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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Ticketing space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Tony DiMatteo
Co-Founder & CEO of Lottery.com
Tony DiMatteo is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lottery.com, a U.S. based online and mobile lottery service. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DiMatteo serves as CEO to drive the Company’s development, global initiatives, and strategy. Tony is also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of WinTogether, an organization that supports charitable causes and incentivizes giving back. Through his platforms, Tony aims to develop social good companies and a global force of impact. In 2019, he was the recipient of the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award. Media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and Inc., have recognized Tony for his approach to entrepreneurship and ideas on the future of fundraising.
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About Lottery.com: Lottery.com is a lottery ticket management service that allows users to play and monitor the lottery from their phones.
Jaxon Klein
CEO, Co-Founder of Keyo
Jaxon Klein is an American businessman, entrepreneur, investor and startup advisor. Klein is currently CEO of Keyo, Inc., where he is a co-founder and former CTO. Prior to his role at Keyo, Klein founded two companies in hosting technology and web services.
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About Keyo: We place people’s identities in the palm of their hands.
Michael Rapino
President and Chief Executive Officer of Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation President and CEO, Michael Rapino, has led Live Nation since it separated from Clear Channel Communications in August 2005. During his tenure at Live Nation, Rapino oversaw the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster in 2010 to form Live Nation Entertainment, now the leading concert promoter and live entertainment company in the world. He is also a Director at Sirius XM Holdings Inc, and has served as an Executive Producer on Live Nation Film projects, including A Star is Born and Believer. As Live Nation’s President and CEO, Rapino has led the company through a series of acquisitions and investments to grow the brand’s reach and capabilities. One of these investments was in C3 Presents, the promoter behind prominent music festivals like Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits. Rapino has also supported a number of initiatives that help make live music and entertainment more available to people around the world, increasing Live Nation’s reach to more than 40 countries and nearly 100 million fans each year. Prior to Live Nation, Rapino began his career at Labatt’s Breweries of Canada where he spent ten years working in various marketing and entertainment roles. After leaving Labatt’s, Rapino co-founded Core Audience Entertainment, which was acquired by Clear Channel Communications in 1999. After the acquisition, Rapino served as the head of several divisions at Clear Channel Communications before becoming President and CEO of Live Nation in 2005. Rapino’s work has earned him recognition by several top publications, such as Forbes and Variety. In 2017, he was listed as one of Forbes’ Global Game Changers and one of Variety’s 500 Influential Business Leaders. He was named one of Los Angeles Business Journal’s 500 Most Influential People in Business in 2018. Billboard has recognized Rapino in their Power 100 list every year from 2012 to 2018, with him leading the rankings in 2018. Rapino is a Thunder Bay, Ontario native. He studied business at Lakehead University and graduated with a bachelor’s of administration in 1989. He currently resides in California with his wife and three children.
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About Live Nation Entertainment, Ticketmaster: Live Nation Entertainment is the live entertainment and eCommerce company.
Stan Chia
CEO of Vivid Seats
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Vivid Seats: Vivid Seats operates as an online ticket marketplace that connects fans with event ticket sellers.
Peter Kutis
Founder/CEO of OneTwoTrip
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About FinalPrice, OneTwoTrip: OneTwoTrip is a full scale b2c and b2b online travel service.
Paolo Privitera
Co-Founder and CEO of Evensi
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About Doochoo, Evensi, Lombardstreet Ventures: Evensi is a platform to discover, experience, ideate, and promote events.
Eric Allen
CEO & President of LISNR
Eric Allen President former CTO (Japanese conglomerate), CEO (2 Exits);former Gracenote GM running $250M business unit in audio fingerprinting.
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About LISNR, LISNR: LISNR enables secure and seamless data transmission using the most advanced ultrasonic data technology
Victor Gajendran
Co-founder and CEO of Ticketmaster
Co-founder and CEO at Gento.
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About Gento, Ticketmaster: Ticketmaster is the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the global market leader in live event ticketing.
Brian M. Fenty
CEO & Co-Founder of TodayTix
Brian has led and managed varied private investments across a broad range of industries, focusing on product and talent. He is an active adviser to start-ups, growth stage companies and management teams. Previously an MD at Hamilton Investment Partners. Currently, Brian serves on the Board of The Institute for Arts and Humanities at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he received his Bachelors degree in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
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About TodayTix: TodayTix is the premier digital gateway to shows, arts, and cultural experiences.
