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BIO
Alexis Rapo is the president and Founder of Jackspot LLC.....

She is the former leader of digital products and service strategy at WGBH. She served as WGBH's voice regarding broadband and interactive initiatives to public media industry counterparts including PBS, NPR, CPB, PRI, and PRX, as well as funders, collaborators and policy‐setting bodies.

She joined WGBH from the Disney‐ABC Television Group, where she was Vice President, ABC Digital Media, and led multiplatform strategy, product, and online video and content development for ABC.com, home to Disney‐ABC Television's daytime, primetime and late-night programming. Rapo played an integral role in the creation and implementation of numerous "industry-first" technical innovations by ABC, including being the first to offer full episodes on iTunes (October 2005); first to stream ad‐supported full episodes online (May 2006); first to offer full episodes on demand on a mobile platform (w/Sprint, May 2007); first to stream episodes online in true 720p HD (Fall 2007); first to offer expert and user commentary with full episodes online (Fall 2009); and most recently, the first network to offer an ad‐supported, full video app on the iPad (April 2010). Rapo holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina.

Awards
2006 Emmy Award Winner - Outstanding Achievement in Enhanced or Interactive Television (NEW DELIVERY PLATFORMS)

Family Life
She lives in Boston with her husband and four children.