Occupation President of Tongal Name James DeJulio Residence United States of America | Years active 1990s-present Alma mater Boston College | |
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Known for Co-founding Tongal in 2009 Website James DeJulio at Tongal | ||
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James DeJulio is an American entrepreneur and film producer best known as the co-founder and president at Tongal, a crowdsource platform that connects businesses in need of creative work with creative writers and filmmakers. Previously, DeJulio co-founded Half Shell Entertainment and was Vice President of Production at Paramount under Robert Evans.
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Early life and career
James DeJulio was born and raised in the United States, and he graduated from Boston College in 1997. Half Shell Entertainment developed shows such as HBO’s TV series Stud and also partnered on creative projects with The Wisdom of Crowds writer James Surowiecki. Other projects included working with Academy Award winning writer John Ridley and author Warren St. John to develop the film Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer.In 2005 half Shell Entertainment acquired the rights to the National Lampoon archive to develop feature films from articles in the manner that National Lampoon’s Vacation was developed from an article written by John Hughes.
James Surowiecki’s Wisdom of Crowds would have a significant influence on the naming of the company DeJulio and his colleagues founded next. “Tongal” is an anagram for Galton, the last name of the social-scientist highlighted in the introduction to Surowiecki’s book. John Galton recognized the ability of a crowd’s averaged weight-guesses for oxen to exceed the accuracy of experts. Launched by DeJulio, Burrell, and Salvatore in 2009, Tongal applied crowdsourcing methods to the creative development for video – both commercials and original content.
Public speaking
DeJulio speaks frequently about crowdsourcing, alternative work environments, and the sharing economy.
Awards and recognition
DeJulio has won a number of awards as a co-founder of Tongal. Tongal was listed 205th in the Inc 500 for 2014, and Tongal also won a Gold Medal at the 2014 Edison Awards for Collaboration and Knowledge Management. In 2010 DeJulio was awarded the M-Prize for Innovation, which is sponsored by the McKinsey/Harvard Business Review.