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Mr. Cobuzzi is a senior executive with strong management and
leadership ability and a proven track record of success in a variety
of product and service businesses. His experience encompasses all
business applications and functions with an emphasis on operational,
administrative, and financial areas. Mr. Cobuzzi has been
responsible for the successful negotiation and completion of
Domestic and International transactions in both traditional and
e-commerce business environments and is capable of developing a
winning business strategy and mobilizing a flexible and responsive
organization to successfully implement such a strategy. Since 2003,
Mr. Cobuzzi has exhibited an aptitude in developing and executing a
plan for the successful restructure and reorganization of troubled
organizations.
In January of 2004, Mr. Cobuzzi partnered with JHW Greentree
Capital, a J.H. Whitney company, to acquire companies in the
Corporate Event Production industry. Serving as Chief Operating
Officer of TBA Holdings, LLC, he and his team went on to acquire TBA
Entertainment Corporation in June, 2004 and PGI, Inc. in July of
2005. The resulting merged organization, TBA Global Events, LLC, had
annual sales exceeding $150 million. After reorganizing the
management team and restructuring overhead costs down by over 25%,
the resulting organization was able to achieve profitability in
calendar year 2006.
Prior to TBA, Mr. Cobuzzi had been with MediaLive International
since January 2001 as Executive Vice President of Operations and
Strategic Planning. In that role, his responsibilities included
heading up worldwide operations, major vendor relationships, and
mergers and acquisitions. Instrumental in all company acquisitions
and business development activities for MediaLive, he completed a
series of transactions at a value in excess of $120 million
domestically and $30 million internationally ranking them among the
largest transactions consummated in the industry during 2001.
Assisted in leading this organization through a reorganization and
restructuring via a successful chapter 11 filing in conjunction with
a change of control transaction and the development of a complete go
forward plan which was adopted by the new ownership.
Mr. Cobuzzi joined MediaLive International from MusicNet, a division
of Real Networks, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. During
his tenure with MusicNet, he helped create one of the first
legitimate subscription based digital music services with a launch
budget of just over $18 million.
Prior to MusicNet, Cobuzzi served as Chief Operating Officer and a
member of the Board of Directors of Ticketmaster Group, Inc. His
tenure at Ticketmaster covered almost 15 years during which he
served in a variety of senior leadership roles where
responsibilities included the direct supervision of all operations,
research & development, administration, finance, business
development, legal and human resources functions worldwide. During
his career with Ticketmaster, the company’s enterprise value went
from just a few million dollars to nearly $1 billion.
Mr. Cobuzzi, a CPA, holds a BBA from Iona College.
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