Antony Taylor
Founder and CEO of Lyte
Ant Taylor is the founder and CEO of Lyte. Lyte powers mobile ticketing solutions for event owners and fans, providing both a mobile-first alternative to resale websites. Since 2014, Lyte has partnered with over 300 top sports and entertainment brands, including BottleRock Music Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Arkansas Razorbacks Athletics, Mumford & Sons, Stagecoach Music Festival and more. Major ticketing platforms such as Eventbrite, Ticketfly, and Gingerbread Shed, owned by Goldenvoice, have integrated Lyte into their offering. Ant founded Lyte after observing the impact of the secondary ticket market on fans at the London Olympics. Hundreds of thousands of fans have since benefited from the Lyte solution. Before Lyte, Ant was an executive at ad technology pioneer Right Media, acquired by Yahoo in 2007 and ad cofounder of Moat, acquired by Oracle in 2017; two of the top five venture-backed exits in NYC history.
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About Lyte: Lyte is a technology platform that makes it easy for fans to buy, sell, and exchange tickets to live events.
Harold Hughes
Founder/CEO of Bandwagon
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About Bandwagon, Beam Founders, Founder Institute, Furman University, Notley, Partake Foods, Republic: SaaS, Blockchain, Identity
Eran Ben-Shushan
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer of Bizzabo
Eran Ben-Shushan is Co-Founder & CEO at Bizzabo.
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About Bizzabo: Bizzabo powers in-person, virtual, & hybrid experiences with the Event Experience OS, an open platform for Event Experience Leaders.
Robert Davari
Founder & CEO of Tixr
Co-Founder and CEO @ Tixr
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About Connect Card, Tixr: Tixr leverages unique technology to redefine the fan experience and evolve the way large-scale event creators do business.
Brian Zanghi
President & Chief Executive Officer of Masabi
Brian is Masabi’s Chief Executive Officer and President. Brian is focused on accelerating the company’s growth globally, and scaling the team to serve the evolving mobile ticketing market. He is a software industry veteran who brings 20 years of experience in building software-as-a-service businesses to address the global market. Prior to joining Masabi, Brian was CEO of Awareness, Inc, a provider of social marketing software. Before that he also served as CEO of Kadient and held ‘C’-level positions at a variety of software companies such as SPSS, NetGenesis and eRoom.
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About Masabi: Masabi is the global leader in transport mobile ticketing and payments.
Greg Brown
President & Chief Executive Officer of Learfield
Greg Brown’s career with Learfield spans more than 30 years, and during that time he has held various sales and leadership positions with the company. Further, he has been instrumental in building Learfield’s reputation as trusted partner for collegiate athletic programs. With Brown at the helm, the company’s collegiate portfolio grew from representing just six partner schools to more than 50 schools, conferences and associations in a 10-year timeframe. In 2009, Brown was promoted to his current role of President and Chief Executive Officer and adopted a strategic plan to not only expand the company’s core multimedia business, but also extend the reach of Learfield into new business extensions. Brown has led the charge to make acquisitions in licensing, digital platforms, scoreboard and display systems, and ticket sales. In 2012, SportsBusiness Journal named him the 23rd most influential executive in College Football. Today Brown leads a company of more than 1,000 employees.
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About Learfield: Learfield empowers businesses and universities by connecting big brands to the excitement, passion, tradition and fun of college sports.
Alan Cole
President / CEO of GovX
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About GovX, Miracosta College: GovX is an eCommerce company built around the appreciation and respect for the US Military and First Responder communities.
