The Management Team


John (Jack) Heistand has more than 15 years of management experience in the entertainment media field.  Mr. Heistand has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director since April 1996.  Prior to joining TEN, Mr. Heistand served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development for Electronic Arts and General Manager of EA Sports.  Prior to joining Electronic Arts, Mr. Heistand served as Vice President and Publisher at Hearst Magazines, a division of the Hearst Corporation ("Hearst Magazines") where he was the founding Publisher and Chief Operating Officer of Smart Money and founded the home video and licensing groups of Hearst Magazines.  Prior to joining Hearst Magazines, Mr. Heistand was Vice President, Marketing for Esquire Magazine Group.  Mr. Heistand was also a founder and has served as the President of the Interactive Digital Software Association, the entertainment software trade association.  Mr. Heistand received his B.A. in Music from Whitman College and his Masters degree in Management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

David King has served as Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer since TEN's founding in June 1995.  Dr. King founded Outland, a commercial Internet-based game service, in 1990 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer until June 1995, when it was acquired by TEN.  From 1987 to 1989, Dr. King worked on the Voyager 2 project with NASA and on other software and hardware development projects for Northrop Corporation and Hughes Aircraft Company.  Dr. King received his B.S. in Physics from Harvey Mudd College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

John Kopchik joined TEN as Chief Financial Officer in January 1997.  Prior to joining TEN, Mr. Kopchik held several senior management positions at Viacom Cable, a division of Viacom International, Inc. Mr. Kopchik spent twelve years with Viacom, first as Controller and then CFO, and finally holding the positions of Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since 1991.  Mr. Kopchik brings a wealth of experience in the area of subscription-based, consumer entertainment, as well as a strong technology background. Mr. Kopchik holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and a Master's degree from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. 

Greg Harper has served as Vice President of Business Development since TEN's founding in June 1995, and served in a similar capacity at Planet Optigon from January 1995 until June 1995.  From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Harper was a co-founder and President of Digital Blackboard, Inc., a developer of personal education programs for children.  From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Harper was an Account Executive for Pier 50 Advertising Agents.  In 1991, Mr. Harper co-founded EOS Corporation, a developer of a product to monitor childrens television viewing.  Prior to founding EOS, Mr. Harper was a Consumer Marketing Manager for the Disney Channel.  Mr. Harper received his B.S. in Business Management from Babson College.

William Lipa has been TEN's Chief Software Architect since June 1995.  Prior to joining TEN, Mr. Lipa was a co-founder and the Chairman of Outland.  From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Lipa worked for Oracle Corporation as a software developer.  Mr. Lipa received his B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Lesley Mansford joined TEN in June 1996 as Vice President of Marketing.  Prior to joining TEN, Ms. Mansford was Vice President of Marketing for Electronic Arts' Entertainment Division, where she was responsible for the North American marketing of several PC entertainment brands as well as product positioning, packaging, advertising and overall marketing strategies. From 1987 to 1994, Ms. Mansford held several positions within the public relations and marketing departments of Electronic Arts.  Ms. Mansford received her B.A. in History from Bristol University, England.

Erick Hachenburg has been TEN's Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs since April 1996.  Prior to joining TEN, Mr. Hachenburg practiced law for six years as an attorney specializing in intellectual property transactions with the firm Fenwick & West LLP.  Mr. Hachenburg received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.