Management Team

Cinedigm’s Executive Team brings the highest degree of experience and leadership to the company with a proven record of accomplishment, performance, technical expertise and industry experience.

A. Dale Mayo
Chairman, President, CEO,
Cinedigm


Jeff Butkovsky
SVP, Chief Technology Officer,
Cinedigm


Chuck Goldwater
President,
Cinedigm Media Services Group


Gerd A. Jakuszeit
SVP, General Manager,
Cinedigm Digital Media Services Division


Gary S. Loffredo
SVP General Counsel, Secretary,
Cinedigm


William A. McGlamery
President, COO,
UniqueScreen Media, a Cinedigm Company


Brian D. Pflug
SVP Accounting and Finance,
Cinedigm


Adam M. Mizel
CFO and Chief Strategy Officer,
Cinedigm


Jim Miller
President, COO,
Cinedigm Software Division


Robert Jackovich
CTO,
Cinedigm Software Division


Jonathan Dern
President,
Cinedigm Content and Entertainment Group


Ali Dhoon
COO,
AccessIT - Managed & Hosting Services



A. Dale Mayo, Chairman, President, CEO,
Cinedigm
bmayo@cinedigm.com

A. Dale Mayo is a co-founder of the company, and has been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since our inception on March 31, 2000. He also serves as Chairman and CEO of our subsidiaries, AccessDM and Hollywood Software. From January to March 2000, Mr. Mayo explored various business opportunities, including data center operations. From December 1998 to January 2000, he had been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cablevision Cinemas, LLC. In December 1994, Mr. Mayo co-founded Clearview Cinema Group, Inc., which was sold to Cablevision Cinemas in 1998. During the term of Mr. Mayo's leadership, Cablevision Cinemas was an early exhibitor of digital film, and explored content delivery via cable and satellite technology. Clearview Cinema Group, Inc. had eight screens in 1994 and, when Mr. Mayo left Cablevision Cinemas in January 2000, it had almost 300 screens at 65 locations, making it the then second largest theatre circuit in the metropolitan New York City area. Mr. Mayo was also the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Clearview Leasing Corporation, a lessor of computer peripherals and telecommunications equipment founded in 1976. Mr. Mayo began his career as a computer salesman with IBM in 1965.



Jeff Butkovsky, SVP, Chief Technology Officer,
Cinedigm
jbutkovsky@cinedigm.com

Jeff Butkovsky has been our Senior Vice President – Managed Services since October 2000. Previously, Mr. Butkovsky had served as Eastern Regional Director for LogicStream, Inc., a managed service provider and colocation company, from March 2000 to October 2000. Mr. Butkovsky served as a sales executive with Auspex Systems, Inc., a network-attached storage company, from June 1999 to March 2000. Mr. Butkovsky was employed by Micron Electronics Incorporated from May 1996 to June 1999, where he was the Northeast Regional Director.



Chuck Goldwater, President,
Cinedigm Media Services Group
cgoldwater@cinedigm.com

Chuck Goldwater joined Cinedigm as President & COO of Christie/AIX in August 2005, and in July 2006 was named President of Cinedigm's Media Services Group, which comprises Cinedigm’s Software, Digital Media Services, Christie/AIX and Advertising and Creative Services divisions. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI), a joint venture of the seven major film studios (Disney, Fox, MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal, Warner Bros. Studios). Prior to DCI, his 30-year career focused primarily on the exhibition side of the film industry, starting as an usher in a movie theatre while a film student in college. Mr. Goldwater has held senior management positions with USA Cinemas and National Amusements in Boston, and with Loews Theatres in New York. He was President/CEO of Mann Theatres in Los Angeles, and President of Clearview Cinemas in New York. He was also president/CEO of Iwerks Entertainment in Burbank, CA. Mr. Goldwater served as Chairman of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) CARA/Product Committee dealing with the film studios on various issues, and as a member NATO’s Executive Committee. He has been active in a number of industry charity organizations throughout his career.



Gerd A. Jakuszeit, SVP, General Manager,
Cinedigm Digital Media Services Division
gjakuszeit@cinedigm.com

Gerd Jakuszeit joined Cinedigm in May 2004 as Director of Operations for the Digital Media Services Division, and was named Sr. Vice President and General Manager in December 2006. Mr. Jakuszeit has an extensive background in Theatre Operations and Digital Cinema. He has held senior management positions with National Theatres in Ohio, R/C Theatres in Maryland and Technicolor Digital Cinema in Burbank. For over 20 years, he has served on the Board of Directors for numerous state and regional trade associations. Mr. Jakuszeit has also been active in numerous industry and community service and charitable organizations, including having served as President of the Exchange Club of Cleveland.



Gary S. Loffredo, SVP General Counsel, Secretary,
Cinedigm
gloffredo@cinedigm.com

Gary S. Loffredo has been Cinedigm’s Senior Vice President – Business Affairs, General Counsel, Secretary and a director since September 2000. He also serves as secretary of AccessDM and Hollywood Software. From March 1999 to August 2000, he had been Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Cablevision Cinemas, LLC. At Cablevision Cinemas, Mr. Loffredo was responsible for all aspects of the legal function, including negotiating and drafting commercial agreements with emphases on real estate, construction and lease contracts. He was also significantly involved in the business evaluation of Cablevision Cinemas' transactional work, including site selection and analysis, negotiation and new theatre construction oversight. Prior to his employment at Cablevision Cinemas, Mr. Loffredo was an attorney at the law firm of Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP, from September 1992 to February 1999.