Jaime Siegel
CEO & Co-Founder of FlipTix
Jaime Siegel is the CEO and co-founder of FlipTix, Inc., an early stage technology start-up that is creating a new market in event ticketing with the goal of collecting big data around events and attendees that is not currently collected. Jaime is also CEO of Cerebral Assets, LLC, a multipurpose Global IP and Digital Strategy advisory which provides global IP, digital and business strategy consulting, deal facilitations, brokerage services, as well as expert witness services on patent and technology licensing and damages. Cerebral Assets’ clients cover the spectrum from Fortune Top 10 to early stage start-ups, Private Equity firms and foreign government incubator programs, and technology areas including electronics, consumer products, life sciences, biotechnology and medical devices. Jaime Siegel acts as the Global Director of Licensing for one of his clients, the Open Invention Network (OIN). OIN is the world’s largest patent non-aggression community, creating a collaborative space around the Linux System Definition to promote innovation in Linux. Prior to starting Cerebral Assets, Jaime Siegel was EVP in charge of licensing for Acacia Research Group LLC, one of the largest publicly held patent licensing organizations. Previously he spent over 15 years at Sony Corporation of America as Vice President and Senior IP Counsel, where he was responsible for global patent litigation for Sony family companies and out licensing programs, among other duties, including being the official representative of Sony Corporation of America to Taiwan. He is also a designated Neutral (Mediator/Arbitrator) by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Jaime Siegel served as Chairman of the Board of MPEG LA, the world’s most successful patent licensing pool, for two years. Prior to joining Sony, he was an associate attorney at the leading IP firms of Fish & Neave and Kenyon & Kenyon, and an engineer in the aerospace industry. Jaime Siegel was recently named by WIPR as a 2017 Leader in IP, and has been designated by IAM as one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists for four consecutive years from 2014-2018. He received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School (night program) and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University.
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About Cerebral Assets, LLC, FlipTix, Open Invention Network, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, University of California, Irvine, World Intellectual Property Organization: Life is Flexible. Events Should be, Too!
Andrew Goldberger
Advisor to CEO of Flavorus
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About : Flavorus is an online ticketing website that allows event organizers to sell tickets of various events.
Boris Patronoff
Chief Executive Officer of Flavorus
As CEO of See Tickets US/Flavorus, Boris brings a wealth of experience in the areas of entertainment and media. He led the expansion into North America after serving on the Board of Directors for See Tickets and Digitick and working on multiple acquisitions and divestments for Vivendi. A former pro athlete, Boris has always been passionate about Sports and Entertainment. He loves to spend time with his wife and two boys and rooting for his favorite football and soccer teams. He has also lived on three continents and is fluent in French, English and Spanish.
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About Flavorus: Flavorus is an online ticketing website that allows event organizers to sell tickets of various events.
Rıfat Oğuz
Founder, CEO of Sinemia
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About Sinemia: Sinemia is a social platform for moviegoers and a monthly subscription-based service.
Joel Carben
Co-Founder & CEO of IdealSeat
Joel Carben is Co-Founder and CEO of IdealSeat, an Experience Recommendation Engine that helps sports and entertainment companies increase conversion rates and ticket values – while getting a 10X – or more – return on investment. IdealSeat’s B2B Fan IntelligenceTM platform is simple to install, easy to use, and provides actionable data – resulting in streamlined operations, maximized revenues, and an enhanced overall customer experience.
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About Algorand, Annie Stacks, Inc, Carbon Ventures, Coastal Marine Services, IdealSeat, Stadia Ventures, Windermere Real Estate: IdealSeat is an Experience Recommendation Engine that helps sports and entertainment companies increase conversion rates and fan loyalty.
Tony Alfaro
Founder & CEO of Ribbon
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About GetMyFunds.com, Ribbon: Ribbon helps people plan events with friends faster and easier.
Gaetan Ekoondo
CEO of ComeClosely
23 Yr Entrepreneur, Founder 3 times, Awardee 5 times, passionated with the tech industry
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About ComeClosely: Mobile App that will create unique and memorable moments as the users interact with the platform and attend live events
Steven Sunshine
CEO of TixTrack
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About TixTrack: Tixtrack’s web based software helps venues, promoters and teams optimize their ticket sales.
Sean Wycliffe
Founder and CEO of Dealflicks
Sean Wycliffe, Co-Founder and CEO of Dealflicks. Sean was born in Connecticut but moved around for most of his childhood along the East Coast, following his father through Med School, residency, and his practices. He spent most of his formative years in Virginia, where he lived for 10 years. He cites his childhood as normal: playing basketball, watching wrestling on TV, and playing video games. As a senior in high school, his mother was going into her residency in emergency medicine in Washington DC and it was best for Sean and his dog Rocco to move to California to be with his dad.
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About Dealflicks, Project Pueblo: Dealflicks provides movie tickets and concessions for discounted prices, helping theaters fill their empty seats.
