Tony May - Tony is a very passionate person, especially about music. At just 15 years old he launched his mobile DJ business which eventually grew into contracting himself out as a freelance producer and event manager.
"Back in the day" Tony would DJ with one of his childhood friends he grew up with, Printz Board. Printz has since moved onto some other pretty cool stuff on his own with a multi-platinum, multi-award- winning group. In 1991, Tony went to work for an entertainment P.R. firm on Sunset Blvd., right in the heartbeat of the music business. Not long after leaving, he got an opportunity to begin producing concerts and has worked with Trace Adkins, Charlie Daniels, Brandon Heath, Jars of Clay, MercyMe, Jim Belushi and many others. In 1999, he started his own company and began producing concerts and events independently.
Tony connected with super-producer David Huff in 1998 when David produced the album for a rock band Tony was managing at the time. In 2002, that same company added marketing and advertising services with clients ranging from Maserati, Clear Channel Entertainment, Cartier, SONY/PMG, EMI, and Chevy. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Tiffani and their three boys. He also likes that he officially started Mayday on October 2 (his brother Casey's birthday).
Producing concerts and large-scale events for clients has been a main-stay for Mayday Productions. As the company also begins to venture out with a couple of music-based reality shows, live audio, lighting, staging and video will continue to be a big part of the company.
MIke Stoudt - In August 2011 Mike was able to turn loose his duties as Music Director on WFSH (a post he held for a decade) and focus his evening hours at WFSH as the Evening on-air talent for WFSH. He joined the station just after it launched in 2001 and has been a key figure in bringing it up to it's current position as a Top 10 CCM station in Atlanta and has one of the highest ratings in his time-slot in the market. His own show and daypart currently ranks #1 in Atlanta, making Mike the #7 on- air talent nationally...because that's how he rolls. Look out, Seacrest!
He has also been very active with his acting and voice-over career for the last several years landing national spots with NASCAR and Hooters most recently. Mike and Tony have been writing a sitcom as well as a couple of screenplays for some comedies they will produce in the near future.
Heidi Rew - Heidi has quickly made her mark on Atlanta and beyond as a Voice Talent. Starting off doing radio traffic reports in metro Atlanta, she is one of few traffic reporters that has also managed to capture the attention of regional and national clients and ad agencies for her product endorsement deals. Home base for Heidi is still WFSH, but like Stoudt, she has ventured out into the world of production and voiceover work and has already developed a with Mayday Productions that she will be hosting when it goes into production.
You'll likely see Heidi and Mike working on a lot of the same projects together as they are the newest addition to the entertainment industry's list of power couples as they married in July 2011 on Kauai, HI.
Bob Lipke - West Coast VP Sales & Marketing - Based in our L.A. office, Bob manages the relationship between the company and our marketing partners. Bob joined Mayday Productions to work (again) with his long- time friend Tony in 2011. Last time they worked together was the mid-90's when they were both in L.A. He has successfully managed sales and marketing positions and has been managing events for his own company the last several years. When he's not on the west coast with his wife and kids (the dogs), he and Lisa enjoy frequent trips to Hawaii.
Denise Rumbaugh - East Coast VP Sales & Marketing - Originally from a holler in Pennsylvania (seriously, they have those in PA), Denise has made it to the major metropolis of (wait for it) Sugar Hill, GA. Okay, it's suburbs just north of Atlanta, but it's fun to phrase it like that. She left corporate America for the insanity of the entertainment industry. Denise has managed artists, interviewed lots of rock bands (Aerosmith and Nickelback were personal favorites) for a now defunct indy publication and then joined the team in 2011.