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SUMMARY:  Todd is a classically trained musician who grew up performing Jazz & Reggae right after high school in the mid-eighties.  He now holds music, audio & business degrees and works internationally as a digital media executive with an extensive background in audio/video production and consumer electronics. He's extremely adept at communicating with consumers, external agencies, third party vendors and internal departments to enhance effectiveness, improve efficiencies and drive overall business results.  With a proven reputation for team collaboration, he's currently the Director of Business Development for Audiovox based in Indianapolis and considers himself very Blessed with a beautiful wife and three wonderful kids...

 
CONT'D:  Although his first love was music, his career paths have consistently led to the evolution and intersection of social, entertainment  and technology. He has held numerous roles in the music & the entertainment industries for over fifteen years working for Walt Disney, Reel People’s Music & Goin’ Native Records.

Beals has also worked in the Expendable Launch Vehicle Program (ELV) at the Kennedy Space Center for Boeing as a Communications Specialist. Under NASA’s direction, he provided telecommunication services for national clients by custom designing, installing, & trouble shooting mission critical audio, video, & data circuits.

Beals has been twice nominated for an ITS International Monitor Award & voted a winner in 1992 for "Best Movie Sound Design" shown at the World's Fair in Spain. In addition, he solo engineered 3 acoustic recordings that won prestigious Downbeat Magazine Awards in 1998 & was nominated for an Addy Award in 2000. Beals has also worked for major television networks like ABC, NBC and ESPN engineering recordings for CD's, television, film, radio, & internet broadcasts. In addition to being a longtime member of the critically acclaimed Sam Rivers' Rivbea Orchestra, he’s worked on an Emmy award winning television series & recorded several Grammy Award artists.

Beals is also an occasional music/CE journalist, and his articles have been featured online with Billboard’s PostPlay, JupiterMedia’s DRM Watch, Digital Music News, The Music Dish Network, Mobile Content News and Digital Media Wire. In addition, he's also been interviewed on Phil Leigh’s Inside Digital Media Program, quoted by the press, and appears on leading industry panels (i.e., CEA, DCIA, NAB, BBC, IMDA).

Beals received a B.A. in jazz performance from the University of North Florida on scholarship, an A.A. in sound recording from FullSail Center for the Recording Arts and an M.B.A. from the University of Central Florida with a specialization in Information Systems Management.

Currently, Todd is responsible for content partnerships, strategic product development, user experience, email marketing and he's also the in-house evangelist for emerging products with several patent-pending product ideas.