Craig Allen
Chief Executive Officer

Craig Allen brings to Spark Unlimited more than ten years of experience in managing creative production, launching new consumer brands and articulating franchise opportunities to a diverse range of partners while understanding how to nurture and grow new global business by pursuing collaborative programs as they become enabled through new technology.

Mr. Allen was formally the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Jim Henson Interactive where he was the primary creative architect behind The Jim Henson Company's expanded digital media activities - a program that allowed Mr. Allen to work individually and collaboratively with a wide variety of companies ranging from traditional media groups (television networks, film studios and magazines) to emerging and new media concerns working to deploy online entertainment, wireless gaming networks, and enhanced consumer products.

While Mr. Allen was able to form strategic and business relationships with a wide variety of corporate partners (including Sony Computer Entertainment, Ubisoft, Microsoft, AOL/Time Warner, IBM, Intel, AMD, Andi Networks, Vivendi Universal, TDK MediActive and The Disney Channel, among others) Mr. Allen is particularly proud of his contributions to the formation of the Henson Digital Performance System, a process for bringing live performance to digital graphics that received the 2001 Smithsonian Award for Outstanding Achievement in Media and Technology.

John Butrovich
Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Butrovich brings to Spark Unlimited over twenty years of industry experience defining and implementing cost-effective solutions for multi-national, worldwide video game publishers.

With an expert-level knowledge and proficiency in technical management of game development projects covering coding standards, software and architecture, protocols and deployment. Mr. Butrovich is helping to grow the company from an early stage start-up to a mature organization with best-of-class systems and forward-looking technology.

Prior to joining Spark Unlimited, Mr. Butrovich as a founding employee and vice President at NovaLogic^TM where he provided hands-on leadership, guidance and expertise to drive corporate initiatives and R&D for all operations growing the company into a worldwide developer/publisher with over 100 employees and over twenty million dollars in sales. Mr. Butrovich also worked as a key development manager, leading efforts that created the best-selling ARMORED FIST^TM, COMANCHE^TM, and DELTA FORCE^TM franchises.

Avi Bachar
VP of Finance

Avi Joined Spark Unlimited as Controller in November 2007 and assumed the role of VP of Finance in April 2008. He directs the firm’s financial and accounting functions and manages Spark’s programs such as corporate governance and insurance.

Prior to joining Spark Unlimited, Avi served as VP Finance & Administration for Artwork Systems and Esko Graphics, both software developers for the graphic arts and printing industries. He also served as a financial consultant for PackageX, an international internet company providing solutions for packaging and prepress professionals and was an assistant VP of Finance at Brentwood Associated, a private equity investment firm based in Los Angeles. He graduated from California State University of Northridge, where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master degree in finance from California State University of Los Angeles.