The Cricket Group provides interim executive management and consulting to selected investors, communications companies, programmers, sports marketers, new media ventures and other consumer centric businesses. We specialize in international work and have experience in Asia, Latin America and Europe. The Cricket Group has worked with start-ups, mature profitable ventures and turnarounds coming out of bankruptcy.

Executive Management & Consulting

You can depend on The Cricket Group to hit the ground running with turn-around management, business growth and planning, restructuring and resolution of complicated staffing, tax and regulatory matters in cable TV, wireless, IPTV and internet services.    We have assisted sellers and purchasers on both sides of mergers and acquisitions, including pre-sale company cleanup, analysis, due diligence, deal points and governance and regulatory filings and approvals in domestic and international projects.   Jim Grillo is the leader and manager of the company.  Depending on your needs, Jim will sometimes fill-in as the Chief Executive or Chief Development Officer, working with existing personnel or can add expertise in specific disciplines to meet your objectives.  Jim has worked in Brazil, Puerto Rico and Portugal in this capacity and is semi-fluent in Portuguese.

Sector Knowledge

• Cable TV and Satellite Delivery Systems
• Broadband and Wireless Networks
• Traditional Media and New Media Business Development
• Content Negotiations and Distribution for Broadcast, Cable, VOD and IPTV
• Product Development
• Internal Development and Implementation of Strategic Direction

"Jim Grillo is an extremely flexible executive. In the international environment, one needs to be diplomatic, but still have an American sense of urgency. Jim created two partnerships for us in Portugal and assisted us with development in Spain, France and Singapore. Our partners loved him, which is pretty much unheard of in international network and content joint ventures."

Mike Fries, CEO, Liberty Global