Jerry Calliste Jr. born Bronx, New York is a lateral thinker, entrepreneur, energetic team leader who for the past 25 years has successfully founded, co-founded and executive managed entertainment companies, promoted artists and events, licensed and sold music B2C and B2B worldwide. He developed and partnered music companies that collectively sold an “estimated” 5.0M units, roughly 2.5M units sold on one title worldwide. His peers say he is “an authority” on music marketing, music licensing, and independent talent development.
Since 1983 and 1985, he is registered as a songwriter and music publisher member of ASCAP respectively. His music appears on 65+ music compilations, of which 25 or more of those licensing deals occurred since 2003. He appears on: Universal Music TV (UK) Definitive Electro” (2xCD), Universal Music (UK) compilation, Virgin Records (UK), Streetsounds/ Streetwave Records (UK), Pianola Music – (FR), Virgin (UK), Polydor (GER), Kontor (GER) and on popular video games Sony Computer Entertainment of America’s NBA Shootout 2004 and the popular Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto Vice City video game, TV commercial and Sony/ Epic Records soundtrack the Wildstyle Station for Grand Theft Auto Vice City. Calliste Jr.’s hip hop electro-funk songs receive international underground cult-classic acclaim in the UK, NETH, GER, FR, JP and CAN.
For the past 12 years he worked on Internet based projects favoring the LAMP platform and digital media (MP3, .WAV, DRM, H.263/H.264, streaming HD, 3G/4G mobile). He is a natural at identifying opportunities and new trends related to new business ventures, entertainment, branding and marketing.
He currently attends the Ross School of Management and Leadership at Franklin University. He is a double major BSc in IT and BSc in MIS student. He will test for the PMI.org PMP certification (expected 2009). He is fluent in English, strengthening his Spanish and learning Mandarin Chinese.
NOTE: The following sites are NOT affiliated with Jerry Calliste Jr. or JerryCallisteJr.com and at times are posting inaccurate information about Jerry Calliste Jr. – Nation Master, JerryCallisteJr.Net, Visual Wikipedia, Fotolog /FreshRenegade and others.
* For accurate information be sure to always visit the “Official and Personal site” at JerryCallisteJr.com
© 2007 – 2009 Jerry Calliste Jr. & jerrycallistejr.com All Rights Reserved.
