The Aniboom Virtual Studio (aniboom.com), the world’s first virtual animation studio, is proud to announce the arrival of Leeor Goldberg to Aniboom.
Press Release from Aniboom
NEW YORK – The Aniboom Virtual Studio (aniboom.com), the world’s first virtual animation studio, is proud to announce the arrival of Leeor Goldberg to Aniboom. Mr. Goldberg has an extensive background in animation production, having managed hundreds of animators for major brand productions in previous positions.
Goldberg arrived from his previous role as Project Group Manager at Partner Communications, one of Israel's leading telecommunications companies, where he launched a new technology platform enabling management of mobile content. His rich animation experience comes from being co-founder and CEO of one of Israel's largest animation production studios, Crew 972, for over 3 years. Clients included Electronic Arts, ARAD Productions, Ogilvy & Mather, Y&R, and EyeballNY. Goldberg was responsible for bringing Crew 972 business development with companies such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. He was also in charge of the successful delivery of projects such as character animation for a feature film starring the voices of Sir Sean Connery and Alan Cumming, character animation for the "Bratz" Interactive DVD, and the international animated television show, "Vipo". Prior to heading Crew 972, Goldberg was VP Production at the animation studio DPSI (an NYSE:IDT subsidiary), where he supervised and managed all productions, including parts of the feature film “Happily N’Ever After” as well as several TV shows, such as "Monster Monster Trucks".
Uri Shinar, CEO of Aniboom, said “I am extremely pleased to have Leeor Goldberg on staff. He’s an incredibly experienced production manager and well-suited to lead the efforts of our animation productions in the Aniboom Virtual Studio.”
As VP Production at Aniboom, Goldberg will head all productions in the studio, supervise production managers, and manage the creative team. "I am excited to join Aniboom and look forward to working on many interesting, major brand productions." said Goldberg, "I am confident that the Aniboom Virtual Studio technology is the future for the animation industry, and am proud to be a part of it."
ABOUT LEEOR GOLDBERGLeeor Goldberg is the VP Production at Aniboom. Prior to joining the company Mr. Goldberg served as Project Group Manager at Orange where he was responsible for developing and managing mobile applications such as Orange GPS and Mobile TV. In addition, Mr. Goldberg managed the launch of a new technology platform enabling management of Orange content (films, TV shows, mobile applications and more). Before Orange, Mr. Goldberg was Founder and CEO of Crew 972 for over 3 years.
Prior to Crew 972, Leeor was the VP productions at DPSI (NYSE:IDT subsidiary), supervising and managing of all productions, including parts of the feature film “Happily N’Ever After” and TV shows like "Monster Monster Trucks". Mr. Goldberg holds a Masters in Business Administration from Tel Aviv University with a major in Strategy and Marketing.
ABOUT ANIBOOMAniboom is a full-service virtual animation studio including over 10,000 independent animation professionals in 72 countries. Aniboom’s proprietary production methodology enables a faster and less expensive process to create high-quality animation for all platforms: TV, Film, Advertising, Video-Gaming, Web, and Mobile. Aniboom’s investors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures and Evergreen Venture Partners, who embrace the company’s management of experienced entertainment and new media executives. Aniboom is based in Israel and has offices in New York. www.aniboom.com
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