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Hollywood Goes Silicon Valley ? Joss Whedon, Stan Rogow, Les Morgenstein and Chris Henchy at TechCrunch50

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Mr. Morgenstein has an undergraduate degree in writing and photography from Sarah Lawrence College and an MBA in finance from the New York University?s Stern School of Business, and completed his master?s work in English and creative writing at the City College of New York. He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons. He is an avid runner.

Chris Henchy:

Chris Henchy runs Gary Sanchez Productions, a production company co-founded by comedians Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, which partnered with Sequoia Capital to launch www.funnyordie.com. Henchy was involved in the creation of the website and is integral in its ongoing commitment to showcase the best comedy on the web.

Henchy has been a writer and producer on such shows as "Entourage", "Life with Bonnie" and "Spin City". He also created ABC's "I'm With Her" and most recently produced a comedy pilot for HBO entitled ?East Bound and Down.? He has also written the feature film "Land of the Lost" for Will Ferrell and Universal Pictures.

Born in New York City, Henchy resides in Los Angeles, with his wife, actress Brooke Shields, and their two daughters.

Michael Yanover

Michael Yanover is the head of the Business Development department at Creative Artists Agency, the world?s leading entertainment and sports agency. CAA?s Business Development department creates new lines of business for the agency, in addition to servicing clients across the agency. Michael also leads CAA?s Digital Media group, which focuses on the representation of individual and corporate clients within the technology sector.

CAA?s Digital Media agents identify and create opportunities within the emerging digital media marketplace for traditional clients. CAA has worked with its clients to conceptualize and incubate many successful web ventures including Will Ferrell?s Funny Or Die, Tony Hawk?s Shred or Die, and weplay.com, a youth sports online community with CAA clients including LeBron James, Derek Jeter, and Peyton Manning as founding partners. CAA represents business-to-business and consumer-oriented technology companies looking to build their brand and leverage opportunities in entertainment, including Cisco, IMAX, and imeem. The Digital Media group also works with production companies in the emerging digital media sector such as Electric Farm Entertainment, Broadway Video, and Katalyst Films and develops new talent such as the Internet phenomenon Lonelygirl15 and Wallstrip, which was recently acquired by CBS Interactive.

Prior to joining CAA, Michael was Senior Vice President and General Manager at Macromedia (now part of Adobe) where he launched their successful online division, Atom Entertainment (now part of Viacom). Previously, Michael ran his own entertainment production company, which produced two television series for domestic and international broadcast, and a theatrical film released by MGM. Michael began his career in M&A, corporate finance and entertainment law at Bankers Trust and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, in New York, and at Sinclair Tenenbaum & Co., a leading entertainment law firm in Los Angeles. Michael holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and a JD from the University of Toronto.

Michael sits on the board of mobile conference Rutberg Wireless Influencers and the not-for-profit Do Something organization that encourages young people to become active in their communities.


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