Jay B. Ziskrout, Founder & CEO.
Prior to founding Dympol, Jay served as COO of music industry publisher, event producer and brand marketer, The CMJ Network, launched (Netherlands based) Epitaph Records Europe as Managing Director, and was Vice President of Album Promotion for Arista Records/BMG. In 1999, he founded LatinoVision.com, one of the first sites to sell digital music. As a musician, Jay was the founding drummer of such bands as Bad Religion and Electric Peace. He is also a general aviation pilot and holds a B.S. in Business Administration.
Tammo Mueller, Technical Co-Founder.
Tammo is an entrepreneurial software engineer with extensive experience managing the development lifecycle of large-scale information systems. Most recently, as CTO of IKaru USA, he shepherded numerous start-up clients through the software development process. Previously, he co-founded IKEWIKI and established its software development HQ in India. At Siemens Healthcare, he managed collaborations in personalized medicine with leading international healthcare providers. Tammo is nearing completion of his M.S. in Computer Science from University of Muenster.
Zak El Houda, Sr. Software Engineer.
Zak is a versatile Software Engineer with numerous technical leadership experiences in the healthcare, entertainment and E-learning industries. At Electronic Arts and Ikaru USA he tackled large dataset management challenges. He co-founded e-learning platform Ikewiki, and worked on FDA regulated medical software at Siemens Corporate Research. Zak holds a B.Eng in Computer Engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal and a Software Architecture Professional certificate from Carneggie Mellon’s SEI.
Arjun Nair, Sr. Director, Operations.
Arjun is an experienced technology professional having worked in operations and engineering at Amazon, Siemens and Intel. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and an MS from Duke University. He received the prestigious Legatum Fellowship for Development & Entrepreneurship and worked on bringing to market startup ideas in the US, Chile and India.
Evan Numeroff, Sr. Director, UX Design.
Evan is a conversion design expert who has spent the majority of his career in the performance marketing field. Having served as Creative Director for both Silvercarot and Mediatrust, he possesses in-depth knowledge of creating digital design concepts and executing them. He has consulted for SAP, Neo@Ogilvy and The National CMT Resource Center as their user interface specialist.
Ad Tech / Agency Advisors
Rick Arnstein
The principal of Team Arnstein, Rick is a brand marketing expert who has engineered the launches of Microsoft Xbox and Vista, Marshall Field’s Vertical Fashion Show, and linking the ING Bank brand with running. His long list of client relationships include Best Buy, New Balance, Major League Baseball and Intel. He served as General Manager of GMR Markeing, Omnicom’s leading entertainment & sports event marketing agency. Rick is the Board Chair for Arts and Cultural Programs in NYC Parks and is senior advisor to Central Park SummerStage.
Peter Bordes
Peter Bordes is a Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of MediaTrust. Previously, he spent much of his career in banking and venture capital and was a founder of Mason Cabot investment bank, which specialized in early stage media and technology financing. Mr. Bordes was also a founder and chairman of the board of Empire Media, Inc., a publishing, marketing, and technology enterprise which incubated and founded Find.com, and of Advaliant, an online performance marketing platform. Peter is also a Founding Charter Member and Board member of the Performance Marketing Association.
Jimmy O’Mahony
Jim is a global leader in brand building and advertising. As CEO of all global markets ( ex USA) for leading Advertising Agency Saatchi & Saatchi ,he worked with many of the world’s top companies, including, Lexus, Procter & Gamble, Mead Johnson, Novartis, Fox, Sony Ericsson , Deutsche Telecom, Carlsberg and Danone. Previously, he directly worked in the automotive, beverage, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, retail and gaming industries.
Entertainment Industry Advisors
Peter Kopeke
Consultant and advisor of several established (e.g., Bertelsmann GmbH, investment bank Lazard Freres) and start-up (e.g., Headliner.fm) entertainment-related companies. Previously served as CEO/Co-Owner, London Records; VP A&R Atlantic Records; M.D., Atlantic Records Europe.
Phil Quartararo
Mr. Quartararo has been one of the most successful and respected executives in the music industry for more than 30 years. A genius at promotion and marketing, Phil Q, as he is universally known, started in radio promotion, but quickly rose to the level of President & CEO, Virgin; President, Warner Bros.; President, EMI Music Marketing.
Syd Schwartz
Syd is a digital marketing veteran with deep experience devising marketing and strategic solutions for the music, media, gaming, advertising, and technology industries. He formerly served as SVP Global Digital Strategy for EMI Music. Currently, in addition to his involvement with Dympol, he advises EMI Music, Wind-Up Records, Red Light Management and the band, Umphrey’s McGee.
Billy Straus
An Emmy winning composer and Grammy nominated producer, Mr. Straus also founded Rock River Communications and introduced the concept of branded CDs to numerous national brands. He has worked with a client roster including Volkswagen, Gap, Bank One Corp., Jaguar, Pottery Barn, Starwood Hotels, and Kohl’s Stores. His many credits include recording and performing with such internationally recognized artists as U2, Chuck Berry, Bruce Springsteen, Dizzy Gillespie, Joni Mitchell, and Miles Davis.
Start-Up Business Advisors
Wesley Hein
Founder or co-founder of numerous venture backed media and technology organizations. Wesley Co-founded Enigmata Corp. and is a partner in LifeTwo, LLC. Past experience includes being co-founder & president of Enigma Records (acquired by EMI), EVP Hollywood Records (Walt Disney Company), co-founder Cinebase Software (merged into a division of Kodak), CEO LogicTier, co-founder Enigma Digital (acquired by Clear Channel Communications) and CEO of SportsBuy.com, an e-commerce company.
Patrick Koppula
Patrick is a visionary…a deep thinker, a trusted advisor, and an eternal optimist. His resume includes serving as Executive Producer, COO, and CEO of GarageBand, and Co-Founder if iLike. Patrick is also the founder of ffwd and recipeer.
Technology Advisors
John Piekos
John has been managing software development teams for 20 years and has particular expertise in e-Commerce search, navigation and merchandising. Roles include VP Engineering at VoltDB; Director of OpenEdge Database at Progress Software; and VP Web Engineering at EasyAsk. Piekos earned a M.S. degree in Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Lowell.
Jeff Patterson
Co-founder at INSIDR, Co-Founder and VP, Products for Visible Path which was sold to Dun & Bradstreet. Jeff served as Founder and CTO of IUMA, the first online digital music distribution service. He is an expert in scalable distribution networks and author of Audio on the Web (Peachpit Press, 1998). Jeff was named one of Newsweek’s “50 for the Future” in 1998, and in 2001, he was awarded the New York Music Festival’s lifetime achievement award. Jeff studied computer science, network architecture and graph theory at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz.