Currently Managing Director, Seymour Science LLC

Bio: Liz Nealon, an award-winning executive producer and industry leader who played an integral role in shaping indelible youth brands like Sesame Street and MTV, is currently the Managing Director of Seymour Science LLC. The digital media company is a partnership with award-winning children’s science author, Seymour Simon, developing and adapting his work for the Internet, television, eBooks, mobile apps, and other media. The company’s digital publishing imprint, Seymour Science, launched in the fourth quarter of 2010 with the company’s first mobile app – SCIENCE FUN TO GO – featuring in-app purchase of original eBooks for kids.

Prior to her work with Seymour Science, Liz Nealon served as Executive Producer of numerous successful television series and co-productions, including Knock First, Out There, The Famous Jett Jackson, and Ghostwriter, and was also Executive Vice President/Creative Director for Sesame Street worldwide. She led the development of successful children’s websites including the Emmy and Peabody Award winning SesameStreet.org, the preschool virtual world Panwapa.com, and the popular KidzBop.com video-sharing site, which is an industry leader in kid-created content and safe social networking for older kids and tweens.

In addition, Nealon spent a decade as a writer/producer at the start-up of MTV. She traveled the world as Senior Vice President of International Programming, launching the MTV brand in Europe, Brazil, Japan and Australia. Nealon’s colleagues dubbed her the “keeper of the trademark” due to her ability to adapt and articulate the MTV vision and attitude as it was expressed in diverse cultures and musical environments.