Professional Experience

• Marketmaker Capital (Advisory/Investment Firm) Managing Partner
• Salsa Systems (Venture-backed Tech Company), CEO
• MagnaCom (LBO rollup with Carl Marks Group and Sterling Capital), CEO and Founder
• Reuters, IT Manager, M&A Manager, Journalist
• Associated Press, Journalist

Education

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem/Melton School
• Reuters Executive Business Leadership School
  led by Harvard Business School and Insead
• Tufts University

Non-Profit Activities

• Tzedek America, Board Chair
• Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, Overseer
• Bard College, Parent Leadership Council Member

Based in LA

Professional Experience

• Capitol Pacific Group (Advisory/Investment Firm) CEO
• Pearl Media (Entertainment Media Investor) CEO
• Duff & Phelps/Chanin Capital Partners, Director
• Imperial Capital, Director
• National Public Affairs Group, CEO
• Broadbay Networks (high-growth tech startup), Chairman and Founder

Education

• Drew University

Non-Profit Activities

• Democratic National Committee, Managing Trustee

Based in LA

Professional Experience

• Gramarye Entertainment (Cross-Media Entertainment Studio), President
• Unapix Entertainment (Film & Television Producer/Distributor), Chief Restructuring Officer
• Manhattan Beach Studios (Film & Television Production Facilities), Developer & Construction Manager
• New Beginnings Enterprises (Film Producer/Distributor, Post-Production Services), COO & CFO

Education

• Anderson School/University of California, Los Angeles
• Harvard College

Non-Profit Activities

• Defenders of Wildlife, National Council
• Union of Concerned Scientists, National Advisory Board

Based in LA

Professional Experience

• Federal Bankruptcy Trustee
• Reitler, Kailas & Rosenblatt, Partner
• Fox Rothschild, Partner
• Geron & Associates, Partner

Education

• Hofstra School of Law
• Bard College

Non-Profit Activities

• South Bronx United, Director
• HEAF Harlem Educational Activities Fund Leadership Council, Chair

Based in NY

Bob Andrialis has more than 30 years of broad-based experience as an executive running large, multimedia information and publishing businesses. Before forming Mergent, Inc., and overseeing its purchase of the Financial Information Services division of Moody’s Investors Service, Mr. Andrialis was founding partner of Berwick Capital, a small private investment company established to acquire financial information businesses. Earlier, he served in various executive positions at Thomson Corp and Standard & Poor’s.

Mitch Berman is a 30-year entertainment and technology media veteran, who has participated in the launch of 6 start-ups and a successful IPO. These initiatives span social enterprise, mobile/PC games, streaming OTT video, e-commerce, education technology, video-on-demand, interactive television, cable and satellite entertainment television channels, digital music, YouTube influencer channels, augmented & virtual reality, and subscription-based entertainment products and services.

• American financier, media producer, and writer. He is best known as the first publisher of Rolling Stone magazine and Director of Corporate Development for the New York Times.
• Founder of Mediatech Capital Partners, which serves developing and established businesses in rapidly evolving media and technology-based industries.

Demetrio has nearly two decades of experience in the interactive and entertainment industries. As CEO of EmergentApps, Demetrio was co-founder of a multitude of start-ups, from social networks, to human resources and pharma solutions to movie trivia games like Fireback Movies. He led development effort for animation and game development of Stan Lee's Superhero Ball Wars. Celebrity clients include Super Nanny Jo Frost and Dance Moms reality star Abby Lee Miller.

• De’Ana H. Dow is a partner and general counsel at Capitol Counsel, LLC. Dow is one of the country’s most respected experts on energy markets and financial services. She specializes in financial markets and the policies, rules, and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She is also well versed in the regulatory actions of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Treasury Department, and the Federal Reserve.

Rob Finney’s corporate finance and banking career spans over 30 years, beginning with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. He has specialized in middle-market private equity activities and acquisition finance. Mr. Finney has worked with firms ranging from ‘green-field’ start-up companies to Fortune 50 clients across the US and includes significant ‘C’ level exposure at all clients, where his experience is highly valued.

• Professor of Diversity & Inclusion at Providence College, teaching in their MBA, Masters of Urban Education, Global Studies and School of Continuing Education programs and providing pedagogical and curricula training, coaching and support in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for the college’s faculty. Separately worked at an educational non-profit, as their Director of Equity where she focused on issues of diversity, culturally relevant teaching/curriculum and equity in students’ educational experiences, assessments and opportunities.
• Corporate executive at ESPN, The Coca-Cola Company and Chubb Insurance.
• Graduate of Harvard University and Emory Business School
• President of a production company that develops and produces unique and diverse programming/content for various media platforms including television, film, online, mobile, tablets and gaming console

Brad Paden is also a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the founder of LaunchPoint Technologies, a high-tech incubator begun in 1992. LaunchPoint has had multiple investment successes in the areas of medical devices, aerospace, transportation, energy and energy storage, and nanotechnology. Dr. Paden has authored over 80 publications and holds 17 patents in the field of engineering systems.

• Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Former Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Accenture
• Board member of Pure Storage, Whalar, OpenX
• Named by Forbes as one of the “World’s Most Influential CMOs”

Joey Tuttle has over 30 years of experience in conceiving, implementing and managing technology solutions in fields ranging from quality assurance for hardware and software to communications and networking systems. Mr. Tuttle has held senior positions at IBM, I.P. Sharp Associates, Reuters, and Magnacom. Mr. Tuttle and Mr. Weinstein have worked together for more than 30 years.

• Managing Director of Waxman Group, retained search firm, since 2003.
• Has advised in diverse industries from Entertainment/Media and Technology fields to Consumer Products, Clean Tech, AdTech, MarTech, FinTech, Data Analytics, Non-Profit, Retail, and Financial & Professional Services.

Colby Wise is an engineering leader with diverse experience in data science, machine learning, and quantitative research.

Netflix

Engineering Manager, Content Knowledge Graph

-Manages extensive data sets with machine learning for better customer outcomes.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Applied Science Manager - Machine Learning Solutions Lab Manager, Data Scientist - Machine Learning Solutions Lab Data Scientist, Machine Learning Solutions Lab