Rich D’Angelo, President and Founder
Prior to founding Channel Wolves in March 2003, Rich served as Director of Worldwide Sales and Business Development for Boris FX. In over 5 years at Boris FX, Rich built the company’s channel and direct sales organizations from the ground up and established and managed partnerships with OEMs such as Apple, Avid, Canopus, Discreet, and Matrox. Overseeing a team of 10 professionals, Rich developed and executed the company’s distribution, pricing, partnering, communications, and customer service strategies.

Rich previously served as Channel Marketing Manager for Number Nine Visual Technology, where he played an instrumental role in numerous successful product launches. At Number Nine, Rich developed the company’s channel sales tools, created a web site geared towards VARs and System Integrators, and designed the company’s internal channel sales and marketing database. Rich was also responsible for channel communications.

Rich holds MBA and BS degrees from Northeastern University.

Grant Carroll, Chief Technology Officer
Grant joined Channel Wolves in June 2004. Previously, Grant was a sales representative, demo artist, and technical consultant for VCA Fusion, one of the largest film/television equipment resellers in the Northeast United States. His duties included demonstrating Avid's full product line and consulting clients in workflow structure and how to better manage their business. Grant has a strong technical background; over the years, he was responsible for numerous installs as well as additional troubleshooting and post-installation technical assistance.

Prior to working for VCA Fusion, Grant was a video editor at various facilities in the Pittsburgh area as well as a freelance editor. During his career as a freelance editor, he worked on everything from commercials and music videos to documentaries and network shows. Some of his past credits include Forensic Files and Medical Detectives as seen on The Learning Channel (TLC).

Grant is a graduate of Florida State University and holds a BS in Communications and Media Production.

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Eric Gardner, Senior Product Specialist and Channel Manager
Eric most recently served as a Product Support Specialist for Mission Service Supply, a leading Avid reseller in the Mid-South United States. In over 6 years at Mission Service Supply, Eric worked as a sales consultant, demo artist, and technical support representative. As an Avid Certified Support Representative, Eric built and installed numerous multi-system Avid and Unity systems and provided hands-on support to Mission Service Supply's clients. In addition, Eric provided numerous hours of hands-on training in Avid editing, DVD authoring, Boris effects creation, and many other facets of multimedia creation.

Prior to Mission Service Supply, Eric worked as an editor, graphic artist, and videographer, producing commercial content for local and regional broadcast.

Eric holds a BA in Electronic Media (Radio and Television Production) and Communication Management from Harding University.

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Jordan Stabile, Channel Sales and Marketing Representative
Jordan most recently served as the organizer and lead projectionist for the Fourth Annual Boston International Film Festival. His past experience includes freelance Avid and Apple Final Cut Pro video editing. Jordan has also served as the lead designer and painter for a high-end furniture retailer.

Jordan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in filmmaking from the Massachusetts College of Art, where he also studied painting.

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