Historical Milestones
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Historical Milestones – Complete List |
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1978-1981 |
Founded the first Fox Company to photograph and compile Artist Tour Books and |
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album cover shots, Chair of IUP Special Events Committee (college promoter) |
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1982 |
First copyright (for a UNIX-based, full screen, calendar driven scheduling system) |
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TAMS (Tour Accounting Management and Scheduling) software, including Calendar based |
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Itinerary, Travel, Deal Sheets, Settlements, Petty Cash, History, Ad Tracking, Ticket Counts |
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Family & Friends tickets, and Cash Trail audits |
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Used by The Who, U2, Bowie, Supertramp, Prince, Van Halen and many other rock groups |
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1983 |
Developed and copyrighted and released: FoxPro |
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(promoter system with Building Avails, Deal Sheets, Ticket Counts, Ad Tracking, |
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Personnel, Settlements, History) |
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1984 |
Developed, copyrighted and released: TAD (booking agency system with Building and |
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Artist Avails, Deal Sheets, Itinerary, Contracts, Deposits, Ticket Counts) |
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1985 |
Completed and copyrighted OTS (Fox ticketing system); installed in the state of Alabama |
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Site Coordinator for LiveAid and Amnesty International World Tour |
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Developed, copyrighted and released: FoxCon (concession system including Itinerary, |
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Inventory Control, Disbursements, Closing, Settlements, Deals, History) |
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1986 |
Developed, copyrighted and released: Merch |
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(merchandising system for selling T-shirts with a traveling rock band) |
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Developed, copyrighted and released: Radio Airplay Tracking |
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for tracking play lists and Top 40 information, also Promotional Flyaway |
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1987 |
Developed, copyrighted and released: Record Sales Tracking |
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including Stores, Orders, Shipped/WIP, Outstanding, Closing Royalties, Commissions |
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1988 |
Developed, copyrighted and released: Fan Clubs |
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including Fans, Merch, Tickets, Orders, Collections, Inventory/Stock Movement |
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1989 |
Developed, copyrighted and released: Recording Studios |
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including Calendar based schedule, Personnel, Sessions, Acts/Artists/Record Companies, |
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Budgets, Billing |
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1990 |
Developed, copyrighted and released: Video Shoots |
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including Calendar based schedule, Personnel, Shoots, Acts/Artists/Record Companies, |
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Budgets, Billing |
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1991 |
Developed, copyrighted and released: Publishing |
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including Calendar based schedule, Writers & Performers, Songs Splits, |
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Record Companies, Budgets, Statements & Checks |
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1992 |
Established and partner in National Ticketing Charge: |
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A business that integrated ticketing and card swipe technologies |
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1993 |
Revised the OTS (Fox Outlet Tickets System) – round 1 |
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to interface with IVR (interactive voice response) technology |
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1st ever tickets with bar codes – portable blackberry scanners |
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1994 |
Revised the OTS ticketing system – round 2 |
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to interface with kiosk-outlets Sold the original Fox companies to a private bank |
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Woodstock 2 (issue 38,000 laminate passes to all artists, crew, on-site personnel) |
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1995 |
Deployed the ticketing system used by Pearl Jam for its west coast tour, |
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including kiosks, phone center, internet, bar coded admissions, mobile box office |
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Developed the technology used for Prodigy’s Beatles’ record release promotion |
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1996 |
Deployed the ticketing system used by Pearl Jam on the East Coast |
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Established Internet-based ticketing for Pearl Jam |
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Private bank dissolved in October; |
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Established The FoxMan Group in November; |
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Began development of VisitorTracker |
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1997 |
First deployments of VisitorTracker: |
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Began development of TourBiz |
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1998 |
Signed TourBiz contracts with two divisions of SFX (Agency and Promoter) |
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Launched VisitorTracker demo and established franchises serving the: |
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medical, entertainment, gambling, night club, museum, hotel, liquor, and TV industries |
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1999 |
Woodstock 3, Top20.com later firstlook.com (an ideaLab! project) |
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2000 – 2003 |
Founded Vertical Alliance (VC funded) |
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Created Vertical Tracker (E-commerce, E-content, E-CRM enterprise tool set) |
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Vertical Tracker distribution network to 42 web shops |
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including agency.com, US Networks, RazorFish, Omnient, VerticalNet |
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Created FanTracker (Ticketing and Merchandising tool set) |
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Fan Tracker installed for 13 ISC owned NASCAR web based tickets and merchandise |
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summer 2003 |
Vertical Alliance acquired by Sports focused company – focus on VA projects into 2004 |
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Created outbound phone call system to confirm season renewals and sell "released" |
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seats on the day of show; fully voice activated for natural speech integration |
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Created self service kiosk network for will call and ticket sales |
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2004 |
FoxMan.com reestablished |
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SiloBuster.com (CRM based web fan club manager tools) |
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CAN-web.com (College Financial Application tools) |
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DirectToFan.com (Music/Artist based fan club & transaction system) |
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"Break A Band in the Internet Age" (a book for FoxMan by David Cooper) |
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wireless admission control system (national carrier in a national sports circuit) |
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2005 |
CAN-web.com site launched |
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"Breaking A Band in the Internet Age" site launched |
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Grammy Awards (NARIS event) |
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AdmissionControlSolutions.com (partner w/ Nextel and NASCAR) |
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Blackberry (specialist in BES) |
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2006 |
AllSportsLengends |
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GenTech (advertising) |
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1netSTORE |
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mySource4 w/ Mission Advisors |
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2007 |
MobileAccessCredentials.com (proximity-location services) |
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ArtistTribe |
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TourDesign (LN company) |
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2008 |
Energy mall concept developed |
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It’s Bang (entertainment media and merchandise) |
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2009 |
USAenergyManagement (sellers side) site launched |
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USAgreenENERGYmall (buyers side) site launched |
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PlayerMade, ArtistMade video commerce for sports and music and TV |
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2010 |
New Music Seminar (rebirth) |
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Energy Marketplace – electric deregulation initiative |
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2011-2013 |
Redbox (tickets at kiosks project) development |
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Redbox (tickets at kiosks project) inventory acquisition |
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Redbox (tickets at kiosks project) deployed in Philadelphia PA and Los Angeles CA |
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Providence Performing Arts Center (venue management, promotions & operations) PPAC |
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2014 |
THAD! (a story of a young boy in America today) |
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UnLocked.Media (a digital media distribution driven by beacons and GPS location services) |
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2015 |
Mike LaCoss Ibaseball channel |
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UnLocked.Media – generic app created and launched |
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Walk of Fame (proximity marketing – sports and movies) |
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Pollstar’s CIC, SxSW and Canadian Music Week – ticketing panels |
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2016 |
Rock Seller |
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Gimbel (proximity) |
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UnLocked.Media – Charlie Greene |
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TEDxSM |
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2017 |
stealth startup EmBarkingWellness |
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ticketLEAP |
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TixFan |
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2018 |
WellnessBackPack created |
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DevWerksAZ |
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PreSoldOut created and tested – allotments |
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2019 |
WellnessBackPack web/admin dashboard |
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PreSoldOut created ticket requests and pulls |
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2020 |
WellnessBackPack – apps and test in-school |