Michael E. Kassan, Chairman and CEO, is an internationally recognized business strategist operating at the intersection of the media, advertising and entertainment industries. He is the founder of MediaLink LLC, a leading Los Angeles- and New York City-based advisory and business development firm that provides critical counsel and direction on issues of marketing, advertising, media, entertainment and digital technology. MediaLink provides strategic marketing and brand development, implementation roadmaps, technology solutions for media, media sales and revenue generation, business development, organizational planning and competitive analysis to many of the Fortune 100’s biggest global brands.Previously, Kassan was the President/COO and Vice-Chairman of Initiative Media Worldwide. In 1997, he was named one of the top media executives in America by Advertising Age Magazine. He joined Initiative Media Worldwide in 1994, and helped grow media billings from $1.5 billion to over $10 billion. Prior to Initiative, he was President and COO of International Video Entertainment (Artisan Entertainment).
Kassan is often called upon as a speaker and commentator to share his insights on the media and advertising industries, changes within them, growth, and the places in which tangible opportunities exist for marketers. He is a regular keynote speaker at the world’s major media conferences.In addition, Kassan has served on the Board of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society, the Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy and the Cultural Affairs Commission – City of Los Angeles and has been Chairman of the State Senate Select Committee on the Entertainment Industry. Kassan is also a strong supporter of community and not-for-profit programs, and currently serves as Chair of the UJA-New York Marketing Communications Committee. He also plays an active role in children’s education and mentoring, having been involved in both the H.E.L.P. Group, a non-profit organization serving children with special needs, and the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program of Los Angeles.

Allen DeBevoise is the Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Machinima, Inc. the dominant video entertainment network for serious gamers around the world. Machinima’s global content network features official content from game publishers, television networks and film studios, fan-created gameplay videos and original content, including over 20 original weekly shows and “prime time” live-action episodic series, all aimed at the coveted 18–34 year old male demographic. The number one entertainment channel on YouTube, Machinima reaches over 191 million viewers monthly, and delivers 2.1 billion video views a month, and growing.Under DeBevoise’s guidance, Machinima has become a major force in reaching core video gamers and young entertainment consumers, because the company is at the cutting edge of on-line video entertainment and the changing experience of gaming. It also enjoys a massive, global, and highly engaged audience. DeBevoise served on the board of directors of LowerMyBills.com and True/Slant through their respective acquisitions, and currently serves on the board of Dealer.com. He is also an active angel investor in several early stage technology and consumer internet companies.Before Machinima, DeBevoise was President and CEO of TCI Interactive and co-founded Creative Planet, an online resource for film and television production professionals. DeBevoise was featured on The Hollywood Reporter’s “Digital Power List” and was recognized as one of Digital Media Wire’s “25 Executives to Watch.”

Mark is a partner with Greycroft Partners, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mark focuses on investment opportunities in the digital media sector with an emphasis on online video. Previously, Mark was a partner with MK Capital, a venture fund based in Los Angeles and Chicago. Mark also co-founded Jamcracker Inc., an early SaaS pioneer where he served as its vice president of corporate development. He also worked at McKinsey & Co., a management consulting firm. Mark has led investments and served on the boards of Machinima, ZEFR, AwesomenessTV, DramaFever, Bladelogic, Kontiki and VPNet Technologies and he was a Board Observer at Exodus Communications. Mark is a graduate of DePauw University and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Bringing further perspective to a 30-year career distinguished by a string of entrepreneurial successes, including his role in producing some of the world’s most ambitious, media-convergent live musical events, Kevin Wall is founder and chief executive officer of Live Earth.  Wall is best known for producing events seen by a billion or more people across the globe.In 2005 Wall founded Control Room to create live entertainment accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime.   On 07/07/07 Wall produced “Live Earth,” the 24-hour, seven-continent concert series which reached an estimated global audience of two billion.  Inspired by the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Wall conceived a groundbreaking musical event that sought to deliver an urgent yet hopeful call to action on global warming.  He designed the multimedia architecture, enlisted over 150 headlining artists and forged a matrix of strategic partnerships, including one with former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore and his organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection.  One of the most recognized productions was the Opening Kickoff Concert for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in June, 2010, which was seen in over 180 countries worldwide.  Most recently, Wall produced The Sound of Change Live in London on June 1^st, 2013, which was the first-ever global concert event to bring girls’ and women’s issues to the world’s largest stage.Previously innovating the “digital, platform-agnostic approach” now followed by major television networks, Wall executive produced “Live 8,” tapping three decades of experience in music promotion and production, live television, the Internet, and venture capital investments in convergence technologies.  The massive live event earned Wall an Emmy Award as it motivated millions of viewers worldwide to pressure Western governments to take action on African aid and debt relief.  Wall’s long career developing and producing hundreds of live musical shows also includes Bob Dylan’s “30^th Anniversary Concert Celebration” featuring Eric Clapton and George Harrison at Madison Square Garden, Michael Jackson’s “The Dangerous Tour” live in Bucharest, “The Wall: Live in Berlin,” “Amnesty International: Human Rights Now,” “3 Tenors Live in Concert,” and specials for Prince, Eric Clapton and Elton John.  Early in his career, Wall established the first portable staging company to accommodate the staging, lighting and outdoor production needs of large stadium and arena concert tours by The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Who, among other artists.In other business sectors, as vice chairman of iXL, a global Internet consulting firm, Wall led the strategic acquisition and organization of 42 Internet design and consulting companies to build a venture with 3,000 employees, 38 offices and annual revenues of over $400 million.  Wall was an early advisor to Facebook and serves on the boards of the Alliance for Climate Protection, Global Water Challenge, and the UCLA Hammer Museum as well as being a member of the Producers Guild of America. Wall is currently invested in more than a dozen companies as an angel investor in the semiconductor, software and convergence sectors.  He is also a General Partner in Craton Equity Partners, a clean tech private equity firm in Los Angeles and a founder of Sustainable Holdings, which partnered with Dimensional Fund Advisors on 2 public equity funds.Kevin is an Emmy Award-winning producer, activist and new media entrepreneur. As founder and CEO of Control Room, which produces and distributes live music concerts across the internet, radio television and mobile phones, platforms, Wall pioneered the platform-agnostic digital media model making entertainment content available on all mediums and devices.