REED VAN ROZEBOOM
Reed is a seasoned tech entrepreneur who has worked in the space for over 20 years. He started his tech career in the Bay Area working Netcentives, working in both the Database Administration and Application Support sections of the company. In the early 2000’s Reed co-founded Petrol Designs, a boutique User Interface design company with Gregg Alexander. There, he worked with many Fortune 500 companies, working on a wide variety of products for various advertising campaigns. In 2012, he co-founded Fitness Mobile Apps and actively ran the Product Management, Information Technology, Creative, and Support teams. In 2015, Reed and Gregg sold Fitness Mobile Apps to MINDBODY, Inc, the world’s largest Health & Wellness software company. As part of the acquisition, Reed worked as a Senior Product Manager at MINDBODY for 2 years, leading the product integration and expanding the feature-set of the custom mobile app product offering.
NATHANIAL CASTRO
Nathanial is a musician and has been an LA resident for 15 years. He worked at OPEX Corp for nine years in the industrial automation and payment processing field. He left in 2012 to focus on peer to peer applications, decentralized open source protocols, smart contracts, automated trading dev and cryptofinance. As a very early adopter of crypto currencies, specifically bitcoin, he continues to closely follow the rapidly evolving innovations in blockchain technology.
KEVIN CARSON
Kevin is VP of Artist and Industry Relations for Smule, the world’s largest musical app developer. As such, he oversees Smule’s relationships with labels, publishers, and artists. Kevin previously led licensing initiatives for Hertz, Lichtenstein & Young LLP, where he worked on projects ranging from celebrity endorsements and tour sponsorships to sync licenses covering the use of music in commercials, marketing campaigns, and merchandise. Kevin began his career at EMI Music during which time he oversaw all video game, new media, and merchandise licensing for the EMI family of record labels and artists.
CORY ANDERSEN
A University of Connecticut graduate Cory Andersen comes with an expansive knowledge of the brand and entertainment space, from live events to brand activations. He started his career at CBS Radio in Connecticut, before venturing to Los Angeles and working with artists like Nick Jonas, Gavin DeGraw, MAGIC!, and more.
GREGG ALEXANDER
Gregg has worked at Fortune 500 companies like Sony Music, and was part of the sale of Streaming music site Spinner.com to AOL in 2000. He then ran AOL music creating AOL Studios with show’s like Sessions hosted by Music Taste makers like Chris Douridas. He then went on to from a Digital Agency called Petrol Designs and worked on AOL Instant Messenger, and some of the 1st Facebook Apps. He was a part of the team that created the 1st ever live streaming app for the Coachella Music Festival.
He has spoken at many industry trade shows and most recently sold a Mobile App company he co-founded “Fitness Mobile Apps’ to MINDBODY INC, a publicly traded company.
DAN FAIMAN
Dan started in the technology industry at a young age. Launching a web design and IT consulting firm while in High School. His accelerator Revyrie has helped propel several companies from capital raise to acquisition. An entrepreneur who assists start ups across business, tech, through a successful launch and exit strategy. Revyrie’s portfolio includes LuvIt, Chariot, Fanattac, BookTrack, and the recently acquired Curby. When not behind a computer Dan can be seen bicycling around the streets of Hollywood, Santa Monica, and training for his next Powder Puff game.
Open Sweat in E! News
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