Gary Mittman, CEO / Co-Founder

Prior to Nami Media, Mr. Mittman began his career in the Music business as Assistant to Clive Davis, President of Arista Records. Mr. Mittman went on to run the premier New York performance nightclub of the 80s, "The Ritz". Mr. Mittman ultimately became creator and Executive Producer of the MTV network concert series "Live at the Ritz:" After the sale of business, Mr. Mittman began producing groundbreaking television Infomercials and commercials as Vice President of New Business Development & Direct Response at Western International Media. During his tenure Mr. Mittman worked with clients that included Disney, Federal Express, GE and many more. In 1995 Mr. Mittman was one of the founding internet application developers and ultimately started an early internet company that focused on interactive video conferencing and subscription based billing applications. Under Mr. Mittmans leadership, the business grew to over 50 employees and achieved revenues in excess of twelve million dollars annually. Mr. Mittman is actively involved in the Southern California interactive community.

Kenneth B. Hayes, President

Ken Hayes has been an active entrepreneur in the Internet industry in the United States and Europe since 1994, most recently as General Manager of a lead-generation division of Oversee.net, one of the fastest growing technology companies in Internet advertising. Ken grew his division to a multi-million dollar level in less than a year. Prior to Oversee.net, while living in Europe, Ken founded and was Managing Director of IMS Learning A/S, one of the most innovative e-learning companies in Scandinavia, funded by VC's and sold to Assima Plc in 2007. During Ken's tenure, IMS Learning was named to Deloitte Touche's European Fast 500. Back in the mid-90's, Ken was on the European Management Team of Dell Computer Corporation. Ken is a member of the Pasadena Angels where his specialty is in finding, screening and mentoring technology companies as part of the angel investment process. Ken earned an MBA from INSEAD, France, to go with his BA from Pomona College

Ethan Joffe, Chief Technology Officer / Co-Founder

Mr. Joffe is a technology veteran with over 20 years experience innovating. Prior to Nami Media, Mr. Joffe served as Director of Operations for Super11.net where he managed the technology development of the largest free ISP in Brazil. Mr. Joffe helped grow the company from 20 to 150 employees, while architecting and managing the full product development cycle for Amigo (the company's flagship client/server advertising and services console). Prior to Super11.net, Mr. Joffe was involved in founding several technology startups and has served in a variety of senior level management positions at companies that include Hip Software, VPL Research, Xaos Tools, WorldSite Networks and The Tool Foundry. Mr. Joffe was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he spent several years as a researcher in The Media Lab as a member of the Experimental Music Studio and Apple Computer's Vivarium project.

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