Entrepreneurial spirit
“Entrepreneurship demands a mindset that seeks to actively shape the circumstances of the world, rather than being shaped thereby. It demands looking through the obfuscating fog to see the path that no one else can, through original, lateral thinking”
Gregory Scott Chun is an American Businessman, Investor and Technologist with more than 30 years of experience operating technology and software companies and has developed a practice specializing in merger and acquisitions (M&A). He serves as founder and a board member of Greco Technologies, Inc. and recently as past Chief Information Officer (CIO) at International Creative Management Partners (ICM) for 14 years.
Career
Greg has begun his career in technology starting with the early development, sales and marketing of mini and PC based computer systems creating new and innovative workflows and automation techniques. After working for large computer manufactures, he migrated from marketing to system solutions consulting helping companies benefit from the ability gain efficiencies from computational automation and information sharing. Greg had also served as operations executive management for ICM, Playboy, and multiple other entertainment related companies, driving strategic operational and technological change. He additionally has lead management, technology and development efforts for several major entertainment firms helping manage initiatives that cover the spectrum of high-volume data, big data and media streaming to sophisticated licensing rights and royalties software technology. Over time investors, banks and private equity firms found Greg’s talent invaluable in the area of corporate merger, acquisitions, restructuring and integration.
Greco Technologies, Inc.
Greg as a board member of Greco has access to a trusted team of business process experts, technologist, and analysts at his company, Greco Technologies, has developed and owns intellectual property rights to several industry-specific software applications.[4][5][6] This includes supply-chain and logistics applications and workflow operations software for the entertainment, corporate moving, transportation, and logistics business segments.[7]
ICM Partners
As past Chief Information Officer at ICM Partners, Greg Chun is lauded in the realm of technology M&A for his expertise in logistics, finance, entertainment, and media. Greg has brought efficiency to ICM by creating and implementing a single integrated software program that links together the agency's six financial systems into one unified database to address all of the agency's requirements.[1] [2]Today, Greg worked with leading industry executives, agents and experts running operations and developing methods to further advance corporate efficiency.[3]
Other Professional and M&A
Greg has guided the development of creative solutions in corporate efficiency and effectiveness for high profile clients and corporate entities such as Warner Brothers, Mitsubishi Steel, The J. Paul Getty Trust and Museum, the Skirball Cultural Center, and Sony STE. Greg's corporate solutions program consulting services have been steered in areas such as logistics, production process engineering, and ERP implementation for major companies with significant supply chains.
In 2010, Rizvi Traverse asked Greg to begin due diligence of Playboy Enterprises.[8] By March 2011, the PBE transaction closed and Greg became responsible for restructuring several major areas of PBE encompassing the licensing and outsourcing of PBE's Television, Digital, and IT groups. Greg's responsibilities included the relocation and construction of PBE's new corporate headquarters in Beverly Hills and the move and consolidation of all of PBE's locations to one site.[9]
In 2012 Rizvi approached Greg to conduct due diligence of SESAC, a music rights and licensing services company. Greg and his team went to work on restructuring options for the technology-burdened operation.[10]
Greg also has a strong background in Digital Media and cloud delivery networks (CDN). He assisted the 2013 Proveho Capital/Rovi Corporation divestiture of an online media store that services entities such as Best Buy, Target, and Toys "R" Us, with an outsourced online streaming media outlet for Motion Pictures, Television Shows, and Xbox/PlayStation Games.
References
1. http://articles.latimes.com/2005/nov/02/business/fi-icm2
2. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304065704577422600231647264
3. http://variety.com/2012/film/news/rizvi-traverse-sells-icm-portfolio-1118060570/
5. http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB106141167693742400
6. http://www.thefeaturearchives.com/topic/Hardware/Wireless_Dispatching.html
8. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/04/idUS212862+04-Mar-2011+PRN20110304
9. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/02/16/hugh-hefner-is-no-longer-on-top-at-playboy/