Advisory Board

When it comes to establishing a team, OAP had surrounded itself with the proper network.

 

Mr. Frank Vitolo

Frank has produced nine films in the past three years, including The Box, with Gabrielle Union. His film Music Within (with Ron Livingston and Michael Sheen) has won many awards and has been purchased by MGM. Frank recently shot his latest film, Hunger, in Huntsville, AL and has a distribution deal in place. He has a multi-picture and distribution deal for 3 more films.

Other feature film credits include Wanderers, Fame, Godfather III, and Working Girl. TV series credits include Law and Order, The John Larroquette Show, Mad About You, and L.A. Law.

 

Mrs. Nina May; www.ninamay.com

Nina founded and chairs the Renaissance Foundation which is an educational leadership organization with many projects such as Renaissance Women Productions. This project teaches production and video editing skills to interns who want to get into the movie industry by having them do hands on work in movies, documentaries, TV shows and commercials.

 

Mr. Dave Ramos; www.DashboardGroup.com

Dave is the founder and CEO of The Dashboard Group.  For 25 years, he has helped build high-performance organizations in a broad range of settings - including large global corporations, venture-backed start-ups, innovative non-profits, and government.

He has held executive positions with global leaders like Nortel where he was the Vice President of Global Marketing.  At Nortel, Dave won the company’s highest award, The Chairman’s Award, for innovations in marketing.  At IBM, Dave won the company’s highest award, The Golden Circle, for innovations in sales.

During his career, Dave has worked in marketing, sales, accounting, finance, and HR.  He has an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a BS in Accounting from Drexel University.

 

Mr. Bud Moeller

Bud is a retired management consulting partner, having spent 25 years leading strategic, organizational, and change management engagements for large, global companies seeking growth and high performance. He spent 20 years at the firm Booz Allen Hamilton and five years at Accenture, working with clients in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has been recognized in many “Who’s Who” publications, including “Who’s Who in the World” and the “International Directory of Distinguished Leadership.”

 

Mrs. Carole Lee Dean; www.fromtheheartproductions.com

Thirty years ago Carole Dean took a $20 bill and turned it into a $50 million a year industry when she reinvented the tape and short end industry in Hollywood, NYC and Chicago. Carole coined the phrase “short ends” and began buying and selling film ends left from production. She was instrumental in the birth of the Hollywood independent film community because she offered film to Indies at prices they could afford, allowing many producers to go on to great success, customers like Corman and Cassavetes took chances with her raw stock and succeeded.

As president and CEO of From The Heart Productions, between 1992 to 1998 , Carole produced over 100 television programs including the popular cable programs Filmmakers and HealthStyles, where she interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry including, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Weil and Dr. Caroline Myss.

In 1992 Carole created the Roy W. Dean Grant Foundation in honor of her late father. To date Carole’s grant and mentorship programs have provided filmmakers with millions of dollars in goods and services and have played an instrumental role in establishing the careers of some of the industry’s most promising filmmakers.

 

Mr. Walter Blackwell

Blackwell, currently consulting in new technology and marketing ventures, is a proven leader with more than 35 years of diverse experience in private industry, international business and non-profit arenas.

After a successful career with IBM where in his 25-year tenure he held senior management positions in corporate media, communications and community relations, employee recognition events, product development and technical publications he launched a new career in non-profit leadership.

To date that work has included service as President & CEO of: The National Veterans Business Development Corporation where during his tenure, he led the Federally-charted organization to create and enhance entrepreneurial business opportunities including such tools and resources as access to bonding, capital and education for Veterans, including Service-Disabled Veterans. TVC’s Board of Directors is appointed by the President of the United States; The International Communications Industries Association (ICIA) an international commercial audio/visual trade association with chapters on five continents and members in 65 countries; and The Association of Communications Enterprises (ASCENT). At ASCENT, he led the successful merger of the group with its competing sister-organization, CompTel. Through the mobilization of its membership, the association was instrumental in improving the language of the legislation in order to advance the interests of competitive telecommunications carriers there by delivering one voice to the competitive telecommunications industry.

Blackwell holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington University and is a Veteran of the U.S. Navy.