EXECUTIVE TEAM

In 2006, Kris began working alongside his father, and the founder of ABS, Kevin King. Starting off as a payroll coordinator, Kris became the payroll department supervisor in 2009 and moved on to be the director of sales in 2012. When Kevin was ready to retire in June of 2017, Kris decided it was time to tackle corporate management and keep ABS a family company. His favorite film is Back to the Future.

Matthew Helderman founded Buffalo 8 in 2010, while an undergrad student and has lead the company as CEO as it has premiered projects at Sundance, SXSW, and Berlin, as well as produced the Netflix original film “Rodney King” directed by Spike Lee and the Joe Berlinger directed Netflix global hit “The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes”.

In 2013, he co-founded BondIt Media Capital and has lead the company as CEO in the deployment of over $450M of capital in to 400+ film, television, live entertainment, and music projects – while raising $30M of equity and debt for a partial sale to Accord Financial (TSX: ACD) in addition to expanding the company’s credit facility to $100M from hedge fund Keystone National Group.

In 2017, he also co-managed the acquisition of 30 year old entertainment payroll firm, ABS Entertainment Payroll, and today serves as an Executive Director, partner, and Board Member after having successfully steered the majority sale of the business to a leading private equity buyer.

Helderman has been a featured TED speaker, profiled in the New York Times, and is a YPO member.

Luke and his company BondIt Media Capital joined forces with ABS in 2017 seeking to provide a 360 degree solution from financing through payroll and insurance needs for filmmakers, producers and media entrepreneurs. Luke has produced or Executive Produced 200+ feature films through both Buffalo 8 Productions and BondIt Media Capital. Lukes favorite films are Raging Bull, Sideways, Fargo, There Will Be Blood and 2001 A Space Odyssey.

Daniel worked with ABS as a payroll assistant in 2012, but left to pursue a degree in English after a little over a year. With his degree in hand, he returned to the company in 2014 and has proven himself as an excellent copywriter, a proficient and amiable sales person, and the office go-to for grammar and spell checks. Daniel has a deep appreciation for film across a wide spectrum of genres, but his favorite to date is Guillermo del Toros Pans Labyrinth.