Todd Mason
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| Born | May 3, 1963 Richmond, Virginia, USA |
| Residence | Washington, DC |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Occupation | CEO and Executive in Charge of Production |
| Years active | 1988-Present |
| Employer | Broadcast Management Group |
| Known for | Live Broadcast Executive, Executive Producer and Entrepreneur |
| Title | CEO/Executive In Charge of Production, Board Member of: GenAge Marketing, Broadcast Management Group |
| Awards | Telly and Aegis Awards |
| Website | www |
William Todd Mason (born May 3, 1963) is a digital media executive and entrepreneur based in Washington, DC. He has served as creator, Executive Producer and Executive in Charge of Production for a number of national broadcast series and specials.
Mason was born in Richmond, Virginia to Phillip Charles Mason and Virginia Reynolds Harris and is one of two children. Mason’s family has deep roots in Richmond. His father held the position as a senior executive in the banking industry and retired from Capital One. His Mother worked in administration for a national insurance company for most of her career before retiring from the Baptist Foreign Mission Board. Mason’s grandfather, James Reynolds, and grandmother, Mary Reynolds, were both professional golfers - Mary Reynolds being one of the first female professional golfers in the United States, and James Reynolds designed two of Richmond’s Golf Courses and Retired Golf Pro at Richmond’s Hermitage Country Club.
At age 15, Mason got his first exposure to live broadcast production, volunteering as a cameraman at Grove Avenue Baptist Church, where the longest-running Christian program in America is produced. He soon earned his place as technical director and began managing crew members. Mason continued to direct and take on freelance production work as a hobby throughout his college career at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
After studying Business Administration at VCU, Mason worked as a sales representative for Transamerica. Because he was successful at an early age he worked as a motivational speaker at various conventions and events for Transamerica. During his spare time, Mason continued to take on freelance production work remaining active in the broadcast industry.
In 1988, Mason left Transamerica Corporation and began his full time broadcasting career in Richmond where he co-founded start-up company Delmar Communications, Inc. As CEO of Delmar Communications, Mason successfully acquired the company’s largest competitor, Virginia Productions, in 1989.
In 1990 Mason was recruited to Henninger Media Services a Washington DC based broadcast post production company as Senior Vice President and eventually assuming the, General Manager and Chief Financial Officer duties. Mason was one of the leading contributors in expanding the small-scale production company into one of the largest in the country - during his tenure, the company grew the main location from 25 employees to 80 and company-wide to 250, made 4 key acquisitions, opened 5 branches in from scratch. The company also started a joint venture with Robert Dineo’s Tribeca Film Center creating one of the first non-liner film editing companies in the country called Tribeca Henninger Editing Tools (the Tools) with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Mason also lead the company’s expansion into full scale series production and its audio post production division.
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