Meet Our Board
Kevin Khanna
Kevin heads the Corporate Banking practice at Fifth Third Bank, overseeing the national commercial team which brings together the deep industry expertise and insight within Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Entertainment, and other industries. Prior to joining the bank, Kevin was managing director and led part of the Communications, Media & Entertainment Group at CIT. Prior to CIT, Kevin spent time in the commercial banking practices at GE, DLJ and JPMorgan. Kevin holds an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester.
Dominic Ianno
Dominic is a media and entertainment executive with 30 years of experience and accomplishments in entrepreneurial endeavors, strategy/business development, and merchant banking. His specialty/expertise is in ‘high profile’ Content Finance and Distribution within Filmed Entertainment and Digital Media. He has been a key ground-floor player on six separate launch teams in established companies and startups. Named one of Variety’s ‘Top 40 Dealmakers’ in 2011, Dominic has consistently been involved with high quality IP, including hit movie Soul Surfer ($44MM DBO, ~$105MM Worldwide, Cinema Score A+), video games Terminator III and Matrix II & III and the Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. He has financed movies starring Dennis Quaid, Emilia Clarke, Rachel Weisz, Billy Bob Thorton, Domnhall Gleeson, Christina Applegate, Luke Wilson, Helen Hunt, James Marsden, Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Underwood, Gretchen Mol, Piper Perabo, David Strathairn and others. As the founder of Indomitable Entertainment, he established a niche for executive producing independent feature films (~ $62 million in financing over six years via ten projects). Ianno is a consummate leader, team-builder, entrepreneur and out-of-the-box thinker who has managed over 100 direct reports.
Erick Opeka
As Chief Strategy Officer & President of Cineverse, Erick drives Cineverse's corporate strategy and M&A efforts, and also oversees strategy, development, programming, and operations for a portfolio of twenty OTT streaming SVOD, AVOD and linear networks. Previously, Erick was EVP of Cineverse's Global Digital distribution business, where he oversaw the distribution of the company's 50,000+ hours of content for partners including WWE, The Jim Henson Company, The NFL, Shout Factory, and more. Prior to Cineverse, Erick co-founded and ran New Video Digital, growing it into the largest independent film & tv aggregator in the world. Erick began his career at Madstone Entertainment, a vertically-integrated exhibitor, distributor and digital cinema pioneer. Erick has been named a Digital Driver seven times by Home Media Magazine and is a board and executive committee member of OTT.X, the entertainment industry's largest streaming trade organization. He is a member of the Producer's Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
James Fields
Alex has operated at the most senior level of Non-Scripted TV development and production in both the US and the UK. He's worked with industry powerhouse Mark Burnett at MGM and was formerly Head of ITV Entertainment for ITV America. He's led creative strategy, created, developed and sold a variety of shows to streamers, networks and cable-nets and managed big budget projects from conception through to delivery. He has an extensive track record as a show runner. His producing credits include Big Brother, The Contender, Dancing On Ice and many more.
Robert Norton
Robert has over 30 years of experience in the production and financing of film and television product. Until recently he was the Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Animal Logic (Happy Feet, The Lego Movie series, Peter Rabbit). Prior to Animal Logic, he served for nine years as Chief Financial Officer of Endgame Entertainment, the producer of Looper, the Steven Soderbergh-directed Side Effects and the Oscar-nominated An Education. As Chief Operating Officer of Scott Free, the film production company owned by film directors Ridley and Tony Scott, Mr. Norton was responsible for all business aspects of the company that produced GI Jane, Crimson Tide and the Oscar-winning Gladiator.