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Kevin Lyons is CEO and founder of Opportunity Media Inc., and represents A&E Networks for long-form direct response. Heading that effort for 10 national cable networks — including Lifetime, A&E, History, Lifetime Movie Network, Bio, H2, and Crime and Investigation, along with multiple digital properties — Lyons is a consistent contributor to direct response publications and has been a panelist at several industry events. He is also responsible for the international long-form expansion of those networks and serves on the Response Magazine Advisory Board as well as the Board of Directors for Friends of OHEKA.  Prior to Opportunity Media, Lyons led a national sales and marketing organization at AT&T that had sales in excess of $200 million. A graduate of Fordham University, he also holds an MBA from Columbia University.