Samba TV CEO and leadership

A founding partner of Carrot Capital, and life-long vegetarian-turned-vegan and animal lover, Alvir brings a wealth of entrepreneurial energy to portfolio companies. In addition to investment activities, Alvir is an executive at Samba TV, where currently serves as SVP of Operations, after founding the company in 2008. He was an early employee of BitTorrent Inc., where he handled commercial relationships with numerous film, TV and music publishers. Alvir began his career as a professional musician and drops a killer bass line on demand.

Dr. David Harrison is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Samba TV. He oversees the development of Samba TV’s technologies and implemented the first generation of the company’s automatic content recognition technology. He holds over a dozen patents in video and image processing and computer networking. Prior to co-founding Samba TV, David was the Founding Co-editor of BitTorrent.org.

Charley Lanusse is the Chief Technology Officer at Samba TV, where he heads up the global engineering teams that deliver and implement innovative technology at the heart of TV. Prior to joining Samba TV in 2015, Charley built five technology startups as founder and CEO across social media, entertainment, and fintech. Previously, he led creative teams at Carbine Studios / NCSoft and was Head of Product Management at Obscura Digital. Charley is currently watching Star Trek Discovery on CBS, with his all-time favorite TV show being Breaking Bad from AMC.

Michael Farrow is the Chief Financial Officer at Samba TV. He possesses deep expertise in the fields of finance, strategy, mergers and acquisitions with over 20 years of executive leadership experience for San Francisco Bay Area software and media companies. Prior to joining Samba TV, Michael held leadership roles for several media companies including Time Warner and Viacom, where he was Director of Finance for the United Paramount Network. Michael is watching Cobra Kai on Netflix, with his all-time favorite TV show being Succession on HBO.

Meredith Brace is the Chief Marketing Officer at Samba TV, where she is responsible for defining and driving strategy to accelerate Samba TV’s growth and market position as a global leader of omniscreen marketing solutions powered by its first-party TV data and identity. With deep expertise across the buy and sell side, Meredith joined Samba TV from marketing, advertising, and sales leadership roles at HP, Microsoft, true[X], and FOX with a focus on innovation at scale and delivering results that matter for brands. Meredith is currently watching Nine Perfect Strangers on Hulu and just about anything on HGTV.

A founding partner of Carrot Capital, and life-long vegetarian-turned-vegan and animal lover, Alvir brings a wealth of entrepreneurial energy to portfolio companies. In addition to investment activities, Alvir is an executive at Samba TV, where currently serves as SVP of Operations, after founding the company in 2008. He was an early employee of BitTorrent Inc., where he handled commercial relationships with numerous film, TV and music publishers. Alvir began his career as a professional musician and drops a killer bass line on demand.

Dr. David Harrison is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Samba TV. He oversees the development of Samba TV’s technologies and implemented the first generation of the company’s automatic content recognition technology. He holds over a dozen patents in video and image processing and computer networking. Prior to co-founding Samba TV, David was the Founding Co-editor of BitTorrent.org.