The Minds Behind On-Demand Entertainment

Bruce Newman

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Protocall Technologies Incorporated

Mr. Newman has over 20 years of hands-on entrepreneurial experience in building successful, high-margin technology companies. In 1998, he founded Protocall Technologies Incorporated and served as the company's Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors through 2005. During this time Protocall developed and deployed the world's first on-demand delivery system for fully packaged consumer software products; structured first-time electronic distribution deals with CompUSA, TigerDirect.com and other major resellers; and secured first-time ever on-demand licensing agreements from Microsoft, Symantec, Intuit, Corel, Atari, Vivendi Universal, and many other software companies. In 2006, Mr. Newman returned to Protocall as Chief Executive Officer to lead the company's expansion into on-demand delivery of DVD movies and television content.

Prior to Protocall, Mr. Newman founded a software distribution company that became one of the world's largest distributors of high-end font software products to the book publishing and professional design industries. Mr. Newman is an inventor of record on two U.S. patents in the area of electronic product delivery. He is also co-author of a book on computer typeface software for professional users. Mr. Newman resides on the North Shore of Long Island with his wife and two daughters.

Brenda S. Newman

Senior Vice President, Operations and Rights Management

Ms. Newman has been the Senior Vice President, Operations and Rights Management of Protocall since 1998. Ms. Newman has over 20 years of in-depth experience in the licensing, multi-channel distribution and reporting of digitally-based intellectual property. She served as COO of Protocall’s Precision Type subsidiary, where she managed day-to-day operations and oversaw the trademark, copyright and digital rights management with over 100 suppliers and approximately 18,000 individual software products. Ms. Newman also served as Executive Vice President in two computer service companies, where she managed technical operations.

Ms. Newman is a graduate of SUNY Farmingdale and resides on the North Shore of Long Island with her husband.