We are pleased to announce that Teddy Zee, a reputed personality in Korea, USA and China’s entertainment industry has joined our Board.
Teddy Zee has done his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Teddy Zee is a Chinese film producer/executive whose films he had produced and supervised have amassed over $2.6 billion in revenue. He served as Executive Vice President at Columbia Pictures, Senior Vice President at Paramount Pictures, President of Sony-based Overbrook Films, President of Fox-based Davis Entertainment, and now under the banner of Teddy Zee Productions. He is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (Oscars), Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Emmys) and Producers Guild of America. In addition to film and entertainment, Zee has built an active consulting and advisory practice that spans media, technology and commerce while bridging Hollywood with Asia.
Zee is a venture partner in Xcelerate Limited, an investment platform focused on building lifestyle companies in China and Asia and the affiliated Magic Concepts Asia. Zee has guest programmed foreign shows for the Shanghai TV Festival and worked with GSMA to help program entertainment and media related content at Mobile World Congress: Shanghai.
Zee is Executive Advisor for ObEN, an Artificial Intelligence start-up with proprietary voice and computer vision software that humanizes technology. Other advisory roles include SmartStudy, the Korean animation and games company with a global footprint driven by the character Pinkfong; SparkLabs Songdo, a 6-month accelerator program for IoT based in Korea; ParagonOne, a platform that connects foreign students with a network of mentors and advisors in the US; and Lifesite, a cloud-based secure storage system for life’s most important documents. Other advisory roles have included: Meitu, the Chinese photo and video app company that went IPO in Hong Kong in December 2016; ThinOptics, a startup that delivers lightweight and durable reading glasses that store on the back of smartphone cases; Starmaker, a tech driven media company focused on music and discovering new stars (acquired August 2016); and Ooyala, a leading online video platform company acquired by Telstra in August 2014. Zee served as Head of Creative, Mobile Technologies Division for Rambus. They acquired Silicon Valley interactive media start-up Mozaik Multimedia, where Zee held the post of Chief Creative Officer.
Zee serves as Consultant for Novitaz, a company with patented software that enables in-store ad networks for retailers; Advisor for Channel Factory, an ad tech start-up that helps brands and content owners reach, build and engage target audiences; Advisor for ThinOptics, a startup that delivers lightweight and durable reading glasses that store on the back of smartphone cases; Advisor for mobile app template developer Veam; Advisor for Ooyala, a leading online video platform company acquired by Telstra; and Mentor/Advisor for startups associated with the Korean incubator SparkLabs. Zee served as Head of Creative, Mobile Technologies Division for Rambus. They acquired Silicon Valley interactive media start-up Mozaik Multimedia, where Zee held the post of Chief Creative Officer.
Teddy Zee will help scaling Boltt operations into the Korean geography and help in the ecosystem and network expansion.
We are glad to have such a reputed and talented personality on-board.