Jim McCarthy
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Goldstar Events
Jim McCarthy is the co-founder and CEO of Goldstar. An 18-year veteran of the Internet and e-commerce, Jim has spent his entire career in high-growth businesses and likes to share his knowledge and insight with others. He’s the editor and main contributor to SellingOut.com, a website for live entertainment and arts marketers. He’s the curator and co-founder of TEDxBroadway. He’s spoken at conferences all over the world, including TED, SXSW, INTIX and more. His articles have been in Forbes, Fast Company and Business Insider. Jim studied English at Harvard University and received an MBA at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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About Goldstar Events, USC Marshall School of Business: Goldstar is the largest seller of excess tickets to live entertainment.
Josue Mpia
Founder and CEO of Betterticket
Josue Mpia is the Founder and CEO at Betterticket.
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About Betterticket: Betterticket is a Web 3.0 decentralized event management and ticketing platform for In-Person, Online, Metaverse or Hybrid Events.
David McKay
CEO / Co-founder of Seated
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About Seated: We make sure true fans get seated.
Marty Hale
Founder and CEO of Livit International LLC
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About Livit International LLC: LIVIT is an International Travel Membership Club – Raising $2M
Gabriel Benarros
CEO & Founder of Ingresse
Gabriel Benarros is a Brazilian entrepreneur. He attended Stanford University, where he studied Economics and Psychology. Gabriel started a Masters in Management Science & Engineering, but took a leave of absence after receiving the initial investment for Ingresse. Ingresse is Brazil’s first social ticketing company.
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About Ingresse: Ingresse is a social ticketing company that enables people to discover the latest concerts, nightclubs, parties, and theater plays.
Ritesh Patel
Co-Founder & CEO of The Ticket Fairy
Ritesh Patel, Co-founder of The Ticket Fairy, is an interesting mix of event promoter and tech wizard. With more than 15 years in event management and marketing, he also has experience as a cloud engineer.
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About The Ticket Fairy: Full-stack event marketing, ticketing, analytics and advertising platform
Ali Fakhri
CEO of EventHi
Ali Fakhri is the CEO and Founder of EventHi, an event management platform built for the cannabis culture. EventHi was one of the first companies in California to obtain an MRB bank account with Partner Colorado Credit Union. Ali’s background consists of working with two of the largest Fortune 500 companies, leading sales and business development. Ali has ample experience in sponsoring and coordinating professional events related to cannabis which allowed him to come face to face with the banking issues surrounding the cannabis industry. Ali developed EventHi to help bring a solution and fill a void for the cannabis industry in event planning.
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About Cannabis Travel Association, EventHi: EventHi is an event management platform, built for the cannabis event culture.
Sean Menke
President and CEO of Sabre Corporation
As president, Sean Menke is responsible for the overall performance of Sabre Travel Network, the world’s leading provider of high-performance travel solutions. Before joining Sabre, Menke served as the chief operations officer and executive vice president of Hawaiian Airlines overseeing the airline’s flight operations, in-flight services, customer service, maintenance and engineering, safety and regulatory security, operations planning and scheduling, and performance engineering and operations analytics. Previously, he was executive vice president of resources at IHS Inc., a global information technology company. Menke’s career in the travel industry spans more than 20 years in executive leadership for the areas of marketing, customer experience, strategy, planning, sales, distribution and revenue management with Air Canada, United Airlines, Western Pacific Airlines and America West Airlines. He has served in the role of president and CEO for both Pinnacle Airlines and Frontier Airlines using his experience in commercial, operational and financial areas of the business. Menke is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys participating in marathons, ultra-marathons, cycling, snow skiing and spending time with his wife and three boys. He earned his MBA from the University of Denver and dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics and Aviation from Ohio State University. Sean is the incoming CEO and President of Sabre, effective December 31, 2016.
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About Sabre Corporation: Sabre Corporation is a U.S.-based travel technology company providing software solutions to the travel industry.
Aron Kansal
Founder & CEO of SimpleTix
Founder & CEO of SimpleTix.com, the World’s most flexible e-Ticketing Platform. Entrepreneur and software developer by trade. My current role is SimpleTix is to seek out partnerships with other e-commerce platforms, payment gateways, and channel partnership opportunities. Work for an e-commerce platform payment gateway? Please connect with me and we’ll see how we can integrate with each other. Are you an event planner or hosting a festival/concert? Let’s talk about how SimpleTix can be the most cost effective & robust ticketing platform for you.
