Ron Knight

• Conducted client and brand assessments to develop tailored business solutions, enhancing operational processes, with materials and software cost reductions.
• Collaborated with clients to create action plans targeting specific challenges and objectives.
• Advised on operational processes and business development initiatives for organizational improvement.
• Secured strategic revenue-generating sponsorships to enhance sales outcomes.

Acquired content and developed sales revenue plans for KARTOON STUDIOS (TOON on NYSE, $40M market cap), focusing on programming and merchandise branding, including Roblox Rumble-based GAMERS CHALLENGE to VUE Cinemas UK and AMC Group USA.

• Facilitated acquisitions for VRDROME 360, transforming flat-screen films into immersive experiences. Developed strategy for multiple box office installations along shopping mall, destination resort, civic center and fairground routes.
• Implemented sponsorship evaluations to offset installation costs at entertainment venues, including Puerto Mágico, in port destinations' port-side entertainment, Vidanta Group, and Sphere Entertainment proposals, with revenue models in the short-run F&B branded goods supply.

• Led efforts as senior representative , managing funding initiatives for property owners and entertainment projects, funding for growth in the water parks and Native American indigenous tribes' space, as well as other LBE entertainment experience spaces, with an ask of $1 million up to $100 million valuation per project.
• Entertainment projects monetization and/or investments included resort expansion and acquisition plan reviews, with created matched trusts and bonds for issue on the Australian Stock Exchange, matched by underlying Perth gold stocks and miners' securities.

• Created and marketed brand experiences for major entertainment clients, including Warner Brothers and MGM.
  Created sales collateral to support promotion of shows across over 9,000 venues.
  Executed sales and contract license agreements within location-based entertainment industry.
  Expanded offerings into non-branded spaces, including casinos, civic centers, parks, and resorts.
  Ensured no conflicts with established IP brands to enhance destination appeal.
  Strategically expanded market reach, enhancing value through rights assignments and experience, attraction placements in non-conflicting metro areas.
• Built a strong base of loyal customers through sales and professional artist and producer management representation.
• Developed promotional materials, including flyers and brochures, to increase brand awareness.
• Formulated plans to expand business operations and grow the overall territory and client base, with an average of $600k to $800k in annual revenues for each IP or corporate brand traveling attraction show, in three-year assignments.

Developed marketing strategies for 3DP Mini Me, enhancing amusement park attractions.

Generated revenue through acquisition of licensed character brands and corporate logos.

Cultivated client relationships with Six Flags, Disney Resorts, and other major entertainment venues.

• Executed targeted marketing campaigns at IAAPA and NEAPA, reaching 135 prospective installations.
• Facilitated turnkey installations for 3D scanning and printing solutions in FEC and LBE markets.
• Achieved sales of installations priced from $600k to $50k, optimizing volume purchase strategies.

Senior Agent – Lightly Technologies, Inc. China

April 2013 to May 2014 (1 year 2 months)

Solicited sales and advised to secure contracts for LED Conversions through Public Company private Investment funds for no cost or zero line item out of pocket budgets for LED Conversion and retrofits based upon shared savings plans incentives. Marketing campaigns and initiatives directed towards parks and resorts included LED kit conversions for rides, through strategic alliance partnerships created, and other direct sales, including Six Flags Corporate Texas, Playland Park White Plains, NY, for energy cost efficiency savings in the parks, addressing the conversion of street lights, parking structures, back of house, food courts, theme park venue light ways, attractions, further to casinos, shopping malls, zoos, stadiums, and leisure destination resorts. Advising on new product retrofit parts for the conversion of Ferris wheels, amusement rides, equipment, and concessions in tandem with High Mountain Enterprises and Ride4U brokerage and sales for new LED conversion as deflected from Maxtron – China. All of the replacement products are manufactured by Shanghai Lightsky Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. Located in Pujiang Town, Minhang District, Shanghai, China.

