By Iain Blair

Had lunch with Bruce Lyon, an old friend who is now the co-founder and CEO of hot new company, Integrated Media Technologies Inc. The Burbank-based company  - check it out at www.imtglobalinc.com - “offers ground-breaking solutions for creating, managing, storing and distributing digital media content,” Bruce told me. “We’re building out the next generation of digital storage.”

Bruce, a former executive from Sun Microsystems and an Oscar winner for Technical Achievement, formed IMT just a year ago. The team includes Chairman John Zanotti, former CEO of wireless entertainment company Astrum Digital and broadcaster Citicasters Inc., SVP of Sales Mike Braico, formerly Sun’s top media and entertainment sales executive, and CFO Jack Fluor, former director of finance at Spark Networks.  Rob Kobrin, former SVP for Worldwide Product Marketing at Avid, recently joined the company as CTO.

The company’s areas of expertise include enterprise class computing, networking and storage systems. It also offers IT consulting services, including project management, infrastructure design, and systems engineering for media and entertainment companies. In just 12 months of operation, IMT has compiled an impressive list of accomplishments. Its roster of clients includes Paramount, Technicolor Inc., Deluxe Film and Video, Fox Entertainment, Mainstreet Pictures, and DirecTV. “We just created a state-of-the-art digital production studio for The Jim Henson Company to support the HD production of its new series Sid, The Science Kid,” said Bruce. IMT has also designed an archiving system for Rhythm & Hues, one of Hollywood’s most successful special effects producers.  The company is currently working with Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane and Main Street Pictures on an ambitious new project for the Web. Spurred by its success, IMT plans to shortly double the size of its facility.

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