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.

Scott Langteau
Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer Scott Langteau has more than eight years and over 10 titles of game production experience and contributes to Spark Unlimited an understanding for creating high-quality historically accurate immersive action games while managing large teams requiring multimillion dollar budgets.

Prior to joining Spark Unlimited, Mr. Langteau played a substantial role as part of the production team responsible for every MEDAL OF HONOR title produced for a console system by Electronic Arts. Mr. Langteau's leadership on Electronic Arts' MEDAL OF HONOR series has resulted in tremendous critical and popular success for a franchise that has sold over nine million units (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 4.14.03)

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.