Team
tupelo
TEam
Tupelo
CEO & Founder
Cary Glotzer
A born entrepreneur, Cary began his career at NBC at the age of 16, developing into an Emmy Award winning Producer in Sports, Music, and Entertainment. His first big break was the creation and eventual sale of the syndicated series INSPORT, which bridged athletes and entertainment, airing in 180+ markets and paving the way for the NBA series- Inside Stuff.
Cary has directly managed more than one billion dollars in revenue and has been the lead in identifying, acquiring, and investing in multiple companies and assets including Swirl Films, Third Rail West, WebStream Sports, Triple B Media, World Chase Tag, RTM Studios, and real estate. He sits on several boards including OpTic, one of the most successful gaming and lifestyle brands in Esports. Glotzer has Produced or Executive Produced shows including a 4-hour ABC Super Bowl Pregame, Daytime Emmys Red Carpet specials, Music specials and Series, Commercials, Award Shows and other non-scripted live shows and events.
Cary resides in Nashville, TN and The Hamptons with his wife, Traci and their children, Cole, Payton and Camryn.
President
John Servizzi
A versatile production and operations professional, John founded WebStream Sports in 2006, bridging experience in high-level sports television production and high-quality, low-cost digital production methods. WebStream was acquired by Tupelo Honey (Raycom Media) in 2015 and in 2019, Raycom was acquired by Gray Television, which owns and/or operates television stations in 113 U.S. markets. Raycom Sports, Swirl Films and RTM Studios join Tupelo Honey in the Gray production family.
John also serves as co-executive producer for Beat the Odds, a weekly sports wagering program, produced from Las Vegas and syndicated to more than 110 broadcast stations and the leading cable RSN, YES Network.
Prior to forming WebStream Sports, he was an instructor at Butler University, leading courses in video production, multimedia design and professional development. While at Butler, Servizzi oversaw student-produced news and live remote coverage of arts and athletic events. This role inspired the creation of the first conference digital network, the Horizon League Network, in 2006.
John resides in Westfield, Indiana with his wife, Kelli, and their children; Jenna, Nathan, and Lucy.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Greg Weitekamp
Greg oversees day-to-day operations of the production and business affairs (including finance, accounting, legal, HR, etc.) groups, managing a staff of 30+ individuals, while assisting with business development.
He joined WebStream Sports as President and Partner in 2013. After tripling revenue in just two years, the company was acquired by Raycom Media, Inc., and subsequently merged with Tupelo Honey.
Prior to joining Tupelo Honey, Greg served multiple roles at the NCAA from late 2001 through early 2013, ultimately as Director of Championships, Broadcast and Digital Rights. He oversaw the operations of broadcasting and digital rights, media coordination and statistics. He led a team of 20, responsible for day-to-day management of television and digital programming and production aspects of the Turner/CBS and ESPN contracts, media at championships and the national statistics program. In addition, Greg served on the NCAA’s media rights negotiation team. The negotiation led to the partnership formed between CBS and Turner Sports for multi-media rights to the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. That agreement, alongside agreements negotiated with ESPN, Westwood One and other partners were valued at nearly $11.5 billion in aggregate; at that time, the largest media rights deal ever signed.
Greg resides in New Palestine, Indiana with his wife, Shelly, and daughter, Reese.
Production
team
Production
Team
Production
Team
Greg Ambrose, Director
James Andrews, Associate Director
Kyle Binder, Producer
Tom Cavanaugh, VP, Remote Production
Adam Coppinger, VP, Remote Production
Andrea Crawford, Senior Director, Remote Production
Andrew Davis, Associate Director
John Fritz, Senior Director, Remote Production
David Harris, Director, Remote Production
Ryan Jordan, Producer
Scott Kono, Executive Producer, Development & Original Entertainment
Shaemus Kreider, Associate Producer
Peter Loomis, Director
Ryan Lott-Manier, Graphic Designer
Grant Mills, Associate Director
Braden Pretzsch, Associate Producer
Rhema Prim, Associate Producer
Adam Smith, Producer
Dylan Thompson, Associate Creative Producer
Steven Towle, Director, Remote Production
Dylan Ureño, Associate Producer
Stephen Wallen, Senior VP, Production & Special Projects
Nick Young, Director
Hayley Zedeck, Producer, Remote Production
Engineering &
Operations
Engineering &
Operations
Engineering $
Operations
Kyle Clore, Engineer
Sandra Doerr, VP, Remote Productions & Operations
Allison Gobel, Operations Coordinator
Jake Keefer, Maintenance Coordinator
Josh Littlejohn, Production Crewer
Angelica Locsin, Director, Operations
Jacob Matthews, Engineer
Madeleine Mckelvain, Crewing & Travel Coordinator
Melissa Rhines, Operations Manager-Operations Producer
Jake Thorn, Engineer
Curtis Varju, Senior Engineer
Charlie Volz, Engineer
Ryne Webb, VP, Engineering
Jonathan Whittaker, Engineer
Finance &
business affairs
Finance &
Business Affairs
Finance &
Business Affairs
Kyle Cleaver, Director, Human Resources & Business Affairs
Doug Cowen, Director of Finance
Bridget McCarty, Accounts Payable-Office Coordinator
Shany Qiu, Staff Accountant
Our Gray MEDIA
corporate family
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