About
KTV Media combines big ideas with practical engineering and flawless execution. For twelve years KTV Media has written, directed and produced projects across old and new media, launching products, services and brands with consistency, continuity and award-winning creative. With an entrepreneurial approach to integrated media marketing and technology, KTV Media builds a solid foundation for clients and propels their initiatives beyond set goals. Strategically speaking, KTV Media adds value by anticipating problems and developing the solutions that keep clients ahead of the curve both creatively and technologically. To see what this means in the real and virtual world, please take a look at our recent work.
Josh Kimberg
Founding Partner / CEO
Josh is an award-winning creator who, for the past twelve years, has worked in both old and new media, writing, directing, executive producing and conceptualizing projects. A compulsive entrepreneur, Josh is the founder of four web companies.
In television, Josh is well-known for developing the animated series Miss Muffy for MTV and Kenny The Shark for Discovery Kids. Josh also earned two Emmy nominations as the executive producer on The Rosie O’Donnell Show opens which, also notably, were the first use of Flash Animation on television.
His online work includes interactive campaigns for Fortune 500 companies such as J&J, Nike, Ford Motor Company, HBO, Fuji Film, AT&T, Sony Music, IFC, VH1 and Showtime Networks. This year Josh received an Andy award and was short-listed at the 2007 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival for his work on hiobie.com, an animated marketing campaign for O.B. Tampons. He is most proud of his work in the world of online entertainment, creating and licensing short-form animations for dozens of original properties developed at Bullseye Art (link) one of the companies that he founded. Josh recently launched Magic Butter, an online entertainment portal for the 15-35 male demographic that features a new live action and animated variety show, a T-shirt and ring tone store, contests, blogs and free MP3, desktop wallpaper and icon downloads.
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Paul Thomson
Founding Partner / Executive Producer
Paul is a new partner at KTV Media, with over seven years experience in producing and directing films, videos, commercials and television shows. Paul cut his teeth in the business working on the production side of the HBO hit The Sopranos and the Academy-Award winning A Beautiful Mind. From there, he went on to become the Senior Producer at Prime Films, overseeing promotional films for Giorgio Armani Cosmetics, Pepsi, Lancôme, and Ralph Lauren, from concept to completion.
John VanderHaas
Partner / Global Chief Technology Officer
John joined KTV MEDIA in 2007 with fourteen years of experience in senior IT roles and an intimate knowledge of the dark web. As an early pioneer in network technology with a focus on pure code and global networks John has worked to link creative visions with enterprise level integration solutions.
He is particularly knowledgeable on the alignment of usability driven websites to serve core business aims with emphasis on improving the communication and use of information in business processes. He has worked in all major industry sectors on strategic initiatives to deliver business advantage from Technology and coined the terms ‘revenue based- super tech’ and “long-form web-implemento’s”.
As a native of the Netherlands, John is proud of his dutch heritage and is extremely fond of fish balls.
Devin Lawson
Senior Interactive Developer & Animator
bio forthcoming…
Jason Ruyle
Lead Programmer & SEO specialist
Specialty: Web Usability and Search Engine Optimization
Jason has been actively seeking the answer to why humans do what they do. After graduating from college Jason has been involved in multiple start-up companies related to the web and server industry. After five years of running several successful companies Jason joined KTV Media to help the firm expand its offerings in usability, search engine optimization, and analytics.
Jason holds a B.S in Anthropology from the University of Iowa, as well as certifications related to Human Factors and Human Computer Interaction.
Robert J. Zagula
Producer
bio forthcoming…