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About SimpleTix: SimpleTix is an e-commerce company that offers turn-key solutions for event websites and online ticketing.
Matt Zarracina
Co-Founder & CEO of True-Tickets
Matt Zarracina is the Co-Founder & CEO at true tickets.
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About Said Business School, University of Oxford, The Priyanka Foundation, True-Tickets: A secure contactless digital ticket delivery service that aims to make buying, selling and transferring live event tickets simple and safe.
Travis Janovich
CEO and Founder of Etix
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About Etix: Etix is an international web-based ticketing service provider for the entertainment, travel and sports industries.
Colleen Howell
CEO and Co-Founder of PriorityZones
Colleen Howell currently works as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of PriorityZones. She previously worked at Global Data Company as Managing Director.
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About PriorityZones: PriorityZones provides digital mobile credentialing and contactless access control solutions.
Ernesto Pedroza
Founder, CEO of PromoShare
Over 15 years experience in event strategy, marketing and technology.
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About Alta Vista Graphic Corporation, PromoShare: PromoShare is a platform that empowers event producers and sports teams to transform their biggest fans into ticket selling ambassadors.
Matt Voigt
Co-Founder & CEO of Saambaa
3x entrepreneur with 15 years of diverse experience in multiple sectors including Internet, healthcare, real estate + finance. Currently CEO of saambaa, the #1 provider of paid content for local discovery. Trusted by partners that include CNN, Straight Talk Wireless, AllMusic.com and many more. Venture-funded by the Knight Foundation, RightVentures and notable angels. go.saambaa.com
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About Saambaa: Saambaa is a provider of paid content for local discovery.
Jonathan Leone
Co-Founder, CEO & President of Thrillcall
CEO & President Thrillcall – 316 Ventures. Mayor of Sausalito, CA : 2009 & 2010 City Council Member Sausalito, CA : 2006 -2014 Marin Clean Energy – Founding Board Member Chair, Sausalito Planning Commission Sausalito Planning Commission : 2000-2006 Sausalito Waste & Recycling Commission
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About Thrillcall: Thrillcall is a live music discovery service providing concert and ticket listings, special ticket offers and show reminders.
Jake Moskowitz
Co-founder & CEO of Voyhoy
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About Endeavor, Voyhoy: Multimodal booking platform helping travelers save time and money across bus, plane, train, ferry, and rideshare in Latin America.
Ryan McCann
Founder, CEO of HappsNow
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About HappsNow: HappsNow, a Techstars portfolio company, is fueling the next generation of live events.
Mat Orrego
Co-Founder & CEO of Cornerstone Information Systems
Mat Orrego is a Co-Founder & CEO at Cornerstone Information Systems.
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About Cornerstone Information Systems: We are a global technology and services provider with unique domain knowledge
Alex Linebrink
Co-Founder and CEO of Passage
Alex Linebrink is the CEO, Co-Founder at Passage.
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About HauntPay, Passage: Passage powers ticketing and payments both online and at-the-door for specialty events.
Chris O’Brien
Co-CEO & Co-Founder of TickPick
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About TickPick: TickPick is a ticket marketplace to buy, bid on and sell tickets on sports, concerts and other live events.
Matt Mastrangelo
Founder / CEO of Groupmatics
After a nearly decade-long career with two professional sports teams, Matt Mastrangelo launched Groupmatics with an approach that blends an inside group sales perspective with a true love of sporting events. Working in the group sales department, Matt recognized the amount of work, responsibility, and hassle that was placed on both the Group Sales Rep and a Group Leader to manage a group outing. He also saw the inefficiencies of the group sales process and realized that teams were losing opportunities for return revenue due to poor process experiences of the buyers. Matt started his career in the ticket sales department with the Cleveland Indians in 2005. In 2006 he was promoted to the role of Group Sales Account Executive, where he worked very closely with non-profit organizations, youth baseball leagues, churches, unions, and corporations to organize group outings ranging from 25 to 5,000+ people. Matt became Group Sales Manager for the Cleveland Browns in 2010. After only two years with the Browns, Matt and his staff grew the group ticket business by a whopping 800%. The NFL recently honored the Cleveland Browns Group Sales department as a best practice for this accomplishment. Matt received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Communications from Cleveland State University. He currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his beautiful wife Nicole, son Anthony and daughter CeCe. He hopes Groupmatics puts the fun back in group ticketing processes for teams and groups across America.
