IZEA CEO and leadership

$100 Million+ in equity capital raised, $4Billion+ in shareholder liquidity. I am the father of the influencer marketing industry and created the "Pay Per Post" compensation model in 2006. (http://izea.me/wired)I am serial entrepreneur, job creator, and marketer. I am passionate about product and technology of all types. I started my first company in high school and my companies have generated over $200 million in sales since. My latest venture IZEA operates online marketplaces and that connect brands with content creators. I am also an angel investor in several startups and was an early supporter/miner of Bitcoin. I have bootstrapped companies off credit cards, been VC backed, and most recently brought a company I founded public (NASDAQ : IZEA). My investors have included top tier VCs, hedge funds, CEOs of public companies, and multiple billionaires.Some of the world's largest marketing organizations including FOX, Bombardier, General Motors, SeaWorld, and Disney have tapped me to provide consulting services. I have also negotiated deals with celebrities such as Diddy, Kim Kardashian, and Daymond John. I have had the honor of speaking and presenting to marketing and Internet professionals around the world and have frequently been a guest on CNBC, FOX, and Cheddar. I have also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Wired, USA Today, Fortune, and Adweek among others.

As Chief Operating Officer and Director, Ryan Schram provides organizational and operational leadership for IZEA, servicing the needs of its team members, brand partners, and social influencers across the globe. Placing company culture and creativity at the center of his approach, Mr. Schram is responsible for the IZEA’s overall operational environment; including the Company’s global client development, marketing communications, campaign fulfillment and influencer ecosystem organizations. He also leads the company’s corporate business development growth strategy domestically and abroad. Schram was appointed to IZEA’s Board of Directors in November 2012. Nearing 15 years of experience in the consumer marketing and technology space, Ryan has an established track record of driving growth, efficiency and profitability for leading-edge companies. In addition to his responsibilities at IZEA, Schram presently serves as an independent Board Member of payment systems innovator Protean, Inc. and as a Senior Advisor at StageLeap, a leading customer experience consultancy firm. Prior to joining IZEA in September 2011 as its first-ever Chief Marketing Officer, Ryan served as Group Vice President at Pleasant Ridge-based ePrize (now HelloWorld), the prominent digital engagement agency that was acquired by private equity firm Catteron Partners in August 2012. Previous to ePrize, Mr. Schram held a variety of leadership positions at CBS/Westwood One and Clear Channel Media + Entertainment. His work has been regularly featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, AdAge, PROMO and AdWeek.

Peter Biere comes to DreamBox from Gottschalk Hardesty where he was a leader in optimizing financial structures, corporate development and strategy and creating sustainability in startups. Biere is an operationally focused senior financial executive with a 30-year track record building value in middle market, emerging growth and early formation companies in both private and public ownership structures, including eight years as CFO of two NASDAQ traded companies. Biere’s industry expertise includes retail-direct, high technology R&D and services, software, natural resources, financial services and food manufacturing, with experience spanning a range of business life-cycles from startup to transition to high-growth to turn-around. Biere’s leadership experience includes business formation, cash management, multiple-stage capital funding, business support systems, teambuilding, exit strategies including IPO and M&A, SEC reporting, SOX implementation and compliance as well as performing interim CEO, COO and general management assignments. Biere holds a BBA and MA in Accounting from the University of Iowa, and is a CPA.

$100 Million+ in equity capital raised, $4Billion+ in shareholder liquidity. I am the father of the influencer marketing industry and created the "Pay Per Post" compensation model in 2006. (http://izea.me/wired)I am serial entrepreneur, job creator, and marketer. I am passionate about product and technology of all types. I started my first company in high school and my companies have generated over $200 million in sales since. My latest venture IZEA operates online marketplaces and that connect brands with content creators. I am also an angel investor in several startups and was an early supporter/miner of Bitcoin. I have bootstrapped companies off credit cards, been VC backed, and most recently brought a company I founded public (NASDAQ : IZEA). My investors have included top tier VCs, hedge funds, CEOs of public companies, and multiple billionaires.Some of the world's largest marketing organizations including FOX, Bombardier, General Motors, SeaWorld, and Disney have tapped me to provide consulting services. I have also negotiated deals with celebrities such as Diddy, Kim Kardashian, and Daymond John. I have had the honor of speaking and presenting to marketing and Internet professionals around the world and have frequently been a guest on CNBC, FOX, and Cheddar. I have also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Wired, USA Today, Fortune, and Adweek among others.

$100 Million+ in equity capital raised, $4Billion+ in shareholder liquidity. I am the father of the influencer marketing industry and created the "Pay Per Post" compensation model in 2006. (http://izea.me/wired)I am serial entrepreneur, job creator, and marketer. I am passionate about product and technology of all types. I started my first company in high school and my companies have generated over $200 million in sales since. My latest venture IZEA operates online marketplaces and that connect brands with content creators. I am also an angel investor in several startups and was an early supporter/miner of Bitcoin. I have bootstrapped companies off credit cards, been VC backed, and most recently brought a company I founded public (NASDAQ : IZEA). My investors have included top tier VCs, hedge funds, CEOs of public companies, and multiple billionaires.Some of the world's largest marketing organizations including FOX, Bombardier, General Motors, SeaWorld, and Disney have tapped me to provide consulting services. I have also negotiated deals with celebrities such as Diddy, Kim Kardashian, and Daymond John. I have had the honor of speaking and presenting to marketing and Internet professionals around the world and have frequently been a guest on CNBC, FOX, and Cheddar. I have also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Wired, USA Today, Fortune, and Adweek among others.

As Chief Operating Officer and Director, Ryan Schram provides organizational and operational leadership for IZEA, servicing the needs of its team members, brand partners, and social influencers across the globe. Placing company culture and creativity at the center of his approach, Mr. Schram is responsible for the IZEA’s overall operational environment; including the Company’s global client development, marketing communications, campaign fulfillment and influencer ecosystem organizations. He also leads the company’s corporate business development growth strategy domestically and abroad. Schram was appointed to IZEA’s Board of Directors in November 2012. Nearing 15 years of experience in the consumer marketing and technology space, Ryan has an established track record of driving growth, efficiency and profitability for leading-edge companies. In addition to his responsibilities at IZEA, Schram presently serves as an independent Board Member of payment systems innovator Protean, Inc. and as a Senior Advisor at StageLeap, a leading customer experience consultancy firm. Prior to joining IZEA in September 2011 as its first-ever Chief Marketing Officer, Ryan served as Group Vice President at Pleasant Ridge-based ePrize (now HelloWorld), the prominent digital engagement agency that was acquired by private equity firm Catteron Partners in August 2012. Previous to ePrize, Mr. Schram held a variety of leadership positions at CBS/Westwood One and Clear Channel Media + Entertainment. His work has been regularly featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, AdAge, PROMO and AdWeek.