May the Fourth be with us!
Explore Speaker Series
Featuring Paul A. Glantz, President, Proctor Financial, Inc. and CEO, Emagine Entertainment
May 4, 2016
Baker College
34950 Little Mack Avenue, Clinton Township
Please join us May the Fourth when Paul Glantz will tell his entrepreneurial experience building the Emagine empire!
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Program will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 9:30 a.m.
Since 1989, Glantz has focused his efforts on building entrepreneurial businesses. Particularly noteworthy have been his accomplishments at PFI, a leading provider of specialized insurance services to mortgage servicers nationwide. He has helped guide PFI and its affiliates from a value of less than $1 million to over $50 million. Monetizing the aforementioned appreciation in value, he successfully quarterbacked the sale of PFI’s flood division to TransUnion, LLC, and the balance of the firm to Brown & Brown, Inc., a leading NYSE listed insurance intermediary. Under Glantz’s leadership, PFI consistently generated the largest single-year operating profit of any Brown & Brown profit center.
Glantz is Chief Executive Officer of Emagine Novi, Emagine Canton, Emagine Rochester Hills, Emagine Royal Oak, Emagine Macomb, and Emagine Palladium. He has raised over $55 million in capital to initiate those ventures; and in doing so, brought his concept of an exemplary entertainment experience to reality. He is an expert in the cinematic exhibition industry. He has been at the forefront of technological change in the theatre industry, particularly the transition to high-definition digital presentation, deployment of two of the world’s first four “4K” Texas Instruments/Christie digital projectors at Emagine Royal Oak and by initiating its premium large format concept, the E-Max Experience, and by introducing Dolby’s revolutionary Atmos sound systems to the Michigan marketplace.
Glantz holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with High Distinction from Wayne State University and a Master’s Degree in Taxation from Walsh College. He has been recognized by Wayne State’s Business School by awarding him its Distinguished Alumnus Award, by the State’s Irvin D. Reid Honors College naming him as one of its first ever “Pillar Award” recipients, by Ernst & Young as Michigan and Northwest Ohio Entrepreneur of the Year and by Walsh College with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Glantz is actively involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors. His volunteer efforts include serving as a member the Board of Directors of The Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce and Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, member of the Wayne State University Business School Board of Visitors, as a member of the Wayne State University Foundation Board, as Chairman of the Wayne State University Foundation Investment Committee, and as Treasurer of the Detroit Chapter of Variety International. In recognition of his contributions, Mr. Glantz was awarded the 2007 Presidential Citation Award by the Detroit Chapter of Variety International, The Children’s Charity. In 2014, Mr. Glantz was honored by the Salvation Army with their “Doing the Most Good Award” and Winning Futures recognized him as its Businessman of the Year in honor of its founder, Sam Cupp.
Mr. Glantz and his wife, Mary, reside in Lake Angelus, Michigan. They are the proud parents of two terrific college-age sons, Jack and Jim.
