta Financial Inc

   Jan 2023 — Present · Santa Clarita, CA, US

Education

• San Diego State University

  BA, Marketing

  1981 — 1984