Yates formerly served as CEO of Zodiak Los Angeles, a division of global media group Zodiak Media, where he oversaw all aspects of production, international distribution, business affairs and creative development. Prior to Zodiak, Yates was the COO of RDF USA, where he served as Executive Producer of international formats like “Wife Swap”, “Don’t Forget The Lyrics” and “Secret Millionaire.”
As an independent producer under his banner Gatekeeper Productions, Yates produced a wide range of formats, from HBO’s Emmy-nominated “Project Greenlight” to the award-winning e-sports series, “ELEAGUE: The Challenger” on Turner Sports. Yates started his career in Domestic Syndication at Paramount Pictures.
Before joining Critical Content, Rob had been EVP of Development and Current at T Group Productions, President and Co-Founder of SokoLobl Entertainment, and an independent creator/showrunner. Prior to working in television, Rob started his career in the movie business working for various studios and filmmakers in development.
Scott spent many years at Dick Clark Productions, supervising the post-production for several Golden Globe Awards, American Music Awards, MTV Awards, and American Bandstand’s 40th Anniversary. Later in his career, Schwartz co-produced Nickelodeon’s The Secret World of Alex Mack for the Tom Lynch Company. Other notable credits include Season 1 of American Idol for Fremantle, Big Brother, and Paradise Hotel.
Prior to joining Critical Content, Hash served as Head of Development at Dorsey Pictures where she developed and sold multiple projects to ABC, Bravo, Discovery, HGTV, USA, Animal Planet, Wild, Science, TVOne, INSP, as well as Oxygen’s hit franchise Accident, Suicide, or Murder.
Hash began her career at A.Smith and Co. Productions. During her decade at the company, she collaborated on numerous successful programs including American Ninja Warrior, Wizard Wars, Unsung, UFC Countdown, American Gangster, Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura, Full Throttle Saloon, and many more.
Sean Patrick Bangert shares the duty of overseeing Critical Content’s business and legal affairs department and reports to Jenny Daly, President, Critical Content. Prior to joining Critical, he spent several years in business and legal affairs at Viacom focusing on television and documentary content for CMT, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET and VH1. Sean began his career working for Reveille just as their US version of the The Office was taking off and later spent several years at Playboy Entertainment.
Sean went to law school at Southwestern University, studied art history at the University of Nebraska, and is passionate about the first amendment and an artist’s right to free speech.
