Jeff Jacobs recently became the SVP, Production Planning, Strategic Initiatives & Business Operations for the VIACOM Music & Entertainment Group and serves as Executive In Charge of Production. Jacobs leads initiatives in support of the Music and Entertainment Group’s strategic priorities, including cross channel content production, content sharing, Branded Entertainment and Production Integrations, cross platform opportunities, and digital growth. He concerns himself with the “business and strategies of production” for MTV, VH1, Spike, Comedy Central and LOGO and focuses on emerging technologies, network synergies, and production operations. Previously, he was Vice President and Executive in Charge of Production for MTV: Music Television. He’s been with Viacom and MTV for 10 years having joined the network as Coordinating Producer, MTV Sports. Jacobs draws on his years of experience in Live and event based television and multiplatform production to contribute to the creation and execution of a variety of the company’s strategic opportunities. Prior to joining MTV, Jacobs was with NBC’s Olympic Division where he ran much of NBC’s Olympic Production Operations in Sydney and Salt Lake City. He grew up at NBC Sports, starting as an intern and later working a variety of roles from Stage Manager to Associate Director and Production Manager of several Super Bowls, NBA Finals, and sporting events worldwide. He is constantly on a quest to discover and adapt the latest technology enabling new creative heights and higher levels of production. He is also developing strategic alliances with potential broadcast, technology, and digital partners. Jacobs considers Executive Producing “RE-ACT NOW, Music Relief Telethon” for New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina as one of his proudest control room moments, and has been able to grow weekend tentpoles and shoulder programming for events like “The Video Music Awards” from one-night shows into week-long programming events. Jacobs takes pride in the pro-social work he is able to take part in, including MTV ACT and MTV’s “A Thin Line” addressing texting abuse and bullying among teens. A quintessential New Yorker, Jacobs is a six-time Emmy Award winner, Directors Guild of America member, on the Sports Video Group board and very active in the community.

Myles is the President & CEO of Immersive Ventures Inc. and of its wholly owned subsidiary Immersive Media Company (IMC). IMC's addictive and disruptive 360° video technology has been enabling interactivity across the web and mobile devices and will revolutionize the way we interact with video in the entertainment market.

Prior to joining Immersive Media in 2004, Myles was the Founder, President and CEO of Centrinity/MC2 where he spearheaded the company's rapid growth into 55 countries and was twice nominated for Canadian Entrepreneur of the year. After his post secondary education at Simon Fraser University, Myles sent 10 years at Xerox culminating in product management for the digital product integration strategy.

Specialties:C Level Management, Board of Directors, Governance, M&A Structures, Aggressive Sales Growth, Product Management, System Workflow, 360 Spherical Video, Digital Interactive Media, Live web streaming