Intelimax Appoints New President and CEO
Intelimax Media Inc. has announced the appointment of Christopher Petry as Chief Executive Officer and Michael Young as President of the Company. Glenn Little resigned from these positions in order to accommodate these new appointments, but remains the Chief Financial Officer and a director of the Company.
Christopher joined Intelimax in May 2011 and has been working on the development and design of the Company’s new social media gaming platform. He has directed his creative energy and determination on converting his treasured past time into the vastly growing market of fantasy sports and social media. As a passionate member of the Fantasy Sports community for many years, Christopher aims to utilize his experience in the entertainment industry and various media platforms to develop and grow a dedicated user base on the Company’s soon to be launched daily fantasy sports website DraftTeam.com.
Christopher is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada. He also served as Producer and Director on the popular Warner Brothers television series “Smallville” and his most recent project “Marilyn” was nominated for Best Feature Film in its first festival this past December. Throughout his career in the film and entertainment industry, Christopher has taken home numerous festival awards and nominations as a Director, Writer, and Producer of various Independent films.
Michael is a Founder and a Director of Intelimax Media Inc. since April 2006. He has served on several boards of publicly traded companies and has extensive experience working with companies in senior management positions and as an independent consultant, providing services and direction for corporate development in the areas of finance, marketing, public relations and implementation of business strategies.
From September 2008 to October 2010 Michael served as CEO and Director of Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. (“CFS”), a CNSX listed company that develops technologies and projects to generate and sell verified emission offsets that reduce or offset fossil fuel use. From 2006 to August 2008 Mr. Young served as Vice President and Director of CFS. During his time with CFS the company raised over $5 million CAD for working capital and project activities.
Michael has over 16 years experience working as a financial advisor, while providing investment strategies and solutions to individual and corporate clients. He is a graduate of the Certified Financial Planning Education Program from the Financial Advisors Association of Canada and the British Columbia Institute of Technology where he studied Business Administration.
The Company has also announced that it has granted incentive stock options to certain employees and consultants of the Company to purchase up to 1,250,000 common shares of the Company pursuant to a shareholder approved Share Option Plan. The options are exercisable on or before February 28, 2017 at an exercise price of $0.38 per share.
