Fan Media Network is an independent news & entertainment media company featuring fan reporting for sports.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Kirk Berridge

Founder, CEO

Fan Media Network is led by sports marketing and digital media professional Kirk Berridge.

In 2004, Berridge founded SportsAdMarketplace, an online advertising network that helped over 109 official pro and college sports team web sites properly penetrate the online advertising market, while at the same time, made it possible for online advertisers to run campaigns across a critical mass of sports team web sites through one insertion order and one invoice. Berridge sold the business to Epic Cycle Interactive in 2005 and ran the business for the acquiring company, where he built a management team of online advertising veterans from ESPN.com, CBS Sportsline and CSTV.com and helped raise $3MM from investors and booked $500,000 in revenue the first 3 months after putting the team in place.

While with the San Francisco 49ers (NFL) from 2001-2004, Berridge led the sponsorship sales staff in new business revenue and helped take 49ers.com from a cost center to a profit center, with an emphasis on sponsorship, e-mail marketing and new product development.

In 2000-01, Berridge helped Popmail.com (ENEWSNOTIFIER), an e-mail marketing application service provider, pioneer preference-based e-mail marketing with over 100 NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL and NCAA team clients, helping sports teams monetize their Internet and e-mail channels.

During the mid to late 1990s with the San Jose Sharks (NHL), Berridge established the initial sponsorship relationships with Compaq and HP, who now name the arena (HP Pavilion). Berridge was the first to introduce sports sponsorship to companies like Yahoo!, McAfee and Siebel and sold the first ever advertisement on SJSharks.com in 1997. The San Jose Sharks were among the first professional sports teams in the world to launch a commercial web site in March 1995.

Berridge began his career in 1991 with the Indiana Pacers (NBA) in media relations. A former athlete, Berridge was a member of the University of Indianapolis Track & Field team, competing in the Pole Vault, 4 x 100 relay and was the 1991 Indoor and Outdoor Indiana Little State Champion in the Triple Jump.

Tom Bondi

Interim CFO

Tom Bondi is the Director of the Emerging Business Services Group at Berger/Lewis. He and his team work with early stage technology companies and other Software and Internet startups, providing full service consulting and advisory services.

Tom is active in his roles as Advisory Board member of client companies and takes a lead role in the positioning of companies from seed funding through merger, acquisition, and often as interim-CFO of early-stage client companies.

Tom was a co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of a software development company from start up to its acquisition. In addition, Tom worked with a major Silicon Valley semiconductor manufacturer in product management prior to entering Public Accounting. He has also served as a Board Member of many of the Valley's nonprofit organizations and political committees over the years. Prior to creating the Emerging Business Services Group, Tom worked extensively in success planning for closely held businesses, stock option planning, interim-CFO services, and estate and trust planning.

ADVISORS

Laurie Miller
Laurie has over 20 years corporate legal and board member experience for emerging technology ventures. Laurie serves as general counsel to early-stage corporations and has substantial expertise in founder and employee equity transactions, securities financing (both angel and venture financing), employee stock option plans, trademark prosecution, licensing, distribution and development agreements and mergers and acquisitions.

Bernard Moon

Bernard is Vice President of the Lunsford Group, which is a private holding company consisting of entities in technology, media, research & consulting, health care, investment boutique and real estate. Previously, he was Co-founder and VP of Business Development at GoingOn Networks, a social media platform for companies and organizations. He led the initial product development where BusinessWeek recognized the GoingOn platform in their "Best of the Web" list for 2007. He continues to serve as an advisor and also serves as an advisor to Innotive (an interactive multimedia platform), Fidgt (web 2.0 address book), and Qbox (online music tagging & utility tool).

Prior to this, Bernard was a Director at iRG, a leading boutique investment bank in Asia, where he focused on Telecommunications- Media-Technology companies and provided such services as M&A advisory and capital raising. Prior to iRG, Bernard was Vice President of Business Development & Marketing at HeyAnita Korea, Inc., a leading voice portal and solutions provider, which was joint venture between Softbank and HeyAnita, Inc. At HeyAnita Korea, Bernard was responsible for establishing strategic and content partnerships. Additionally, he gained experience in the strategic planning unit of Digital City Chicago, a partnership with the Tribune Co. and AOL. He also served as a legislative liaison to Governor Jim Edgar of Illinois.

