We connect exceptional Talent, Brands, and Business — combining decades of industry experience with a global network of trusted entertainment professionals, delivering unique insight and results.
We don't simply make introductions.
CIM brings an insider's understanding of the creative, commercial and cultural realities surrounding every relationship. We have spent our careers inside entertainment and business—working with artists, executives, brands, agencies, promoters and partners at the highest levels.
That perspective lets us see beyond the introduction: where interests align, where obstacles may exist, who needs to be in the room and what can turn a conversation into a meaningful opportunity.
Focused capabilities. Deep context. Senior-level involvement.
Trusted relationships across artists, management, agencies, promoters and entertainment leadership—built through decades of working inside the artist ecosystem.
ARTIST INTRODUCTIONS · INTERNATIONAL BOOKINGS · TOURING OPPORTUNITIES · MANAGEMENT & PROMOTER RELATIONSHIPS · MARKET DEVELOPMENTWe identify genuine alignment between people, companies, markets and ideas, then help shape relationships that create value on both sides.
ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERSHIPS · INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES · MARKET ENTRY · BRAND RELATIONSHIPS · INVESTMENT & BUSINESS INTRODUCTIONSExceptional creative people, ideas and intellectual property deserve more than exposure. We provide context, positioning and access to the people capable of moving them forward.
CREATIVE TALENT · PROJECTS & IP · STRATEGIC INTRODUCTIONS · OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT · INTERNATIONAL POSITIONINGDecades of creative and executive experience inform how we connect brands to entertainment, culture and people with relevance—not simply visibility.
BRAND STRATEGY · ENTERTAINMENT ALIGNMENT · CULTURAL POSITIONING · ARTIST PARTNERSHIPS · INTERNATIONAL BRAND OPPORTUNITYKnow-how built through decades of careers at the highest levels.
CIM's perspective comes from having lived the business from multiple sides—artist, creative, executive, entrepreneur, producer, brand and international partner. We understand how creative ambition meets commercial reality, how decisions get made and why trust matters.
This isn't a network assembled for a company launch. It is a network built through careers.
Los Angeles · Las Vegas · New York · Asia · Global
Meaningful international business requires more than a contact list. It requires context, cultural fluency, credibility and trusted people on both sides of a relationship.
CIM operates across entertainment communities and markets with particular depth between the United States and Asia—connecting opportunity without reducing it to geography.
Two careers. Decades of experience. Relationships built one project, one artist and one conversation at a time.
Troy Burgess brings decades of experience across entertainment, international business, corporate branding and creative leadership. His career has moved between performance, creative direction and executive leadership, working with artists including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Cher, Elton John, Cyndi Lauper and Paula Abdul, and with global brands including Toyota, Sony, Panasonic, Nike, Intel, NEC and NTT DoCoMo.
In Tokyo, Troy co-founded a high-end web development and corporate branding company, serving first as Vice President and later CEO. That work added executive, digital and brand experience to a career already grounded in entertainment—and built first-hand knowledge of Japanese and Asian business culture.
At CIM, Troy focuses on artist relationships, strategic partnerships, creative representation, corporate branding and connecting the right people around the right opportunity.
Paul Kirkland is an acclaimed creative director, choreographer and producer whose career spans decades at the highest levels of music, television and live entertainment. He has worked with artists including Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, Ricky Martin, Paula Abdul and Chris Brown.
Years inside the artist ecosystem have built trusted relationships across talent, management and the broader entertainment industry. Paul is also founder of 8&1 Creative, where he continues his independent creative work and leadership.
At CIM, Paul brings deep artist relationships, creative insight and an experienced understanding of how to recognize and develop opportunities that work creatively, commercially and internationally.
Experience leaves a trail.
Artists. Brands. Stages. Markets. Creative work. Business relationships. Shared history. The archive behind CIM is extensive—but the main site stays focused on what that history makes possible now.
The strongest opportunities begin with the right people in the right room.
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