Kevin Wright

Trainer, educator, consultant and Principal, The Optimal Pitch. Kevin has 30 years experience in screen-based media, having commissioned over 60 television series and having heard thousands of pitches! Kevin was previously Senior Vice-President, Programming for Astral Television Networks responsible for the acquisition and scheduling of content for HBO Canada, The Movie Network, TMN Encore, The Family Channel, Disney Junior Canada and Disney XD Canada. He joined Astral in 1995 as Vice-President, Programming for Family Channel and simultaneously served as Vice-President Programming for Teletoon where he participated in the licensing and launch of the network. Prior to that, he held positions at YTV Canada, Paragon International and Telefilm Canada.