Michael Polis

The Fastest, Green, Computing Power ​designed to enhance animation, visual effects and live events production pipelines.

Atomic Toybox Entertainment produces high quality, creative and interactive content for television, mobile, gaming, and consumer products, partnering with world class distributors, broadcasters and producers. Beginning with vibrant characters and storylines that rival major studios, Atomic Toybox’s properties are created with today’s emerging audiences in mind and crafted specifically so that they can be leveraged into multiple touch-points-to spark imagination wherever your viewers go. Atomic Toybox Entertainment also provides consulting services for companies seeking expertise in new business creation and market development, creating and producing original content, branding and reshaping existing brands, establishing or enhancing consumer products programs, marketing, promotions, transmedia content, games and live touring shows.

Wild Hair Media provides strategy and solutions for brands and individuals to effectively communicate online. We’ve directed digital and social media strategy for world renown entertainers, musicians, artists, professional athletes and small non profit organizations.

Creepy Co. is a Chicago-based collectibles brand born out of a love for all things creepy; especially horror films, the paranormal, everything Halloween, and the general specter of creepiness that surrounds a good deal of people, places and situations (both real and imagined) in popular culture. We're not just horror: we're a plastic fang-fueled study in everything that delights those who are Creepy-leaning!

UMIGO is a newly developed transmedia property designed to teach today’s generation of digital savvy children age 5-8 years old math and literacy skills. The project was awarded a 5-year grant with the U.S. Department of Education for thirty-two million dollars.

Created a corporate vision and successfully revitalized the company bringing it into profitability within a fourteen month period. Restructured corporate divisions increasing efficiency of personnel, consolidated locations while increasing deal flow and topline revenue. Revitalized existing Animation Production business through new projects with key distributors. Sold the company to international distributor, DHX Media providing an exit for existing investors. Created new lines of business – live touring shows and government grant projects generating over $20MM in topline revenue.

Provided strategic direction and oversight in key areas of growth — Consumer Products, Brand Marketing, Interactive Production and Promotions on a global basis for new and established properties. Built a new Consumer Products business from the ground up through global distribution deals, product development, licensing and retail relationships.

Provided strategic direction in four key areas of responsibility—Home Entertainment (Audio, Video & DVD), Overall Brand Marketing, Interactive and Promotions on a global basis. Established relationships with new and existing distribution partners in television, film, home entertainment & consumer products for all of The Jim Henson Company’s properties. Developed and produced award winning content.

Full P&L responsibility for sell-through video with $598.6 MM in annual consumer revenue. Created and implemented strategic marketing plans – including advertising, account specific marketing, on-line advertising and acquisition and promotional spending for key Universal Studios releases, acquired franchise properties and all 1,200 of Universal Studios catalog titles.

Managed $162MM in consumer promotional plans for the newly developed Post Cereal brands. Created and implemented strategic promotional plans – including FSI, promotional television advertising, radio, sampling and account specific marketing programs - for new product introductions.