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Executive Biographies
Larry Brahms
President and CEO
 A 28 year entertainment industry veteran, Larry Brahms began his
career in the music industry having held various management
positions for leading record and entertainment management firms
including: TK Records (credited as one of the innovators of the
disco movement, produced such acts as KC & The Sunshine Band, George
McCrae and Foxy) and TDI Management (a worldwide management
representation firm for such headliners as The Village People, The
Richie Family, Celi Bee, and Dorothy Moore among others). In 1984
Brahms decide to capitalize on the aerobic fitness craze and with
the aid of two partners, he developed the fitness concept "Freedance"
(the marketing story of the mid-eighties and one of the most
successful fitness videos of the year on the Billboard charts). At
the same time, MTI was born and became the operating division
of Brahm's new company And More Entertainment Corp. In '87 And More
Entertainment entered the realm of record production, manufacturing
and distribution with the new Miami sound explosion releasing
various hits on AME Records. Through AME's consulting divisions TDI,
Brahms was instrumental in taking Atlantic Records artist Debbie
Gibson to the position of top five on Billboard's pop charts. In the
90's Brahms and his wife and partner Claudia, made the transition
from music into the ever-changing video industry, expanding into
direct acquisition of independent theatrical and direct to video
product. By establishing unique distribution relationships with
other independent labels under the MTI Home Video banner, the
company became one of the fastest growing and uniquely diverse home
entertainment companies in the industry.
Claudia Brahms
Vice President
 A devoted mother, wife and business partner, Claudia
Brahms exemplifies a woman who "has it all." Born in the
cosmopolitan South American city of Bogotá, Columbia, Mrs. Brahms was
raised and schooled in Miami, Florida from age 7. She returned
to her native country after high school in an effort to master her
first language and study her passion, Child Psychology, at the
University La Sabana in Bogotá, Colombia. Today she is fluent
in both English and Spanish, with a working knowledge of Italian, a
language she learned while living in Rome, Italy (post University)
during her mother's tenure as a diplomat for the Colombian Government.
Upon returning to Miami in 1991, she began working for the
international production company Jorge Hane Productions, where
she met her future husband and business partner Larry Brahms.
They began to work together and expand MTI's business, marring in
1992. Today, Mrs. Brahms supervises all of MTI's divisions and
oversees all financial aspects of the business. Together, with
their dedicated employees, they have built one of the fastest growing
film distribution company's in the home entertainment industry.
With all of their business success, the Brahms' proudest achievement
to date is their son, Owen Foster.
Jay Grossman
Vice President, Sales and Acquisitions
 Grossman
manages MTI’s relationships with Studio Partners Artist View
Entertainment, Bedford Entertainment, Delta Entertainment, Redrum
Entertainment and Fangoria Presents. Grossman travels to industry
trade shows and markets to acquire product, as well as oversee MTI
Studio Partner acquisitions. He also oversees all home video sales,
and marketing efforts for the leading independent. Joining MTI
in 1996, Grossman has more than 12 years' experience in the home
entertainment retail and distribution business. He started his career
with Philadelphia-based TLA Video and graduated from Temple University
in 1993 with a BA.
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