After nearly two decades in advertising, entertainment and interactive media, Freddy launched Atomic Tango in the year '007. Atomic Tango fuses creativity and strategy in one agency -- hence, Freddy's "Fusion Director" title.

Freddy also teaches marketing in the University of Wales online MBA program, and he recently wrote and published the satirical book, "Claw Your Way To The Top: Ten Things I Learned About Business From My Cat."

Beyond work, Freddy is a theatre junkie who discovered acting isn't his calling, and a football fanatic who created the blog ancestor TURFgeeks.com. He has lived in Taipei and Tokyo, sipped mojitos in a Havana jazz club, and reviewed trendy restaurants in Austin. He also enjoys shooting pool, watching football, screenwriting and drinking coffee. (Make that a lot of coffee.)

Freddy recently moved back to L.A. with his wife and two cats and vows to never leave again.

• Sr. Copywriter, Saatchi & Saatchi (wrote all Toyota interactive marketing)
• Copy Director, MCA Records (launched the label's website in 1995)
• Sr. Content Director, Magnet Interactive (drafted the proposal that landed the National Lampoon account)
• Freelance Reporter, The Weekly World News (penned "Neanderthal Brothel Unearthed!")
• Interactive Creative Director, IZ.com (co-created the world's first infomercial-zine)
• Other missions: NFL on Fox, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Grammy Brand Fashions, Nissan & Infiniti, Web 2.0 site Metacafe, TV series "Inside Schwartz" (a sitcom that wasn't nearly as funny as his dotcoms)

• Harvard University: BA East Asian Studies & Sociology
• University of Southern California: MBA in Marketing & Entrepreneurship
• 5 Years in the Record Industry (all the knowledge never taught in college)

• Communication Arts, Adweek, ZDNET, One Show, Step Inside Design's Best of 2003, and others.
• Proudest achievement: Winning the trophy for "Fastest-Built Car" (the infamous Writer's Block) at the Saatchi Pinewood Derby.

Partners, Accomplices & Co-conspirators
	XDL Films: A product and propagator of the digital filmmaking revolution, XDL averages a project every ten days. Somehow, he also squeezes in a lot of tennis. A graduate of Cornell University, XDL was handpicked by Steven Spielberg for the reality series "On The Lot" (but was not responsible for its ratings). He also wrote for the TV series "Arrest & Trial." XDL's directorial repertoire includes everything from commercials to short films to music videos, including  projects for Toyota, Nestle, and Carls Jr. He recently served as a consultant at JWP & McFilms ("ER," "West Wing," "Over There") and on the Sony/Screen Gems release "Prom Night."
	Dane Boedigheimer, Viral Videomaker: Dane has entertained over 10 million viewers with his repertoire of viral videos, most of which involve attractive women and talking food. His production company, Gagfilms, specializes in low-cost special effects and offbeat humor, and his work has appeared on such websites as JibJab, YouTube, Metacafe, Digg's coveted front page, and the urban-legends site Snopes.com (how cool is that?).
	OnJapan, Japanese Language Communications: OnJapan provides bilingual communications services to top-tier businesses, from financial firms to multinational consumer products companies.
	Chaos Theory Music: Chaos Theory Music provides innovative, high-quality music to the recording, film, TV, advertising, gaming and web industries. As a full-service content provider, they offer a vast music library available for licensing, as well as customized music production services. (The music behind the Atomic Tango trailer is a Chaos Theory Music production.) CEO Woody Pak is an MIT and Julliard-educated composer, guitarist, songwriter, producer and entrepreneur who has worked with Grammy Award-winning musicians and numerous Hollywood productions.
	Ana LaDou, CEO, Variety Children's Charity: Ana consults non-profit organizations on management and strategic issues. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Variety, The Children's Charity of the United States, where she developed Kids on the Go! national mobility program. She also forged a new unity by implementing a leadership training conference. Ana has 15 years of experience in marketing, promotions, brand building and web initiatives with Fortune 500 companies. A graduate of Columbia University in New York, she currently resides in L.A. with her two entirely perfect daughters.
	Yohei Yamamuro, Clean Tech & Green Business Advisor: Yohei has over a decade of professional experience in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management and renewable energy start-ups. He currently serves as an operations manager at solar thermal start-up eSolar, and holds an MBA from USC and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC San Diego.

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