Big Stage Names a Big Cheese

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Big Stage, a new Internet media company, announced today that Chuck Huebner, former head of worldwide studios at Activision, has joined the company as its president and chief executive officer. Big Stage’s breakthrough technology allows users to easily create and integrate a life-like 3-D avatar of themselves into everything from famous movie scenes, TV shows and video games, to music videos, short video clips, virtual worlds, still images, user-generated content, instant messages, e-mails, social networks and more – instantly.

“As a revolutionary global media company, Big Stage will redefine how consumers experience entertainment,” said Big Stage President and CEO Chuck Huebner. “I have never seen a company or a technology that I believe has the potential that Big Stage does. It is a testament to the founders and tech team that they had the vision and the wherewithal to bring the company to this point and I look forward to leading us further along the path to success.”

While at Activision, Huebner oversaw more than 1,500 employees and was responsible for the creation and production of all of the company’s games.

Prior to Activision, Huebner was president and CEO of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., the hobby/game subsidiary of Hasbro. During his tenure, he was responsible for turning the company into the most profitable segment of Hasbro, with revenues in excess of $300 million. In previous years, he worked in senior management roles with The Coca-Cola Company where he lead a $2 billion restructuring of the Coca-Cola Japan bottling system, as well as new business acquisition and development. Huebner co-founded ERS International, a cutting-edge technology platform for retail, which went public in 1992. Chuck began his career at Procter & Gamble where he held a variety of sales and brand management positions.

“We’re thrilled to have someone with Chuck’s breadth of experience join Big Stage,” said company Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer Jonathan Strietzel. “His work in guiding large consumer brands will be instrumental in taking Big Stage from an exciting new start-up to a world-class global media company.”

About Big Stage

Big Stage is a media company whose breakthrough technology allows users to easily create and integrate a life-like 3-D avatar of themselves into everything from famous movie scenes, TV shows and video games, to music videos, short video clips, virtual worlds, still images, user-generated content, instant messages, e-mails, social networks and more – instantly. Big Stage will launch to consumers in the second quarter of 2008.