Executive Bios
Mark Scifres
Mark Scifres is CEO of Pavlov Media, which he started while working on his engineering degree at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Mark comes from a family with a strong engineering background. In fact, Mark worked at Lockheed Martin in high school and helped run the early versions of data systems.
It was that experience that helped Mark form a vision of what data networks can do.
So, like many great ideas, Pavlov began with a simple concept. Here’s what happened.
Mark had an idea that off-campus and private certified housing could be networked together. These were the early days of data—Netscape didn’t even exist. Mark’s vision was a network that provided data throughout the off-campus housing area. That project was right in line with Mark’s engineering studies. Long story short, Mark designed a network, built it and things took off from there!
That was more than 17 years ago and Pavlov Media has grown into a multi-million dollar operation, providing television, broadband and telephone services in more than 140 markets in 34 states.
The company has grown to more than 90 employees and has deployed network facilities to more than 70,000 registered users. Along the way, Pavlov Media has acquired Wavelength Broadband—a major player in the emerging broadband industry—and made other acquisitions, as well.
In addition, Mark is a patent holder on specialized network processes.
As part of Mark’s work as CEO, he led the construction and deployment of a network that provides television, broadband and other services to tens of thousands of apartments, hotels and other MDU’s (Multi-Dwelling Units). He also led the wireless mesh deployments in Champaign, Illinois and New York City, which includes the free downtown wireless project in Champaign.
Under Mark’s leadership, Pavlov Media has become an industry leader in serving MDU’s and private cable operators.
Glenn Meyer
Glenn is President of MDU Services. Glenn oversees the firm’s operations, finance and sales groups and is on Pavlov Media's Board of Directors.
Glenn brings decades of experience as a senior executive in MDU (Multi-Dwelling Unit) and commercial service markets. He has experience in both start-up and emerging growth businesses and has negotiated broadband service agreements for thousands of apartment units. Glenn is considered one of the heavy hitters in both television and broadband services for MDU’s and was founder and CEO of Ygnition Networks, a company that rapidly grew into a multi-million dollar operation providing cable television, Internet and VoIP services. Glenn has a B.A. from the University of Puget Sound.
Craig Sellars
Craig is Pavlov Media’s President of Software Solutions. Craig has over fifteen years of experience in technology and internet application development, including wired and wireless network design, development and implementation.
Prior to joining Pavlov Media, Craig served as the Chief Technology Officer for Wavelength Corporation, which was acquired by Pavlov Media in December of 2010. From 2004 until 2008 Craig was with O2 Secure Wireless, Inc., a publicly traded company in Atlanta, GA providing broadband and wireless services to the MDU marketplace, serving as its Chief Technology Officer until being appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2007 by its board of directors. In 2001, he co-founded Netconx D & C Wireless to provide wireless networking technology for residential and municipal markets. Craig holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Chris Hunt
Chris is Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Pavlov Media, overseeing the firm’s efforts in those areas.
Chris came to Pavlov after serving as Press Secretary for a U.S. Senator where he was closely involved in the formation of communications plans involving the major pieces of legislation out of the Congress. Previously, Chris was in management with an S&P 500 telecommunications firm, working with the marketing and communications groups. This includes support for the firm’s MDU efforts. Chris holds a B.S. degree in Communications from Lindenwood University.
Mike O’Linc
Mike is Executive Vice President of Operations at Pavlov Media.
Mike came to Pavlov media from Hyperband Networks where he was Chief Technology Officer. He has also served as consultant for IBM and worked on integration and design for several Fortune 500 firms. Mike was in information technology for the U.S. Air Force.
Doug Woods
Doug Woods is Senior Vice President of Business Development.
Before joining Pavlov Media, Doug was President and co-founder of Mobile Air Applied Science, Inc., a start-up medical device company with patented IP for airborne pathogen containment in ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, and disaster response. Prior he was Chief Operatoring Office and Senior Vice President of Business Development for Ygnition Networks. Previous to that, Doug was Senior Vice President of Operations for Darwin Networks. Doug graduated from Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business Administration.
Bill Clavey
Bill is Pavlov Media’s Vice President of Finance.
Bill has a strong background in technology as well as business. He was involved in Pavlov Media’s Special Projects group prior to taking over as the finance vice president. In addition, Bill has owned and operated a successful computer hardware, consulting and e-commerce business in the Champaign, Illinois area. Bill has an A.S. Degree in Business Administration from Parkland College and a B.A. from Eastern Illinois University.
John Crutcher
John Crutcher is Vice President of Sales. John is responsible for managing Pavlov Media’s field sales team and leads the firm’s account management group.
John has led many successful sales efforts for telecommunications service providers. He has also been a sales manager and district sales manager for national companies. John attended Lakeland College in Illinois, studying Applied Sciences.
Russ Vasta
Russ is Vice President of Construction Services at Pavlov Media, overseeing all engineering and project management for the firm.
Russ came to Pavlov Media after serving as President of RTV Audio Visual Consulting and Associates. Russ was previously Production Management and Integration Consultant at Knox Array Event Production. Russ holds a B.S. degree from University of Phoenix which includes studies at Sacred Heart University and the University of Colorado.