Mr. Frank Barnako

Meet our Advisors - George Campbell , Frank Barnako , Sam Cooper , Bob Charles , Skip Finley.
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Frank Barnako

Mr. Barnako is an entrepreneurial new media pioneer , with over 30 years' experience in broadcast journalism and electronic information publishing.

As Program Planning Manager for USA TODAY Online , he has been a primary architect of this Top Ten site on the World Wide Web.His scope of work ranged from identifying market opportunities , conceiving content targeted to those opportunities , and production of that content.Mr. Barnako also investigated and evaluated new Internet technology to determine its applicability and suitability for inclusion in the USA TODAY Online project.He also was the project's resident intrapreneur , creating , developing and having bottom-line responsibility for new business opportunities derived from the Online project's output.

Prior to being asked to join USA TODAY Online , Barnako was detailed by USA TODAY's parent , the Gannett Company , as Director of News for another new media project , USA TODAY Sky Radio.This gave Mr. Barnako the opportunity to exercise his management skills and talents within another start-up environment.Mr. Barnako was again a primary architect for this technology-driven project which delivered the world's first live radio broadcasts to commercial aircraft.

Mr. Barnako also founded the first video retail chain in the Washington DC area , opening the first store in 1979.While pioneering in this venture , he was responsible for marketing , business strategy , finding real estate site locations , and negotiations with landlords and suppliers.He also was the founding President of the Video Software Dealers Association.

An experienced broadcast journalist , he has also been Director of News for two all-news radio stations , reported business news for NBC-TV in Washington , been Business News editor for WTOP Radio , Washington , and is a continuing contributor of business news reports to CBS Radio stations across the country.

Mr. Barnako holds a Bachelor's and Masters Degree from Northwestern University.He has been the winner of numerous broadcasting honors including those from the Radio-Television News Directors Association , the National Press Club and the Associated Press.

Meet our Advisors - George Campbell, Frank Barnako, Sam Cooper, Bob Charles, Skip Finley
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Frank Barnako

Mr. Barnako is an entrepreneurial new media pioneer, with over 30 years' experience in broadcast journalism and electronic information publishing.

As Program Planning Manager for USA TODAY Online, he has been a primary architect of this Top Ten site on the World Wide Web.His scope of work ranged from identifying market opportunities, conceiving content targeted to those opportunities, and production of that content.Mr. Barnako also investigated and evaluated new Internet technology to determine its applicability and suitability for inclusion in the USA TODAY Online project.He also was the project's resident "intrapreneur", creating, developing and having bottom-line responsibility for new business opportunities derived from the Online project's output.

Prior to being asked to join USA TODAY Online, Barnako was detailed by USA TODAY's parent, the Gannett Company, as Director of News for another new media project, USA TODAY Sky Radio.This gave Mr. Barnako the opportunity to exercise his management skills and talents within another start-up environment.Mr. Barnako was again a primary architect for this technology-driven project which delivered the world's first live radio broadcasts to commercial aircraft.

Mr. Barnako also founded the first video retail chain in the Washington DC area, opening the first store in 1979.While pioneering in this venture, he was responsible for marketing, business strategy, finding real estate site locations, and negotiations with landlords and suppliers.He also was the founding President of the Video Software Dealers Association.

An experienced broadcast journalist, he has also been Director of News for two all-news radio stations, reported business news for NBC-TV in Washington, been Business News editor for WTOP Radio, Washington, and is a continuing contributor of business news reports to CBS Radio stations across the country.

Mr. Barnako holds a Bachelor's and Masters Degree from Northwestern University.He has been the winner of numerous broadcasting honors including those from the Radio-Television News Directors Association, the National Press Club and the Associated Press.