About V Squared

Valentini’s long-standing association with Montgomery started in 2009 when he was recruited by Leftfield Pictures, as the company’s General Manager and Montgomery’s business partner.  Excited to apply his MBA experience and industry knowledge, Valentini embarked on creating operational efficiencies by adopting sound business practices and focus on growth.  Within a few years of Valentini’s arrival, Leftfield was generating the highest gross margins in the unscripted industry and invested such into the acquisition of Sirens Media and creating two new business ventures Loud TV and Outpost Entertainment, all financed through a syndicate of banks led by Barclays, RBS Citizens, and SunTrust Banks.  In 2014, Leftfield Entertainment sold to ITV plc, a FTSE 250 British media company and largest commercial terrestrial television network and studio in the UK.  Valentini was elevated to Chief Operating Officer of ITV America where he further oversaw all unscripted operations in the United States and was responsible for integrating all nine of its independently operated production companies into a national organization building a centralized infrastructure consisting of two production hubs with streamlined operational divisions including accounting, business & legal affairs, human resources, IT/facility operations, production management, post-production management, development, casting, and physical production.  Said activities created cost efficiencies and savings exceeding $20M annually, arguably resulting in the most profitable independent unscripted producer in the United States.

In 2006, Chris joined National Geographic Channel as one of its Executive Producers and manager of the network’s Production Management team.  Many of the network’s top-rated series were crafted by Chris’s artistry including, Drugs Inc., Taboo, Border Wars, Ultimate Factories, DogTown and Hooked: Monster Fish.  In additional, Chris was the architect and Executive Producer of the award-wining and first cross-platform initiative (television, magazine, traveling museum exhibition, interactive game & website), Waking the Baby Mammoth thus exemplifying how all divisions of the Society can collaborate and monetize a single piece of Intellectual Property. During his period at National Geographic, Chris also earned his MBA from the University of Maryland focusing on finance and graduating top of his class.

In the late 90’s, Valentini joined Unapix Entertainment, a NYC based public entertainment company, overseeing the physical production of both unscripted programming and feature films.  There he produced for such networks as Discovery, PBS, A+E, HBO, Showtime as well as the home video market.  During his tenure at Unapix, Chris began to demonstrate his entrepreneurial aspirations by working with the company’s various divisions on special projects.  There he developed and oversaw the operational aspects of the syndication television business; developed and implemented a media rights management database for the company’s media assets and its distribution activities; and collaborated with a web designer to create an e-commerce site selling feature films and ancillary products.  Within a few years, the company declared bankruptcy – Chris, one of three remaining employees, worked with the General Electric Capital Corporation and Salem Partners to oversee the distribution and sale of the company’s assets. 

Valentini started his career in 1984 at KPIX, a CBS affiliate, in San Francisco.  He subsequently worked as a producer/director for International Video Network, Reader’s Digest and the Disney Channel, traveling around the world creating travel and natural history documentaries for the home video and cable television markets.  In was during these formative years of international production that he fostered a love for travel and exotic cultures.  Other stints during his longstanding career include acting as Tremendous Entertainment’s Chief Operating Officer where he developed and oversaw the pilot episode of the hit series Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern and established a distribution division securing the overseas television rights to prominent entertainment properties including Garfield from Mendelson/Paws Production, IP from Chicken Soup for the Soul, and programming from National Geographic and Discovery Channels.  He also served as the Vice President of Production at Michael Hoff Productions (MHP), where he Executive Produced more than 100 hours of unscripted programming and managed a production staff of 42, creating and implementing various operational workflows, processes, and system to manage Hoff’s production capacity.