Legend3D Appoints New Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

SAN DIEGO, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Legend3D, Inc., the leading innovator in 2D-to-3D conversion technology, today announced that Tom Sinnott will now serve as chief operating officer (COO) and Steven Wolkenstein will take the role of chief financial officer (CFO), effective immediately. With more than five decades of combined experience working with hyper-growth, global businesses, Sinnott and Wolkenstein will play key roles in continuing to ensure Legend3D is well-equipped to thrive in today's fast-paced and ever-growing 3D industry. Founder Dr. Barry Sandrew, who previously held the role of COO, continues to serve as Legend3D's president, chief creative officer (CCO) and chief technology officer (CTO).

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"Moving the COO position to Tom transitions my primary responsibilities to the creative aspects of Legend3D's business, as I can now concentrate my time and unique creative, scientific and technical 3D conversion expertise on our client base to ensure our 3D services turn over the highest quality work," said Dr. Sandrew, who previously split his time between Legend3D's COO and CCO. "Tom and Steven are proven assets to our industry and have become critical players to helping Legend3D further build its production infrastructure, client relationships, international experience and financial portfolio. Their contributions strengthen our R&D efforts and internal structure extensively, positioning us to propel industry innovation and readily meet the rising demand of 3D conversion with superior work."

Sinnott brings a passion for managing creative and technical talent and more than 20 years of experience to the COO position, where he is responsible for organizing and supervising all business functions that support Legend3D services. Focusing on growth, Sinnott is also charged with developing strategic tactics surrounding Legend3D's approach for addressing new, untapped markets in stereo conversion. This role immediately tasks him with building the infrastructure of Legend3D's newest division, Legend Stereo Lab, a unit dedicated to creating and fixing visual effects on complex native 3D content. Sinnott joined Legend3D in 2010 as vice president and general manager. Before Legend3D, he was vice president and general manager of Technicolor's West Coast Digital Intermediate Facilities and also spent time heading up Technicolor Canada's visual effects operations. Earlier in his career, Sinnott ran his own animation and VFX company for 15 years. He received a Bachelor of Science in design from the Illinois Institute of Technology and is a member of the Directors Guild of America.   

In his new role as CFO, Wolkenstein will drive key capital-raising initiatives and oversee all financial functions. This appointment comes on the heels of numerous successful 2D-to-3D conversion projects and several rounds of financing, including the most recent $19 million Series E Preferred Stock offering. In addition to driving financial funding opportunities to further expand the company's leadership position, Wolkenstein's efforts will support Legend3D's new venture into long-term revenue sharing partnerships with leading 3D film and television studios. He brings 30 years of experience to the job, previously working with U.S. and international service-based and technology-focused publicly traded and private equity owned companies with revenues ranging from $50 million to $300 million. Before his current role, Wolkenstein served as Legend3D's vice president of finance. Prior to joining the company in 2010, he was CFO for 3E Company. He also served as the vice president of finance at Mitchell International. Wolkenstein holds a Bachelor of Science of business administration in accounting from Drake University.

Sinnott and Wolkenstein are based out of Legend3D's San Diego office. For more information about Legend3D, please visit www.Legend3D.com. For press inquiries, contact Robin Dwyer at 619-234-0345.

About Legend3D
As the largest U.S.-based 3D conversion studio in the film industry, Legend3D, Inc. is a dynamic digital media and visual effects company. Founded in 2001 by Dr. Barry Sandrew, Legend3D utilizes patented 2D-to-3D image conversion technologies to enhance filmmakers' storytelling by creating the highest-quality dimensional conversions. Legend3D is the most experienced 3D conversion company in the industry and has completed 3D conversions for major motion pictures such as Hugo, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Green Lantern and The Smurfs. Legend3D's clients include Bay Films, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Lionsgate, Screen Gems, Hewlett Packard, M&M Mars, New Balance, the Michael Jackson Tour, and MTV. Legend3D's conversion artists are rapidly setting the industry standard for 2D-to-3D conversion and continue to help filmmakers connect with audiences worldwide. For more information, visit www.Legend3D.com.

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