The Management Team

Michael Fowlkes
Founding Partner & Business Development Officer

Area of Responsibility:
Vision, Strategic Planning & Business Development
Creative Design, Videographer, Editor, Sales & Marketing

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Career Accomplishments:

• Creator, Executive Producer and Host of the longest-running (27 years on the air), highest-rated fishing series in Fox Sports history, the award winning “Inside Sportfishing.”
  
• Managed key relationships with senior officers and maintained sponsorships with the Ford Motor Company, SCFDAA and Dailey & Associates, as well as, Shimano American Corporation since Inside Sportfishing’s inception in 1989.
• Held various management positions with Showtime/The Movie Channel, Disney and Paramount Pictures, working closely with several senior executives in Original Programming.
• Owner/Operator of the San Diego based charter boat, “Instinct” from 1976 - 1988.  Worked in the fishing industry since starting as a deckhand at the age of nine. A United States Coast Guard licensed captain for 40 years.
• Was named "Angler of the Year" in 2015 by the prestigious Avalon Tuna Club .
  

Richard Cullen
Partner & Chief Technology Officer

Area of Responsibility:
All Back Office Programming and Development, Programmer of the On-line
Reservation System, Development and Oversight of the ISF Mobile App

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Career Accomplishments:

• ​Graduated from Brunel University in West London with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with computer science studies.
• Worked for over 30 years designing and creating software across a range of platforms including embedded software, web applications and desktop applications.
• Worked for companies from small start-ups to major corporations including the BBC, SpaceX, Anheuser-Busch and Charter Communications.
• Well versed in HTML5, CSS, Java, Java Script, SQL, Python and integration into database systems. 
• Proud husband and father to an amazing wife and 5 incredible kids.