Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Ryan Byrne
Co-Founder & CEO
Experience includes: Founder & CEO, The Buzz Lab, production company for Oracle, Adobe, eBay, PayPal and more; Founder & CEO, GorillaGuide, Inc.
Luke Peterson
Co-Founder & CPO
Experience includes: Founder & CEO, LAYAIR; President, US Operations, Geenee;
Managing Director & Private Banker, First Republic Bank, Wells Fargo
Matthias Thoemmes
Co-Founder & Lead Engineer
Experience includes: Co-Founder & CTO, LayA|R; Senior Web Developer, Geenee; Front+Backend Developer, Ask HELMUT.
Karoline Mikkelsen
Head of Production
Experience includes, 15+ years in event production, NCompass, Ant Farm, Wondros & National Institute of Health; Production Manager, Cirque du Soleil.
Clay Webster
Chief Technical Officer
Experience includes: Head of platform engineering, CBS Interactive;
Co-Founder & CTO, Vivoom; Platform Infrastructure, CNET.
Nicole Teixeira
Marketing Director
Experience includes: Strategic Events & Product Marketing, Salesforce; B2B & B2C Account Management, John Walter Thompson, Rauxa.
Jeff Kreinik
Chief Revenue Officer
Experience includes: Head of Festivals, Ticketfly; Vice President, Sales, Patron Technology.
Frank Addante
BuzzCast Advisory Board
Engineer turned entrepreneur, building high-tech, high-scale, disruptive technology companies. Experience includes: Founder, Rubicon Project (now Magnite).
Reeve Collins
BuzzCast Advisory Board
Serial entrepreneur focused on Digital Media & Blockchain Technologies. Experience includes: Co-founder & former CEO, Tether; Co-Founder & CEO, Blockv;
Co-Founder, SmartMedia Technologies.
Gianna Gaudini
BuzzCast Advisory Board
Author of Amazon Best-Selling book: The Art of Event Planning. Experience includes:
Head of Events at Airtable; Head of Events, AWS & SoftBank Vision Fund; 8+ Years, Marketing Events Leader, Google.
JC Oliver
BuzzCast Advisory Board
International speaker on Innovation. Experience includes: Co-Founder & CMO, Recast; Former Global Chief Creative and Innovation Officer, Microsoft; Former Global Chief Creative Officer, AOL.
Rachan (Butch) Reddy
BuzzCast Advisory Board
16+ years of experience investing in and guiding entrepreneurs in scaling innovative companies in the technology space, as well as extensive experience in the Asia market. General Partner, IDG Ventures.