Jim Czulewicz

Mr. Czulewicz, a veteran of the gaming and children’s market, joined JumpStart in 2007 and became President and CEO in January 2019. He has grown the company’s product portfolio, including launching the hit game School of Dragons and acquiring the megabrand brand Neopets. In addition, he expanded JumpStart into schools, merchandise, TV and other ancillary businesses.

Prior to joining JumpStart, Mr. Czulewicz served as VP Financial Planning and Analysis with Riverdeep, Inc. where he was responsible for the revenue and expense management of all departments within one of the largest educational publishers in the world. During his tenure at Riverdeep, he also served as a member of the product and operational committees as they integrated the assets of The Learning Company, Broderbund and Mindscape into one organization building out reporting, operations, strategic relationships and distribution services for the consumer and school divisions.

Before Riverdeep, Mr. Czulewicz held various senior level sales, merchandising and sales management positions within the gaming and educational software markets. At Mattel, Inc., Mr. Czulewicz managed a growing merchandising and sales team responsible for the continued growth and distribution of various PC software brands including Barbie, Hotwheels, Reader Rabbit, Print Shop, PrintMaster, etc. Prior to Mattel, Mr. Czulewicz served as VP Merchandising/Sales for Broderbund, Inc. with responsibilities for the sales and distribution of a growing line of PC games and consumer software.