William A. McGlamery, President, COO,
UniqueScreen Media, a Cinedigm Company
bmcglamery@cinedigm.com

Bill McGlamery joined Cinedigm in May 2007. He previously founded Cinema Screen Media, which he grew into one of the largest and most successful privately owned cinema advertising companies in the United States, serving clients such as Regal Cinemas, Marcus Theatres and many others. Prior to Cinema Screen Media, he spent many years in the broadcast media industry, managing the general business operations and sales staffs of a number of successful radio stations.



Brian D. Pflug, SVP Accounting and Finance,
Cinedigm
bpflug@cinedigm.com

Brian D. Pflug has been Cinedigm’s Senior Vice President – Accounting and Finance since January 2003. From September 2000 to December 2002, he had been our Vice President – Controller. He also serves AccessDM and Hollywood Software in the same capacity. From July 1998 to September 2000, Mr. Pflug was the Controller of Cablevision Cinemas, LLC, where he was responsible for all accounting functions, including financial reporting, payroll and accounts payable. Prior to that, Mr. Pflug was employed for four years at GPU, Inc. (which later merged with FirstEnergy Corp.), a large energy provider, in the areas of the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and accounting research. Mr. Pflug began his career as an auditor at Coopers & Lybrand, and is a Certified Public Accountant.



Adam M. Mizel, CFO and Chief Strategy Officer,
Cinedigm
amizel@cinedigm.com

Adam Mizel became CFO and Chief Strategy Officer in August 2009 after being appointed to the Board of Directors in March 2009. Since September 2005, Mr. Mizel has been the Managing Principal of the General Partner of the Aquifer Opportunity Fund, L.P., an investment fund that takes a private equity approach to investing in small capitalization public companies.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors of PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc. (PHLI).  Mr. Mizel previously was Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Azimuth Trust, LLC., an alternative asset management firm from 2001 until 2005.  Earlier, Mr. Mizel was a partner at Capital Z Partners, L.P., a private equity and alternative investment firm, and Managing Director at Zurich Centre Investments, Inc., the North American private equity unit of Zurich Financial Services Group.  Mr. Mizel began his investment career at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in 1991.



Jim Miller, President, COO,
Cinedigm Software Division
jimm@cinedigm.com

Jim Miller, president and chief operating officer of the Cinedigm Software Division, had previously served as the chief financial officer of Hollywood Software since 2000. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Corporate Controller at Viacom’s publicly held Spelling Entertainment Group, where he was responsible for Financial Planning, Accounting, Public Reporting, MIS and Business Operations for the many entertainment businesses in their portfolio. Prior to Spelling, Jim was interim CFO at Silver King Broadcasting Unit following its acquisition of Savoy Pictures, where he was also the Vice President and Corporate Controller for three years. Savoy Pictures was a publicly traded, start-up film and television production and distribution company with interests in broadcasting. Jim is a Certified Public Accountant who began his career in the entertainment practice of KPMG Peat Marwick, after which he spent 5 years in Finance and Planning at The Walt Disney Studios.



Robert Jackovich, CTO,
Cinedigm Software Division
bobj@cinedigm.com

Robert Jackovich is a co-founder of the Cinedigm Software Division, Hollywood Software, and, until the company’s acquisition by Cinedigm, had served as its President and Chief Technology Officer since its inception in 1997. Prior to co-founding Hollywood Software, Mr. Jackovich was the Chief Information Officer of Savoy Pictures, Inc., from 1993 to 1996, where he managed and facilitated the efforts associated with establishing the organization and systems of this start-up film distribution studio.



Jonathan Dern, President,
Cinedigm Content and Entertainment Group
jdern@cinedigm.com

In addition to co-founding MGM Animation, and then Sabella Dern Entertainment with the highly respected animation executive Paul Sabella, Mr. Dern is the President and co-founder of Cinedigm's Content and Entertainment Group, the world leader in digital theatrical distribution of targeted entertainment. The first program in Cinedigm's Content and Entertainment Group, Kidtoon Films, was launched in September 2004, utilizing the digital networks installed in theatres to deliver onscreen advertising. Since that initial launch, Kidtoon Films is now delivered to hundreds of digitally equipped theatres across the United States, and has exhibited more than 40 kids’ movies. From Kidtoon Films, Cinedigm has expanded to a full-service, digital theatrical distribution company, and now has a number of theatrical programs that deliver entertainment to under-served audiences, playing in under-utilized time slots in theatres, including programs of opera, concerts, faith, urban, anime, Kidtoons and high-octane sports. Cinedigm Content and Entertainment is the exclusive provider of LIVE 3D, digital, in-theatre events through their CineLive program.



Ali Dhoon, COO,
AccessIT - Managed & Hosting Services
adhoon@cinedigm.com
Ali Dhoon, Chief Operating Officer of the (AccessIT) Managed & Hosting Services Divisions, joined Cinedigm in Jan 2006.  Prior to this, he served as CEO of EZZI.net, and was responsible for building and growing the internet business from a fledgling operation in 1997 to the largest network aggregator on Long Island, NY by 2004.  As an Industrial Psychologist, he brings a unique perspective to business systems, operations, and structural organization.  Ali completed his Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral-level studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.