Adrian Sexton

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Adrian Sexton is a founding partner with Ted Cohen, formerly with EMI, of TAG Strategic, a digital media and entertainment solutions firm. Sexton oversees media branding, advertising and studio content strategy in film, home entertainment and television. Alongside its portfolio of digital distribution, mobile and technology provider companies, TAG's content clients include Lionsgate, Participant Productions, LivePlanet and Eyespot among others.

Previously, Sexton was the Vice President of Digital Media at Lions Gate Entertainment, a producer of motion picture, television and other filmed entertainment content worldwide. Sexton oversaw the day-to-day production, operations, programming, media planning and business development for all of Lionsgate’s online and mobile properties including such titles as American Psycho, Academy Award winner Monster's Ball, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, the interactive Clio-awarded Saw, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Academy Award-winning Crash, Saw II and Quentin Tarantino’s Hostel. Sexton also facilitated a $350 million credit facility with JP Morgan Chase, involving the acquisition of Artisan Entertainment. Working closely with senior management, since Sexton joined Lions Gate, the market capitalization of the company rose from $60 million to $1.2 billion dollars.

Sexton has presented at several media conferences, including CES, CTIA, Digital Hollywood, iHollywood Forum and Digital Media Summit and gave the studio keynote at the 2006 Intel Viiv announcement in Tokyo and the studio keynote at the 2006 Forrester Research led conference in Brazil. Additionally, he has lectured at USC’s Digital Arts School and Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business & Management; and has been quoted in major newspapers. He is also an advisory board member on the Interactive TV (ITV) Standards Committee.

Sexton graduated with a dual B.A. in Government and English from Cornell University and received his Masters in Film from the University of Southern California as a Phi Kappa Phi fellow.