About Us

George Bartko
George has over two decades of experience in the media industry. He served as COO and Partner of New York based Sekani Inc (Consolidated company of Second Line Search, Action Sports Adventure, Hot Shots and Film Bank) for nearly fifteen years before the company sold to Corbis, a stock photography company owned by Bill Gates. Sekani, Inc, was a global media solutions company with separately branded divisions for research, rights & clearance, archival & contemporary stock footage libraries, publishing, and sports production. George was responsible for all areas of sales, database management, library management, acquisition integration, training and business strategy. He also produced and served as cinematographer on many of the sports productions for the Action Sports Adventure collection.

George is the Author of Balance 20/20 (www.balance2020.com), the creator of Joe Elevator (www.joeelevator.com) and a Co-Founder of Static, a hair, skin and product company (www.staticHair.com)

George is thrilled to be married to his wife Debbie and adores his daughters Giana and Sofia. He plays basketball, racquetball, softball, runs and bikes (sometimes all in the same day).

Gina Ragusa
Gina has over 20 years experience in the media industry. Starting as a researcher and sales coordinator, at Second Line Search, Gina learned the burgeoning intellectual property licensing business from the ground up. Over the course of nearly two decades, she worked with broadcast producers at the world's leading advertising agencies, becoming an expert in clearing rights for music, film and TV clips, personalities, and other forms of intellectual property. She has worked on major, international advertising campaigns for some of the world's top brands including GE, American Express, Sprint, Kodak, Trivial Pursuit, JC Penney, Toyota, Applebee's, Mercedes, and BMW, to name a few. Joining Corbis in 2002, she built and managed a team of 10 rights-clearance specialists worldwide whose expertise cross multiple mediums.

Gina’s most rewarding production is her son Joseph. She enjoys traveling, especially to Costa Rica and enjoys time at her beach house on Fire Island, New York. TV and Movies are her passion and currently loves watching episodes of Gossip Girl & Entourage.