Jon Tedesco, Chief Executive Officer
Jon was born into a printing / publishing family and began his career as a graphic designer and technical illustrator. He is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, product designer and patent holder. He launched a software company in the Silicon Valley where he partnered with Art Linkletter and coined the term Infotainment. Jon created many unique products including the first gaming device with interchangeable cartridges and a line of computer software interactive books and games that featured fun and learning.
Jon realized the role good promotions play when launching new products and shifted his interests to advertising and marketing where he worked as an executive for over 30 years. He filled roles as creative director, partner and then principle in his own advertising, marketing, PR and design firms based in Miami and the San Francisco Bay Area. Jon joint-ventured with over 100 startup companies where gained an invaluable working knowledge of what it really takes to launch, fund, operate, staff, expand, merge or sell a business. He is uniquely qualified as a board member, mentor and business coach.
Tim Aydelott, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Aydelott has 25 years of experience writing, directing, and producing documentaries and exhibit videos. He has worked with children, young adults, and adults in tribal and rural communities. His combination of education, skills, and experiences give him a broad perspective and contacts with professionals who will make Dream Ranch Productions a success.
Tim has received three Emmy nominations for his work on the films, Earthshaker and Sleeping Monsters, Sacred Fires, and Landscapes of Enchantment. In 2009 he received an Emmy Award for his film Desert Reef. Tim is the Director and Executive Producer of Valles Caldera: The Science, a one-hour PBS documentary about the Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico. This environmental documentary won 2 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards for Best Documentary - Topical and Best Photography. All of these programs have contained significant levels of educational animations explaining complex scientific concepts.
John Gallegos, Chairman Of The Board
John is a native of New Mexico where he has resided for the past 40 years. Having grown up on a cattle ranch in Northeastern New Mexico, he was raised being very accustomed to livestock and working long hard hours doing physically demanding labor. These two components prompted his interests in physical education and history. In 1999 John received his Masters degree with a double major in History and Physical education from New Mexico Highlands University. He has been a History and P. E. teacher for the past 15 years at several school districts in New Mexico.
His combined experiences on the ranch coupled with his love of History of the old west have allowed him to develop and create the iconic cartoon characters and story lines for "The Adventures of Billy the Kitty and Dog Holliday". This product line was the catalyst in launching Dream Ranch Productions where he helps other product creators achieve their dreams.
Collaborators
Marc Noreikas
Marc Noreikas is a professional illustrator that has been working in the industry for over ten years. Since graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design, he has applied his talents to a variety of projects, from concept and character design to children’s books and murals. Marc lives in Ohio with an abundance of art supplies
Jenny Blomquist
Jenny Blomquist is a New Mexico-based painter whose work explores the unseen forces that shape human experience: memory, transformation, consciousness, and the deep symbolic relationship between the inner and outer world. Blomquist’s work is shaped by a lifelong engagement with both painting and horses, Working across
abstraction and figurative imagery, her paintings move between the cosmic and the deeply personal, inviting viewers into spaces of transition, reflection, and emotional truth.
Antony Lostetter
Antony Lostetter is a videographer, graphic designer and editor with over 20 years of professional experience. His work at New Mexico PBS and the City of Albuquerque continues to educate, inform and inspire audiences.
Antony strives to walk a balance between cutting edge media creation and down to earth living practices. He lives with his family in the South Valley of Albuquerque where he farms and experiments with sustainability.