about

All about us:

The Crawford Group is a multimedia firm that generates ideas and media campaigns around the world. Our approach is quite simple: We want to make our clients successful. We measure our success by our ability to deliver original media that produces results. Any company can paint their office orange and scream really loud “we are cool creative people!” then deliver an updated version of a tired approach. For us, tackling every project with an upside down approach to communicating is at the core of who we are. It just so happens that we are also cool creative people.

our immediate family

Chad Crawford
Owner and Creative Director
A native of Florida, Chad has oranges in his blood. He grew up in the Orlando area where he attended school and eventually made his way to the U.S. Navy. After that, Chad received a degree in video and film from Full Sail University.

Kristy Crawford
Chad’s better half and Vice President
Kristy, like Chad, is a native Floridian. She was born in Melbourne, raised in Tallahassee, and eventually moved to the Central Florida area. Kristy acquired her B.S. in Occupational Therapy from the University of Florida in 1998.

Mark Greenwald
Producer
Mark was born and raised in South Florida, and brings over 20 years of media and television production experience to The Crawford Group. His background, training and education as a U.S. Marine (“ooo-rah!”) and University of Florida graduate drive him…

Len DePanicis
Director of Program Development
Len, or Lenny, as we call him, is a New Yorker, born in Mt. Vernon, NY, sometime in the last century. Lenny could never decide if he wanted to be an astronaut or a P.E. teacher. Somehow, he decided on film making and broadcasting…

Erik Wieder
Post Production Supervisor
Born in Homestead, Florida, in 1979, Erik started his career early by attending multiple art schools since age 10. Soon he found himself at Miami-Dade Community College, where he skated away with degrees in both architecture, and film and video.

Alyson Kovacs
Office Assistant
Alyson was born and raised in Sanford Florida, which used to be the celery capitol of the United States. Alyson enjoyed celery all through high school before attending the University of Mobile, Alabama on a volleyball scholarship.

Chris Valori
Post Production Coordinator
Chris was born and raised in the great sunshine state . . . a place where the orange juice flows like wine. His blood type is O positive, he prefers his eggs over easy, and his favorite brand of toothpaste is Crest.

David Scanlon
Associate Producer
David is a native of the South New Jersey town of Tabernacle, where the “downtown” is a 4 way stop sign with a farm stand and town hall on opposite corners. He made his way to Florida in 2007 to attend Full Sail University, ultimately leaving with a degree in Music Business.

our extended family

Clyde Brothers
Directors
The Clyde Brothers grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Rob is the oldest and Ben the middle child of the five Clyde kids. They began making films the day their parents brought home a hot, new, state-of-the-art VHS camcorder; but there invaluable collection of funny sketch videos is now locked away somewhere in their mom’s basement.
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Ric Serena
Editor
An award-winning editor, Ric Serena has garnered considerable praise for his work in narrative, commercial and promotions genres for ﬁlm and television.