Ed Evangelista (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Ed Evangelista is an Executive Creative Director in media, entertainment and advertising, as well as judge for the first season of ABC's reality television show American Inventor.

Career

Evangelista holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Ed Evangelista starred as the straight talking, no-nonsense judge, jury and executioner on the ABC-TV reality show American Inventor.

Ed is best known for his breakthrough creative work for Debeers diamonds. The successful launches of the Three Stone and Right Hand Rings have been considered by many as sheer branding perfection. For the past 28 years Ed has created work for many brands, including Smirnoff, Rolex, MCI, Philips Electronics, Volvo,LIFE Magazine, Sunsilk, Sony and Merrrill Lynch to name a few.

He married marketing and entertainment as the agency creative for the hit launch of Sunsilk's "LoveBites" for TBS. These 65 two-minute TV episodes that ran after Sex and the City kept 70% of viewers engaged and are now in pre-production for a second season. He was also instrumental in the launch of Sunsilk's Colorshowdown and colorshowdown.com which makes contemporary the blondes versus brunettes debate using Sunsilk's products as the primary debating tools.

He has since become a consultant, entrepreneur and a significant player in branded entertainment. His expertise is in content and delivery of alternative media by bringing brands and entertainment together to create new consumer experiences. Evangelista is currently in pre-production on a variety of TV projects. He has won every major advertising award from the One Show Gold to the Cannes Lion. Ed and his work has been quoted and profiled in the WSJ, NYT, Archive, Graphis, Adweek, AdAge, and Entrepreneur.com. Evangelista sits on the advisory board of a software company that protects children from online and mobile predators. He is also involved in an oil and gas recovery company, as well as CMO of a mobile company.

Ed Evangelista is looking to create the biggest innovations to be found at the corner of "Madison & Vine," the intersection of brands, branded content and entertainment.

Personal life

Evangelista's hobbies include boxing, fishing, boating, jetskiing, renovating houses, restoring classic italian cars and training with his family in fastpitch windmill style softball and baseball.

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