Biography
D. Alan Cooksey has more than 25 years of Industry experience Production, Development, Post Production and Distribution Marketing and Branding. Producer of such projects as the Martha Stewart television 11 year series to DVD (multi-channel marketing tool for MSO, Kmart/Sears and WB, complete with interactive media) for North American distribution with Warner Bros. and International distribution with Fremantle; ATT/French Telecom marketing event pioneering live interactive terrestrial delivery of a ground breaking medical procedure in 2001 and the delivery of live concert and red carpet events for mobile and wireless delivery in 2005, 06 & 07. Produced Interactive Media and Broadband content for education, training and entertainment in travel, sports, entertainment and the health care industry; Co-Produced events and marketing with many "behind the scenes" and "The Making Of" programs with Extreme Makeover, MLB Productions-World Games 2006, Angels Baseball and Primedia Automotive and Extreme Sports projects. As a consultant and marketing strategist for many Fortune500 and Global Corporations, i.e. Managing Director, Business Development VP of Operations FORD Motor Company; Business Development and Brand Marketing for The Money Store, created relationships and consulted companies such as The Home Depot, FORD, Toyota, K&B Homes, AMD, Disney, U.S. Government and many more. Working with in the talents of Emmy and CLEO Award winning producers, writers and directors; industry experts in terrestrial and satellite communications for NASA, Lockheed, PanAmSAT and ATT; Vice President of Marketing and Operations involved in the engineering of HDTV quality audio/video content archiving, preservation, storage and delivery through broadband terrestrial and satellite connectivity. Mr. Cooksey has been establishing major corporate sponsorship and associations for the development of networks that will merge the technologies of Television, Computer, Internet and Telecommunications. Cooksey has been on the creative concept team, corporate marketing, guerrilla marketing and branding teams behind several feature films, Episodic, 30 & 60 sec interstitial, sports and special events marketing for various distribution platforms (i.e. broadcast, cable, broadband and wireless delivery) with several large agencies (i.e. Omnicom Group, Chiat Day, Saatchi & Saatchi, Pro Access, and more). He comes from a family with a strong entertainment background (Rugrats, Tinytoons, Disney/ABC, History Channel, TLC, Nickelodeon, Columbia, Sony and Paramount).
