{"id":3254,"date":"2018-06-20T13:59:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/06\/20\/jennifer-twiner-mccarron-promoted-to-thunderbird-ceo\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:59:09","slug":"jennifer-twiner-mccarron-promoted-to-thunderbird-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/06\/20\/jennifer-twiner-mccarron-promoted-to-thunderbird-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"JENNIFER TWINER MCCARRON PROMOTED TO THUNDERBIRD CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"600\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 20, 2018\u00a0\/ VANCOUVER<\/strong> &#8212; Ivan Fecan, Executive Chair of Thunderbird Entertainment, is pleased to announce the promotion of Jennifer Twiner McCarron to Chief Executive Officer of Thunderbird Entertainment, effective immediately. In addition to her new role, Twiner McCarron will continue as CEO of Thunderbird subsidiary Atomic Cartoons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThunderbird has never been in greater shape and demand for content is growing exponentially. Jenn is an enormously talented leader and the right person to build on this opportunity. Her reputation for integrity, for creating an environment where quality work flourishes has been behind much of the amazing success of Atomic\u201d said Ivan Fecan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honoured to be appointed CEO of Thunderbird Entertainment. The quality of work that is happening in every facet of our industry inspires me daily. I am fortunate to work with the very best in the business and together we are building a company of excellence\u201d said Twiner McCarron.<\/p>\n<p>Twiner McCarron joined Atomic as Head of Production in 2011 and has helped grow the company from 25 to more than 450 artists. Supervising all in-house production, including <em>Beat Bugs<\/em> and the recently announced <em>New York Times<\/em> best-seller turned series <em>The Last Kids on Earth<\/em> for Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Twiner McCarron became President of Atomic when the company was acquired by Thunderbird. Within the year, interim Thunderbird CEO Fecan promoted her to Co-President of Thunderbird, as well as promoting Great Pacific Media\u2019s Mark Miller to Co-President. Miller now assumes the role of President of Thunderbird, while continuing as CEO of Great Pacific Media.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Atomic, Twiner McCarron was VP of Production for Rainmaker Entertainment. In the course of her career, she has produced and executive produced, dozens of animated TV series, video game cinematics, and direct-to-DVD features. As a producer, Twiner McCarron has received several Leo awards, an ELAN, a DTV, an AACTA, an Emmy award and was voted one of the \u201cTop 25 Women in Animation\u201d by <em>Animation Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thunderbird Entertainment\u00a0<\/strong>is a rapidly growing Vancouver-based multiplatform entertainment company with offices in Los Angeles, Toronto and London. 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