Bernard completed a post-graduate fellowship with the Coro Foundation. He received his MPA in Telecommunications and New Media Policy from Columbia University and a BA in English and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Kirk Reynolds

During a 17-year career in communications, public relations and publicity, Kirk Reynolds has learned first hand how to achieve success at the highest levels. From back-to-back NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, to a World Series Championship with the Los Angeles Dodgers, to the five-time Super Bowl Champion San Francisco 49ers, Kirk has thrived in the most demanding environments.

Working with super star personalities such as Magic Johnson, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Tim McDonald, Jerome Bettis, Terrell Owens and dynamic leaders like Edward J. DeBartolo, Bill Walsh and Carmen Policy, Kirk has not only learned from the best, but has earned the reputation of being a creative thinker and solid strategist.

Aside from developing strategic communications plans for highly successful organizations, Kirk has vast experience managing the needs of key business partnerships, including broadcasting networks Fox, CBS, ABC and ESPN - $3.5 billion partners with the NFL.

Kirk is a one-time recipient and four-time finalist for the prestigious Pete Rozelle Award, presented to the NFL's top PR staff.

Keith Ritter

Keith Ritter leads Keith Ritter Media, a consulting firm headquartered in Westport, CT. The firm's clients include media companies, technology suppliers, licensed goods manufactures and other consultants.  He's often been described as a natural communicator, influential presenter, and effective team builder.  Over the past 30 years Keith honed his talents to become a  visionary leader, strategic planner and creative executive with management experience in media, marketing, and sales. Keith brings a wealth of communication, presentation and team building skills to the table along with a solid track record of nurturing solid relationships with strategic partners and consensus building across multiple organizational levels. In short, he's a savvy, resourceful senior executive, with expertise in technology, consumer behavior, and all forms of media. 

For nearly seven years, Keith guided the digital businesses of the National Hockey League, including NHL.com, the NHL.com Network, NHL Wireless, data and content licensing, interactive TV, and video on demand. Despite having a year when the NHL did not play at all, he and his team grew revenues 500% in 6 fiscal years. He negotiated groundbreaking agreements for monetization of NHL content with AOL, MSN, Yahoo, Sympatico, YouTube, Joost, Sling, Apple, and others. His strategic thinking and management helped to position the NHL as one of the most "tech-savvy" sports leagues

Prior to that, Keith spent nearly 25 years with ABC and CBS where he gained a comprehensive knowledge of network and local television. He made personal sales calls on hundreds of national advertisers and their agencies and worked with leagues, national governing bodies, event organizers, and other broadcasters.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Connecticut College in New London, Keith has spoken before dozens of major meetings including The International Sports Summit, the Sports Media and Technology Conference, the Digital Sports Expo, The Sponsorship Forum, the SGMA Super Show, the Copyright Society of the US, the National Retail Merchants Association, and the American Marketing Association Sports Marketing Conference. He has taught at the NYU Sports Marketing Graduate Certificate Program, the NYU Summer Sports Marketing Program, the University of Kentucky Sports Marketing Program, the Arizona State University Sports Marketing Graduate Program and on Connecticut College Alumni Career Panels.  He also publishes a blog at ConsultKeith.com.

Jay Westlin

Jay currently serves as Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development for Buzznet.com. His team vets websites and technology companies to acquire or partner with and secure other content, distribution, traffic and revenue relationships to further establish Buzznet as one of the largest consumer entertainment brands online. Acquisitions such as Idolator.com from Gawker Media, the launch of Celebuzz.com, and the announcement of a Series C round of funding from top VC's and Universal Music Group are among recent events at the company.

Prior to this role, Jay was Vice President, Business Development and Marketing for Atomic Online -- the owned and operated website division of Gorilla Nation. Over the course of 15 months (ending in August 2007), he grew its male lifestyle network CraveOnline 406% and its hub website CraveOnline.com 413% (according to comScore Media Metrix). During that time he also branded the division and created/branded it's teen vertical, TeenCrunch, among numerous other accomplishments.

Jay's 15+ years of media entertainment experience, 10 of which is online, includes founding companies such as Captive Audience Entertainment and serving on advisory boards as with Jangl. He has a B.A. from Indiana University's Ernie Pyle School of Journalism.