M. Zach Bair, 56, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer joined VNUE, Inc. in May 2016. Prior to his employment with VNUE, Mr. Bair was founder, president and chief executive officer for DiscLive Network/RockHouse Live Media Productions, Inc. from January 2007 to May 2016. From March 2001 to December 2006 Mr. Bair was founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Immediatek, Inc. a music tech company Mr. Bair took public in 2002. Bair is an accomplished audio and video producer, and is a voting member of the Recording Academy (the Grammys™). Bair has a significant history of implementing and commercializing the “instant media” business model, acquiring pioneer DiscLive in 2004. After selling DiscLive in 2006 Mr. Bair started a similar instant media company in 2007 under the RockHouse brand. From 2009-2012, Bair aligned RockHouse with EMI Music, under the Abbey Road Live moniker, and in April of 2012, Bair rebranded the live operation “DiscLive Network”.
Matthew P. Carona, 34, Director and Chief Operations Officer joined VNUE, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer and Director in April 2014. From November 2010 to March 2014 Mr. Carona was Chief Strategy Officer of Quello, LLC and from June 2008 to November 2010 was head of mobile business development for Billboard Magazine at Billboard, Inc. Prior to Billboard, Mr. Carona was an account executive for Show Media, Inc. from October 2007 to November 2008 and Director of Sales and Founder at World Trade Publication from September 2006 to October 2007. Mr. Carona has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from Western New England University.
Anthony Cardenas, 52, Director and Chief Creative Officer-Vice President of Artist Relations joined VNUE, Inc. in May, 2016. Before his engagement with the company, Mr. Cardenas was employed by DiscLive Network/RockHouse Live Media Productions, Inc. from January 2012 to May 2016 in product development and marketing and from January 2002 to January 2012 was employed by DiskFactory.com, Inc. where he was president and co-founder of the enterprise.
Louis Mann, 67, Executive Vice President, joined VNUE in September, 2017. Prior to joining VNUE, Mann had been President of the Media Properties division of House of Blues International since June 1999. During his illustrious musical career, he was responsible for helping to develop new artists such as Whitney Houston, Alan Parsons Project, and Barry Manilow. He served as Senior Vice President of Capital Records, Inc., Hollywood, California from October 1988 to December 2002, and as General Manager. Mr. Mann created the Third Day Partnership, LLC. As Senior Vice President of Marketing for MCA Records, a division of Universal Studios, Inc., he directed the marketing and strategic initiatives for the entire MCA music division. During his ten years at Capitol Records, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager for this subsidiary of EMI and was part of the team developing the strategic vision for Capitol Records and the music industry.