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About Groupmatics: Groupmatics is a white-label group ticketing platform used by professional sports teams and other public event organizations
Scot Richardson
Founder, CEO of LaughStub
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About LaughStub: LaughStub is a venue management and ticketing platform for live comedy.
Ari Driessen
Co-founder & CEO of RSVPify
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About ChangeTower, RSVPify: RSVPify is a leading event management and ticketing platform, powering millions of events around the globe.
Timothy Warner
CEO of Cinemark
Mr. Timothy C. Warner is Chief Executive Officer Officer of Cinemark Holdings, Inc. He was Chief Executive Officer and resigned as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, on February 15, 2012. From 1989 – 1995, Mr. Warner served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of NATO of California/Nevada and General Chairman of NATO/ShoWest. As President and CEO, Mr. Warner represented the exhibition trade association in all state and federal government matters related to the exhibition industry and on industry-related issues with film studios and other industry associations. Previously, he served as a senior member of the management team of Excellence Theatres; as the founder of a film buying and marketing group for independently owned and operated screens; and, as the founder of a U.S. regional theatrical exhibition company. He is a member of many industry groups and associations and is the recipient of numerous industry distinctions including the ShoWest 2000 International Exhibitor of the Year and the NATO/ShoWest 1989 Exhibitor of the Year.
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About Cinemark: Cinemark USA operates and owns a chain of movie theaters.
Walter Gonzalez
CEO of Livement
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About Livement: Livement sells tickets and concessions for sports stadiums from mobile phones.
Jose E. Puente
Co-Founder & CEO of gotmy
Jose E. Puente is leading gotmy, the first full white label virtual events platform that can be embedded on any corporate website to easily create, manage, host and monetize interactive events. He holds a MsC degree in Telecommunication Engineering. He is an entrepreneur, investor and advisor, specialized in Telco, Media and Blockchain technologies, policies and regulations in Europe and USA. At the age of 13 he developed his first video game on a ZX Spectrum. Between 1998 and 2000 he advised and helped to launch and deploy two disruptive telecom operators (Comunitel, now Vodafone; and Sky Point, now Masmovil). In 2010 he launched his first startup (Lead Telecom).
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About gotmy: Experiences in the metaverse for web3 & media platforms
Bradley Simpson
CEO / Creator of Vection Group, Inc.
Brad has over 20 years in the software business with 15 years at Braxton Technologies, a government contractor specializing in satellite command and control software and currently seven years leading Vection Group. He is a senior software engineer and a technology futurist. With many years working in the Joint Domain Command & Control space. As well, he is a SME (Subject Matter Expert) on geospatial alerting of wearable data. Brad is the author of two very significant patents: Highly Efficient and Parallel Data Transfer and Display, USPTO No: 9,665,267 and Geospatial Alerting (Push-notifications), USPTO No: 9,910,561
His proven track record of pulling together the right talent to create the right team, from software and business-minded professionals to creative and financial gurus, shines with the success he experienced at Braxton Technologies. He’s carried the same style of talent acquisition to Vection where he’s assembled a top-tier group of tech and business executives with a single goal, to make VG and their products globally recognized and successful.
His entrepreneurial vision and technical DNA have merged beautifully into SmartSync. SmartSync, a OS agnostic data ingestion hub that passively uploads from data devices, no user button-pushing! With your data being pushed to a human performance data management software.
When not tethered to his digital device, which is rare, Brad scans the consumer landscape for needed innovation that he thinks is missing on the consumer front. He is always ready to pounce on opportunities to create products and technologies to fill pressing needs. Brad attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and the University of Southern California.
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About Vection Group, Inc.: Vection Group is an ongoing cloud based streaming API software company. We provide B2B, B2C and B2M SaaS for the IoT, Smart Cities & others
Newell Starks
Advisor to CEO of NewYork60
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About : NewYork60 sells tickets for the Broadway show.
Shyam Dudaka
Founder & CEO of India Running
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About India Running: India Running is the leading online community for sports enthusiasts who want to discover and register for running and related activities.
Amir Rosenzweig
CEO of HopOn
CEO at HopOn
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About HopOn: HopOn is a smart mobile payment and ticketing platform for the public transport.
