Associated Consultants

Virginia Blackwell —  Marilyn PetrokubiGeorge Welles


VIRGINIA A. BLACKWELL, Communications Management Consultant. Media and print management and strategic planning. Ms. Blackwell has 23 years of experience managing media and print services at Andersen (formerly Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting). As director of Telemedia and Publishing Services she implemented business television and distance learning, media asset management, digital printing and inventory control and strategic communications planning.

Since retiring as a Principal from Andersen in 2001, Ms. Blackwell has provided consulting services to Andersen, GE Financial Assurance Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and production companies including Motivation Excellence International and ImageTrust. She is an accredited member of the Communications Media Management Association (CMMA) for which she researches and edits a quarterly column on communications management. CMMA has engaged her to develop a strategic marketing plan. Ms. Blackwell is currently co-authoring a book on facilitative leadership.

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MARILYN PETROKUBI, President, TimeSteps Productions, Inc. Media Asset Management Consultant, Ms. Petrokubi has over 20 years of experience evaluating and making recommendations for videotape, audio, film, slide, photograph and associated new media collections. She turns media messes into Media Assets by creating organized libraries. Her company has been licensing footage from the TimeSteps Historical Archive and producing award-winning films and videos since 1987.

Ms. Petrokubi helps her Fortune 500 clients with inventory assessment, database procurement, database customization, policy and procedure development and media library staffing. Each organization’s collection tends to offer a unique set of challenges and requires individualized research and consultation to create a properly managed collection. Timesteps' Media Asset Management clients include: Lucent Technologies, American Express, Bellcore, AT&T, and Bell Laboratories.

Ms. Petrokubi holds a Masters degree in Library Science from Rutgers University. She is a member of MCA-I (Media Communications Association-International) and New York Women in Film and Television.

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GEORGE W. WELLES III, Principal and founder, Imaging Futures, Inc. Media management, broadband communications, collaborative tools, security. Mr. Welles retired as Manager of Broadband Applications for U S WEST in 1996. At U S WEST (now Qwest), he managed advanced communication research and development projects as part of the COMPASS Lab and served as an advanced technology consultant to U S WEST and its customers.

Imaging Futures consulting clients include Hoffmann-La Roche., St. Paul Companies, Roadway Express, 3M, Cargill, Minnesota Power, Ceridian, Cisco, Eastman Kodak, Boeing, Intel, SAFECO, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Target Corp., Hallmark Cards, the International Communications Industries Association (ICIA) and numerous universities and research facilities.

Mr. Welles is co-founder of the US Department of Defense Digital Imaging Symposium. He has taught electronic commerce seminars for the University of Minnesota, Economic Development Center and Min-nesota Power and keynoted the International Communication Industries Association Leadership Conference, Supply Chain Expo ’99 and the spring 2000 DVD Summit III, among many others. He is a member of the Minnesota High Technology Association (MHTA), the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and an accredited member of the Communications Media Management Association (CMMA). He serves on the University of Minnesota Computer Science Department Advisory Board, the Minnesota Future Work Task Force and as an advisor to the Minnesota Office of Technology.

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