CHRIS PFAFF
Chief Executive Officer,
Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC

 

Chris Pfaff is a leading new media and technology producer and strategist. He is renowned for his knowledge and guidance in integrating leading-edge technology into the media and entertainment community. He was the first to use IRC for an interactive corporate webcast; produced one of the first promotional DVDs, in March, 1997; produced the first HD animated logo; produced numerous multipoint broadband events in the late-1990s. In 2002-2003, he produced some of the first mobile short films, and produced the first Twitter Wall in 2011.

Chris was one of the founders of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) New Media Council East, and served as chairman of the group from 2007-2013. He served as the vice chairman of the national PGA New Media Council from 2011-2013, for which he served as a delegate from 2006-2013, and also served as a delegate on the PGA Board of Directors from 2008-2013.

Prior to launching Chris Pfaff Tech/Media, Chris was Marketing Director with the early-stage ventures GeoVideo Networks and MobileQ. Previously, he was a member of both the Lucent Technologies and AT&T in-house advertising/public relations teams. At Lucent, Chris helped launch more than 16 ventures with the Lucent New Ventures Group and Bell Labs, including Lucent Digital Radio (now iBiquity Digital), SyChip (sold to Murata), e-Ink, Flarion (sold to Qualcomm), and savaJe (sold to Sun Microsystems), among many others. While at AT&T Corp., he helped launch AT&T WorldNet Service and the AT&T NetWare Connect Service, and also helped launch the AT&T Personal Online Services division. Prior to this, while working with New York-based PR firms, he represented Sony Electronics, Viacom New Media, Sharp Electronics, and Kyocera, among others. He began his career in the music industry, representing clients including Yamaha Corporation and Hal Leonard Publishing, and working with a wide range of musical artists and producers, including such notable figures as Walter Becker, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, and Phil Ramone.

Chris earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Radio / TV / Film from the School of Communication at Northwestern University.

LINDA ARO
Vice President/Administration and Chief Operating Officer
Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC

 

Linda Aro has been the chief operating officer of Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC since 2006. She is responsible for all operations of the company, including financial, legal, and administrative oversight.

Linda has practiced corporate and commercial law in a primarily international setting for more than 25 years. During that time, she has advised numerous foreign-owned privately-held businesses regarding their day-to-day business activities in the United States, along with supporting specific transactions including licensing and distribution, corporate finance, and mergers & acquisitions.  Prior to her legal career, Linda worked for two years in the acquisitions and manuscripts departments of the Brown University Libraries. Linda has two degrees from Brown University, a bachelor’s degree in Classics, magna cum laude, and a master’s degree in History.  She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.  She earned her J.D. degree from Columbia Law School.

After spending her early years in the Midwest, Linda spent her formative years almost entirely outside of the United States, in countries including the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, and Sweden, graduating from one of Sweden’s leading science high school programs, conducted in the English language at Norra Reals Gymnasium, Stockholm. She is conversant in Italian and French, and has studied Swedish, Spanish and German.