Luke Finn
Founder/CEO of ROLLER
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About ROLLER: Roller is an enterprise software platform for leisure and entertainment venues.
John Weston
Chief Executive Officer of Wheedle
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About TensorMark, Wheedle: Creating seamless experiences for the event industry using facial recognition and augmented reality
Tim Alberts
CEO and Co-Founder of FanLyst
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About FanLyst: FanLyst empowers fans with professional ticket selling technology to auto-list and easily manage their tickets on all major online sites.
Mark Miller
CEO of TicketSocket
CEO at TicketSocket.
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About Modern Commerce, Pedego Electric Bikes, ShopGuarantee, TicketSocket: TicketSocket provides white label platforms and tools for developers and organizations to build ticketing and registration systems.
Paul Bradley
Founder,President and CEO of Eventric
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About Eventric, Trimite: Eventric is the leading SaaS developer of live event and tour management software solutions.
Chris Smith
CEO & Founder of Ticketure
Chris is a visionary, innovating and advancing location technology to foster new ways for people to experience, understand and connect with the world around them. The Pacific Ocean separates Chris’s two unique hometowns, splitting his time for many years between two of the most beautiful places in the world, Seattle, Washington and Wellington, New Zealand. Chris began his career at Microsoft developing web applications which allowed him to learn from several experts and sparked his desire to explore the world of tech and business as an entrepreneur. While attending Victoria University to study International Business and Marketing, Chris launched his first startup, Dash Tickets, an online ticketing company. Dash quickly became one of the largest New Zealand based ticketing companies., selling over a million tickets in its first 3 years. In 2011, Dash was sold to Ministry of Sound. In 2012, Chris founded STQRY, an interactive mobile storytelling platform which is now being used at over 400 culture and arts organizations internationally to enhance visitor experiences. As STQRY advanced its platform, Chris lead the team to innovate in the location technology and beacon space, creating multiple products that could benefit a wide range of businesses such as hospitals and airports by improving their customer experience. In 2015 Chris launched the parent company Area360, opened up a headquarters in Seattle and partnered with Madrona Venture Group for a series A round of funding that is supporting exponential growth for the company. Chris’s passions lie in his family, aviation (he is a licensed pilot), and a robust Lego collection.
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About Ticketure: Ticketure is an innovative ticketing system that enables flexibility in constructing timed admission and membership experience for staff.
Frank Panko
Founder & CEO of A View From My Seat
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About A View From My Seat: The largest community of event-goers in the U.S.
Len Gauger
Founder & CEO of Connect Space
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About Connect Space: We are a place where people can learn, explore and grow real business opportunities at events that result in contracts for their business.
Alan Rae
CEO of Sportolutions
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About Sportolutions: Ticketing and Marketing Automation Solutions
James Zachodni
CEO and Co-Founder of Farechild
James is the CEO and Co-Founder of Farechild. He has spent the last 20+ years working in the media and event industry. He has worked with Fortune-500 brands to produce one-of-a-kind events ranging from corporate parties to large scale festivals. In 2012 he took his expertise in events and helped open the most successful nightclub in Seattle history.
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About Farechild: Farechild is an all-inclusive event production and marketing platform for the emerging cannabis industry and beyond.
Nicole àBeckett
Co-Founder & CEO of SameSide
Nicole is a Co-Founder & CEO at SameSide.
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About SameSide: SameSide is an online platform connecting the millions of events and gatherings that happen every day to a cause.
Gregory Koldirkaev
Founder and CEO of Helprace
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About Helprace: Helprace is a one-stop customer service software solution for helpdesk management and community building.
Gregory Koldirkaev
Founder and CEO of Helprace
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About Helprace: Helprace is a one-stop customer service software solution for helpdesk management and community building.
Sean Spence
CEO of EveryEventGives
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About EveryEventGives: EveryEventGives provides online ticketing for events. For every ticket sold, we donate 50 cents to the charity of the event host’s choice.
Mike Morey
Co-CEO & Co-Founder of CityPASS
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About CityPASS: Save up to 50% on top attractions in 11 cities & $120 on theme parks in Southern California.
Emma Peterson
Founder & CEO of Tikly
Emma Peterson is Founder & CEO at Tikly.
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About Tikly: Tikly is a self-service ticketing platform for brands, venues, and local performers to sell tickets and other goods.
