Mr. Nick Winslow, Advisor — Entertainment Centre Operations & Management: Mr. Winslow’s career in the entertainment business spans over 30 years. He began as a research associate with Economics Research Associate in Los Angeles specializing in theme parks, tourism and market research studies. He then moved to Washington D.C. to help establish East Coast operations, and then founded Florida and San Francisco offices. In 1975, Mr. Winslow started with Paramount as president, Future General Corp., its R&D subsidiary which ultimately became Showscan, a special format film company.  He assisted in supervising the special effects for “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Star Trek-The Movie”. He was also was president of Magicam—a high-tech video effects subsidiary now known as CSI, and founded Paramount Sound Systems, Inc., a professional sound contracting company with strong ties to the amusement industry. Mr. Winslow then spent one year with a financially troubled mini entertainment conglomerate involved in commercial productions, IMAX films, and audio and video post-production. He built business base while reducing debt, receivables and tax obligations. He also conducted feasibility studies for a wide range of projects and clients. Project categories included theme parks, museums, world’s fairs, retail centres, performing arts centres, arenas, amphitheatres, stadiums and resorts. Clients included Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. Six Flags, Knotts Berry Farm, HERCO, Smithsonian, Field Museum in Chicago, Music Centre of Los Angeles, Orange County Performing Arts Centre, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Mel Simon & Associates. In the early 90’s, Mr. Winslow continued consulting under a personal banner. Clients included Warner Bros., The Gordon Company, Mel Simon & Associates, Radio City Music Hall, Ideal Resort, etc. From 1993 to 1999, he was responsible for the development and operation of Warner Bros. theme parks outside the United States. Properties include Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World, Wet’nWild, Sea World Nara Resort and Warner Roadshow Studios in Australia, and Warner Bros. Movie World and Movie World Studios in Germany.

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