Our Team

John Carter – 19 years of television production experience with six spent at OLN (now Versus), ending his tenure there as Vice President of Production and Executive Producer for the cable network that reached a distribution of 65 million homes. Under his leadership the ten-year old network obtained it highest ratings and revenue with signature production properties such as the Tour de France. Other events included the Gravity Games, FIS, USSA, the PBR, the AVP, the Iditarod, and the network's launch of the NHL. Series programming efforts included "The Lance Chronicles", "Global Extremes: Mt. Everest", "Total Bull", and "The Best and Worst of Barta". Since leaving the network in 2005 to launch Hatch, Carter has produced sports programming for ABC, CBS, ESPN and Versus as well as commercials for Chevy, Cabela's and L.L. Bean. Prior to joining OLN Carter produced sports and series content that included the following clients: CBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN, Turner, and Court TV. He also produced and directed commercials for clients that included Proctor & Gamble, Tandry Corp., and Block Drug Co. Awards include two National Sports Emmys.

Mike Long – Over eleven years of sponsorship marketing and production experience. Past experience includes two years in advertising sales spent at FOX Television Sales, 8 years at OLN (now Versus) in sponsorship marketing as well as heading the Marketing Solutions Group, with a primary focus on business development in "Branded Entertainment" and partnership projects.

John West – Over 17 years experience in Advertising Sales and Sales Management has led to a solid foundation in all aspects of sponsorship sales, and branded entertainment. Past experience includes seven years with TBS, TNT, Turner Sports, CNN and most recently 10 years with OLN serving as Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales, where West was involved with a variety of content related projects, marrying brands with customized production, including live events, episodic series and short form content.