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• John Parker, President & COO

  Thursday, Aug 9, 2007 2:23PM / Standard Entry / Members only
  

  John Parker contributes over 20 years of executive experience in the multimedia entertainment industry. Mr. Parker has been the President & C.O.O. of TOKYOPOP since July, 1999. TOKYOPOP obtains the rights to entertainment properties from Asia and localizes those properties and sells them as books, videos, and CD's. Products are marketed and sold through traditional channels as well as the Internet.
  
  Mr. Parker joined TOKYOPOP after a five year assignment in Hong Kong and Taiwan as the Managing Director of KPS ENTERTAINMENT, a retailing and distribution organization for home video, music, and computer software. During his tenure with KPS, Mr. Parker was responsible for expanding the business in Hong Kong from $30 MM to $80 MM in annual sales. Further, he completed a re-structuring of the Taiwan business in 1997 in a difficult economic climate and facilitated the sale of that business to a local Taiwanese company before returning to the USA.
  
  From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Parker was a Regional Director of Operations for BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO in Los Angeles, responsible for 76 stores and 1500 personnel. The annual revenues in Mr. Parker's territory increased from $42 MM year to $60 MM year under his leadership. Prior to 1992, Mr. Parker was part of the management team at WHEREHOUSE RECORDS in Torrance, California for seven years. Joining the company as a District Manager he rose to the position of Director of Store Operations, responsible for the administrative duties involved for 350 stores and $400 MM in annual revenues.
  
  Mr. Parker began his career in accounting and property management with a small firm in Encino, California. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Marketing from California State University at Northridge and is fluent in Spanish, with additional language skills in Mandarin Chinese and German.

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