Chris Kraft, President of Splash Media
Chris Kraft has been in the media business since 1988. He founded Chris Kraft Productions in 1995. His award-winning career in film and video production was a natural progression from being an accomplished editorial and advertising photographer. A partial list of his clients include Nortel Networks, IBM, American Airlines, Primedia Productions, Compuware, LucasLicensing/Hasbro, The Town of Addison, NBC, Docucorp, Broadcast News Corporation, and many others. His vision for business television comes from seeing first hand the challenge corporations face when attempting to speak directly to a geographically diverse audience.
Toni Donaldson
As supervising producer of Traders Television Network, Toni comes to TTV with extensive experience in live television, most recently with the FOX affiliate in Dallas. Her career began with production of live talk shows for PBS on the regional level in Amarillo. Toni went on to produce live newscasts for the local affiliates for NBC and CBS in Amarillo, as well as reporting in the Texas Panhandle. Prior to making the move to TTV, she spent the last eight years with FOX 4 News in Dallas. During her news career, she produced thousands of newscasts, including major news events and hundreds of breaking news stories. She now produces Opening Bell, FAST Track, and Wizestreet for TTV. With her past experience in a career that often focuses on negative events, Toni is thrilled to work in an environment that now focuses on the positive by providing viewers with a much brighter financial future.
Pete Kraft
Pete Kraft comes to Splash Media after spending 11 years in the technology field. He spent five years at EDS managing and supporting corporate computers and networks. At Texas Instruments his responsibilities included maintaining and managing the global Windows server network at the company. For the last six years Pete has worked as an Engineer and Project Manager in sales support roles covering a wide variety of industrial technologies including telecommunications, broadcast, medical imaging, oil field exploration and many others. During that time he consulted with customers to help them design custom computer platforms for use in medical testing, network security, and voice over IP applications. This experience allowed him to work closely with various hardware and software engineering teams at companies such as Intel, Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, Motorola and others. Pete’s experience also includes consulting on the development of a custom digital video delivery mechanism and has always maintained a high level of interest in the digital video and streaming media market.
R. Brad Murano
Brad Murano brings his 20-year experience as an award-winning director, editor, and director of photography to Splash Media. As a co-founder of Film Xero, with Steven T. Miller, Brad produced and directed over 100 major label music videos. Additional production credits include “ Walker, Texas Ranger", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum in Cleveland, a custom 360-degree video delivery systems, Nutrisystem, Disney's Buena Vista Datacasting, and EMI Catalog Marketing, among others. His varied experience provided the background needed to become a noted motion graphics and broadcast designer and a pioneer in utilizing digital technologies in image capture and post-production.
Steven T. Miller
Steve is an award-winning director, writer, and editor with over 20 years of experience in a wide variety of film productions. Teaming with R. Brad Murano to pursue their shared passion for creating moving images, they formed Film Xero and quickly developed a niche in the music video world. They produced, directed, and edited over 100 music videos from every major record label. They worked with Pat Benatar, Take 6, Kenny Chesney, and many more. Steve served as a governor on The Texas Board of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Steve’s corporate credits include projects for TXU, Pier 1, Nokia, Ford, GM, Red Baron, and a 360-degree project for Pennzoil featuring Jay Leno. Recently, he directed infomercials for ICON Fitness and Disney’s Buena Vista Datacasting, and has contributed his filmmaking skills to marketing pieces for CopyCraft, Docucorp, Hasbro, and GlobalTec Solutions.
Brian Shelton
Brian Shelton, technical director of Splash Media, has over 15 years of experience in the television production industry as a director, technical director, and editor. Brian’s career has spanned all areas of live and pre-recorded television programming. His experience includes live sports, news, corporate training, business television, infomercials, and cable television programs. His broadcast, cable, and private network clients include ABC, ESPN, Fox Sports, Cox, Comcast, Primedia, Interactive Medical Network, National Dental Network, and Broadcast New Corp. His Fortune 500 clients include Oracle, Cisco, Ernest & Young, Pfizer, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Verizon, General Motors, IBM, Intel, and many more.
Steve Sosinski
For over 10 years, Steve Sosinski has been producing marketing and training videos as well as implementing and developing digital media technologies for a wide range of clientele. Steve has produced hundreds of hours of live business television for clients such as Ernst & Young, Nortel, IBM, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Silicon Graphics, and SAP. Steve has a broad range of experience in multimedia CD-ROM & DVD projects, streaming media applications, broadband video solutions, and live internet/satellite simulcasting. Steve has an honorable discharge from the U.S Naval Reserve where he served as a cryptologic technical operator.
Ryan Martell
Ryan has been developing software for nearly 25 years. When he was 17, he developed a cutting edge product used by furniture industry retailers for visualizing custom order upholstery. Later, he was the first employee at Bungie Software, where he coauthored several very successful computer games, such as Marathon, Marathon 2, and Myth: The Fallen Lords. Deciding that he needed to become more sociable, he bought a sailboat, and spent two years sailing in the Caribbean and then three years in the Mediterranean. After ending his "first retirement" a couple of years ago, he came to Dallas to manage a real estate project. Ryan then decided his game background nicely complemented the streaming video market and became an integral part of Splash Media, LP. Since he has been with Splash Media, he has implemented an end-to-end video streaming solution, encompassing asset tracking, scheduling, authorization, and delivery via the internet.
Chris Shelton
Chris Shelton, technical director, has over nine years of experience in the television production industry. Chris has flourished as a director and technical director, working in many different areas of the industry with clients including ABC, CBS, NBC, Primedia, Interactive Medical Network, and many more.
