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Andy Forssell | Acting CEO and Senior Vice President of Content
Andy Forssell is the acting CEO and senior vice president of content for Hulu where he leads all
strategy and operations for the business. In his time at Hulu, Andy has accelerated the growth of
the content business from just two content providers in 2007 to more than 460 today, built the
distribution business for both Hulu and Hulu Plus, and has led the Company's expansion into
original programming. Andy brought to Hulu more than a decade of experience at Siebel Systems and
Oracle Corporation where he served in a number of leadership roles including product development,
customer care, datacenter operations and supplier management for their hosted CRM
software-as-a-service businesses. Andy's career began in the US Army where he served in the Armored
Cavalry and achieved the rank of Captain. Andy earned a BS with honors in electrical engineering
from Carnegie Mellon University, a BS in Russian studies from the United States Military Academy
and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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Chadwick Ho | Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Chadwick Ho is senior vice president and general counsel of Hulu responsible for all aspects of
the company's business and legal affairs. He has more than a decade of experience representing
media and technology clients in their corporate and licensing transactions, intellectual
property, employment and litigation matters. Prior to joining Hulu, Chad served as vice
president and deputy general counsel of MySpace, and vice president of business and legal
affairs for Fox Interactive Media after it acquired MySpace, where he provided business and
legal advice for their business operations. Before that, Chad served as senior counsel of ABC's
Touchstone TV where he negotiated development, production and distribution deals for the
studio's primetime programming. He began his career in private practice at Latham & Watkins and
O'Melveny & Myers after clerking for the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Chad received a BA
in Psychology with distinction from Stanford University and a JD with honors from Harvard Law
School.
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Jim O'Gorman | VP of Talent & Organization
Jim O'Gorman is vice president, talent & organization at Hulu. He joined Hulu in 2013, bringing more than
20 years of professional experience in human resources and organizational development in high-growth technology
organizations. At Hulu, he leads all aspects of Human Resources including talent management, recruiting, internal
communications and facilities. Prior to joining Hulu, Jim spent 10 years at Tele Atlas where he served in a
variety of leadership roles to grow the organization from start-up to over 3,000 employees in 26 countries and
help change the way consumers interact with maps. Jim received a BA in communications from Gannon University in
Erie, PA, and received his MBA from Northeastern University in Boston.
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Jean-Paul Colaco | Senior Vice President of Advertising
Jean-Paul (JP) Colaco is senior vice president of advertising for Hulu where he leads all aspects
of the advertising service, including sales and marketing, operations and advertising product and
service innovation. Since joining Hulu in 2007, JP has built the advertising business into a platform
that has attracted more than 1,000 advertisers and generated much of the $420 million in annual revenue.
Under JP's leadership, the Hulu team has innovated on behalf of the advertising industry by introducing
pioneering technologies such as Ad Swap and Ad Selector. Prior to Hulu, JP spent more than 12 years at
The Walt Disney Company where he last served as senior vice president of business development reporting
to CEO Robert Iger, and was responsible for developing new multi-platform brands for the company.
Previously, he was president and general manager of Radio Disney Worldwide, a global music intensive
radio network for kids and families. He began his career at McKinsey and Co. where he served as a
consultant focused on strategic planning for entertainment and high technology companies. JP earned
a BA in economics and a BA in honors in business administration from the University of Western Ontario
in Canada. He also received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Pete Distad | Senior Vice President of Marketing and Distribution
Pete Distad is the senior vice president of marketing and distribution for Hulu where he is
responsible for leading Hulu's efforts in customer acquisition and retention, distribution and
marketing partnerships, and content and brand marketing. While at Hulu, his team has succeeded at
expanding access to the Hulu Plus subscription service to more than 350 million internet-connected
devices (not including PCs), and for growing the Hulu Plus paid subscriber base to more than three
million in less than eighteen months. Prior to joining Hulu, Pete was a management consultant at
McKinsey & Company where he specialized in sales and channel management, go-to-market, online media
strategy, marketing effectiveness and partnership/alliance development. Before McKinsey & Company,
Pete was vice president of consulting services for Calence (now Insight), a networking technology
services company. Prior to Calence, he was a consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) where
he focused on helping clients improve their business processes using technology solutions. Pete
graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin where he earned his bachelor of business
administration, in management information systems with a minor in computer science.
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Tom Fuelling | Senior Vice President and CFO
Tom Fuelling is the senior vice president and chief finance officer of Hulu. He joined Hulu with
more than 20 years of professional experience in finance, accounting and operations with
growth-oriented companies in the media/entertainment and Internet/technology industries. Tom's
previous CFO experience includes Ascent Media's Network Services division, a $250M media
services business that was part of Liberty Media; ARTISTdirect, Inc., a publicly-traded internet
company; Sega Gameworks, a location-based entertainment company; and Village Roadshow Pictures,
an independent film entertainment production company. He is a CPA and began his career at Price
Waterhouse where he spent nine years in Los Angeles and London. Tom received a BS in business
administration from the University of Southern California and his MBA from the Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern University.
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