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Jeff Gomez is President and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, a leading producer of highly successful fictional "Worlds," which maximize the value of intellectual properties by preparing them for licensing, merchandising and extension across multiple media platforms.
Starlight Runner then utilizes a variety of technologies as well as a proprietary cross-media rollout technique designed to produce these "Worlds," directly extending them onto the Internet and mobile phone platforms, as well as into animated and live-action feature films, branded and sponsored digital content, video games, books and graphic novels, toys and merchandise. These in concert are also uniquely designed by Starlight Runner to validate and celebrate audience participation. The company's clients clients include The Walt Disney Company, Comcast, Mattel, Hasbro, and Scholastic.
Jeff is also known for developing the rich interactive worlds of Hot Wheels for Mattel, Magic: The Gathering for Hasbro, The Black Belt Club for Scholastic, Turok Dinosaur Hunter for Acclaim Entertainment, and Team GoRizer for The Walt Disney Company. Jeff co-wrote and produced Hot Wheels World Race a computer-animated feature and series for Cartoon Network. He is currently developing a slate of original "World" properties with Starlight Runner and various partners to be produced in the coming year.
Jeff is also currently developing a series of "alternate reality experiences" for major media and entertainment companies. Alternate reality experiences are a striking new trend in advanced media entertainment.
A Latino who spent his childhood in low-income housing projects on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Starlight Runner CEO Jeff Gomez has always championed the concerns of young people. Since 1988 Jeff has performed his Never Surrender motivational seminars in more than 1,000 venues before over 120,000 students (grade school, middle school, high school and college), educators, parents and professionals.
