Philip Elias

Background

About Philip Elias

As President, CEO and co-founder of Elias/Savion, Mr. Elias has authored a national reputation.His noteworthy creative campaigns have included such icons as Muhammad Ali, Tony Bennett, Larry King, supermodel Lauren Hutton, NFL Hall of Fame athletes Franco Harris and Jerome Bettis, and Motown legends The Temptations and Smokey Robinson. In 2005, Mr. Elias launched VELOCITY World Media as a next-generation experiential medium. Leveraging the reach of satellite technology and power of private, interactive High-Definition broadcasting, Mr. Elias created the largest private broadcasting network in the world. His program experience extends from producing global broadcasts with fashion and style icons Vidal Sassoon and Christopher Brooker to Grammy® Award winning artists Jewel, Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Jordan. Mr. Elias has produced and directed high profile corporate programs including the Smithsonian Institute Hall of Fame program, “Behind The Lines” celebrating induction of the UPC and Global IQ Vision Summits with some of the world’s top corporate leadership and visionaries including Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Steven Ballmer, Irene Rosenthal, Chief Executive Officer – Kraft, Terry Block, President - Nestle Purina, Joseph M. Haggar Chief Executive Officer -Haggar Clothing Co, Paul Charron, Chairman and CEO - Liz Claiborne to government such as Senator Rick Santorum and Secretary Tom Ridge. As an Executive Producer, Mr. Elias has produced national and global programming for the top Fortune 500 and 100 companies including JP Morgan featuring Jamie Dimon, Charles Schwab with Maria Bartiromo and has been responsible for the launch of ground breaking product launches for industry leading companies like Takeda, Astra Zeneca, Nova Nordisk Medtronic, EMC2, CA Technologies, IBM, Symantec, and the leading force behind the launch of World Diabetes Day.