'''Andrew Schmertz''' is currently the co-founder and CEO of Hopscotch Air, an FAA certified air taxi operator. </ref name="LinkedIn">[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/andrew/schmertz He previously was Managing Director at WNET-TV, the flagship station of PBS, where he oversaw several local programming initiatives. </ref>[http://www.thirteen.org/itstheeconomyny/2009/01/09/jan-8-guests-richard-parsons-ellen-zimiles-steve-forbes/]
From 2005-2008, Andrew was a senior producer with [[Medialink Worldwide]] (now Synaptic Digital), the leading producer of [[video news releases]] (VNR) <ref name="LinkedIn">[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/andrew/schmertz "Andrew Schmertz"], LinkedIn, accessed October 2008.</ref>: