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Jon Kirchner is our chief executive officer and also serves on our board of directors. Previously he was president of Xperi following the completion of the acquisition of DTS in December 2016. At DTS he was appointed chairman of the board of directors in 2010 and served as its chief executive officer beginning 2001. Jon led DTS through a period of significant success, growing it from a small startup, to a global industry leader generating over $190 million in licensing revenue. After joining DTS in 1993, Jon served in a number of senior leadership roles including president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Prior to joining DTS he worked for the consulting and audit groups at Price Waterhouse LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). During his tenure at Price Waterhouse LLP, he advised clients on a range of strategy, finance, operations and valuation issues. In 2012, Jon received the Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Greater Los Angeles and in 2011, he was honored by the Producers Guild of America, receiving the “Digital 25: Leaders in Emerging Entertainment” award for being among the visionaries that have made significant contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling.

Nigel is CEO of Publicis Sapient (SapientRazorfish, Sapient Consulting), he is also a member of the Publicis Groupe Executive Committee and leads Global Business Transformation for the Groupe. He is responsible for developing and executing business strategy and identifying market opportunities to drive the growth of the business. A driving force behind the company’s vision to partner with clients to help them realize a better future for their businesses and improve their customers’ lives, Nigel works closely with clients and teams to deliver transformative experiences and business models that make a significant impact on the success of leading global brands including Carrefour, Lloyds, Nationwide,McDonalds RBS/NatWest, Unilever, BNP Paribas and Fiat Chrysler. Nigel has held a variety of leadership positions with Sapient prior to its acquisition by Publicis Groupe, where he is now part of the Groupe Executive Committee Nigel drove the evolution of Sapient’s EMEA business, helping build Sapient Consulting into one of the premier digital consulting firms, and growing SapientNitro to be one of the largest agencies in the UK from a startup a decade ago. He led Sapient’s expansion beyond the UK to be a significant presence across Europe and in Asia. With roots in business strategy, Nigel has consistently helped clients to build businesses and create sustainable value propositions for their brands by operating at the intersection of strategic thinking, creativity and technology. Prior to Sapient, he was a successful entrepreneur – co-founding a public company with interests in consulting and connectivity solutions. Nigel is an inductee of BIMA’s Digital Hall of Fame (British Interactive Marketing Association), was named Individual of the Year at the DADIs, is a Fellow of The Marketing Society and is President Elect of the IPA, and provides mentoring to startups through the Publicis90 program.

Shawn is the co-founder and CEO of JMI, a global provider of software development, product engineering and IT services headquartered in New York City serving clients from small & medium business to the Fortune 500 since 1997. Shawn has a strong technology and management expertise in the Information Technology sector and has been involved in management, consulting practice management, operations, software services definition, corporate business planning, delivery and expansion of the organization. Prior to starting JMI, Shawn was instrumental in implementing various Banking and Investment Banking products and solutions for organizations like Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. Shawn's specialization includes Object Oriented Engineering, Distributed Computing and Software Re-Engineering. Shawn holds a Master of Computer Science (MS) from Kansas State University.

Jason Harvey is a SVP, Business Operations And Subscriber Growth at BET+ at BET Networks; Entrepreneur In Residence at Separation Degrees-One Inc; and Chief Executive Officer at EVENTURE INTERACTIVE INC and is based in Greater Los Angeles Area. He has worked as Head of Marketing and Business Development, Latin America at EBAY INC; Co-Founder at eightbox; and Executive Director, Marketing & Strategy at YP, The Real Yellow Pages®. Jason works or has worked at Google, MICROSOFT CORP, and Ford. He attended University of Southern California and UCLA Anderson School of Management.