Ashton Kutcher: Gary Busey Joining Production Company
April 1st, 2009Ashton Kutcher announced Wednesday (April 1) that Gary Busey is joining his production company as the Director of Human Resources, with his appointment being turned into a web series.
Kutcher’s company, Katalyst, released the following press release about Busey’s employment:
“Hollywood, Calif. — April 1, 2009 — Today, Katalyst Media, an original content production company co-founded by Ashton Kutcher (www.twitter.com/aplusk) and Jason Goldberg, announces that actor and producer Gary Busey has joined the KatalystHQ team as the newly appointed Director of Human Resources. In this new position, Busey leads all of KatalystHQs Human Resources objectives to provide an employee-oriented, high performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment, and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.
We are extremely pleased to have Gary Busey join KatalystHQ as our new Director of Human Resources, said Ashton Kutcher, co-founder of Katalyst Media. Garys deep experience in interacting with people and building strong customer-focused teams is invaluable as we expand the KatalystHQ organization to grow our position in the global marketplace.”
In his new role as the KatalystHQ Human Resources Director, Busey is charged with the implementation of services, policies, and programs for KatalystHQs employees. He reports to the CEO, serves on the executive management team, and assists and advises company managers about Human Resources issues.
Busey was provided to KatalystHQ via headhunters Vicki Roberts of www.restmycase.com and Arthur Andelson of Kismet Talent Agency. Stated Busey, regarding his new position at KatalystHQ: Its an honor and a privilege to be placed on a platform of appreciation of the acknowledgements in being chosen to be the Director of Human Resources for KatalystHQ, a company I am grateful to give my all 100%. One more thing: it couldnt happen to a nicer guy.
Gary Buseys first day at KatalystHQ is Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Katalyst Media will Web cast Buseys first day at KatalystHQ on FunSpace at www.funspace.com/KatalystHQ. FunSpace, one of the most popular applications on the Facebook platform, is created by Slide Inc., the world’s leading social entertainment company.”
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April 1st, 2009 at 11:29 pm
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