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With over 20 years of experience in corporate branding and licensing, Mr. Donovan brings a wealth of brand building, creative energy and business development acumen to Planetwide Media since forming the company with Mr. Winkler, where he has been essential in bringing high profile brands into significant partnership deals for the company including those with Marvel, Virgin Comics, National Geographic, TOKYOPOP and Paramount Studios. Mr. Donovan was formerly Director of Brand Image for the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he was responsible for the development of the entire look and feel of the Olympic Games for presentation of the Games. Donovan worked closely and coordinated with all forty-five Organizing Committee functions, international broadcasters, host cities, local government officials, competition and non-competition venues, volunteers, official worldwide sponsors, suppliers and licensees in creating a consistent, global award winning brand image. In addition, Donovan created the All-American Sportpark with MLB, NASCAR, Callaway Golf, an original live action 65 acre, $40M Sports theme park on the strip in Las Vegas and also served as SVP New Business Development for Saint Andrews Golf Corporation, the publicly traded parent company of All-American Sportpark. Currently, Donovan also acts in multiple strategic advisory roles to the co-founder and President of Subway Restaurants, the number one franchise company with over 27,000 restaurants in 85 countries. | 