Themed Attractions and Parks Sales – Installs

Playland Park – Rye, New York -

Sold and Installed the Camber – Morphis Simulator experience on three year install and revenue share; including ride film packages from Ben Stassen - NuWave, and original design of Ridefilms, later distributed by all ride film companies. Attraction renovation from the successful bid for The Old Mill Attraction – water log ride – dark ride combo – rethemed characters retrofit. Supervisor – Joe Montalto, Playland Park Director.

Mars 2112 – New York City

Representation and sales of Motion Based Theater Platform along with the creative design and production of script to animatic for themed ride film simulator opening into the planned Themed Entertainment Restaurant attraction. Install reverted to Metropolis Entertainment; UK. Directly involved as consultant in developing the creative content of opening attraction ride film.

FAO Schwarz – Las Vegas

Animatronics scripting and audio visual, digital design for the flagship Las Vegas store Trojan Horse Attraction, tasks included the production of the complete character animation, script, sound, and score of characters floor show, created computer based multimedia programming to bring the Horse to Life in semi hourly premiere shows as themed attraction showcase. Dik Glass, Supervisor; in conjunction with Garner Holt Productions

Axxess – New York, New York

Creative design and production of animatics, PowerPoint and presentation for a planned leisure entertainment destination – urban renewal plan, to include graphics, audio-video and animatic for walk through and sale presentation of a combined eatery-gamery-community gathering center concept.

Straylight VR – Warren-New Jersey

Script, produced video, audio and music design for various corporate trade show Virtual reality events, including the design of specialty audio for “thunderseats” a technical low frequency conversion to seat vibration for patrons experience along with VR headsets. Projects included Mylex for Comdex, Hennessey, At&t – Bell Labs – Lucent, and other “VR” for special venue events.

Universal Studios Attractions:

Contributed to the production and creation of E.T. The Attraction, Jaws – Water Boat Ride, and Kongfrontation, recording soundtrack elements, script and voice, now credited with the voice dialog tracks for many of these now classic attractions. Included contribution to talent operation time on the Nickelodeon Studio Tour for walk through patrons and broadcast production Live! Magic Lantern Productions, Soundelux, Kneupper-Miceli and Universal Attractions, producers.

Digital Dynamics - Orlando

Produced the script, audio, animation graphics and post production across video, pilots and TV presentations for company’s owned IP and contract placements with Disney Village, Downtown Disney, Church Street Station, Busch Gardens, Astroworld and Knott’s Berry Farm to include videos produced for Wal-Mart, Cadbury-Schweppes as corporate sponsors, Gaylord Entertainment and Opryland USA as further destination IP on site support, and design a “animatronic” character robot of the company’s characters for point of purchase display at the character adoption center at Disney Village, including script, audio and “choreography”, burning audio into Eprom as technical needs.

Walt Disney Corp – MGM Post Group

Attraction contribution time on the Disney Studio Tour, Orlando Florida, Soundstage operation for studio tour for walk through park patrons.

NE Chapter Chairman: Membership & Communications at Themed Entertainment Association

1997 - 2000 (3 years)

Arranged the marketing and recruitment of international members for the Themed Entertainment Association, an international non-profit association representing the world’s leading creators, developers, designers, and producers of compelling places and experiences. Wrote a monthly magazine, e-zine, and conducted special events monthly to recruit new members, who bring the experience of engaging storytelling and entertainment to a vast number of casinos, restaurants, retail stores, museums, zoos, theme parks and water parks, with an ever-growing list of destinations that aim to bring a higher level of visitor experiences worldwide.

Marketing and Sales – International at Magic Ice Products, Inc.

July 1989 though July 1992 (3 years)

I brought this award winning frozen shave ice confections and frozen Beverages supplier though marketing with the IAPPA (International Association of Parks and Attractions) and the Water Park Association Shows, IFA International Franchise Shows, Gibtown ( The Carnival and Fair markets shows), the Western Fairs Associations. Sales to Parks in Shave Ice and themed frozen beverage and syrups products. Built the firm from local to global with a rolodex of new clients in over 7 regions of the world, providing a canvassed return target of 133 qualified sales leads from decision makers out of 125 countries every three months. Sales close ratio at 7% of generated lead volume adding a personal one million per year in revenue.