The West Coast connection is "deja vous, all over again". To wit:
Posted by: davidam
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Date: 06/16/2012 05:25:46 PM
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BRAND NEW COMPANY BEING BORN BRAND NEW TEAM JUST ARRIVED
Steven Baughman - The Pussycat Dolls, Usher, 50 Cent, Destiny’s Child, Pink and Snoop Dogg are just a handful of the top-selling artists that Grammy Award-winner Steven “Steve B” Baughman has worked with. A California native, Steve B. graduated from California State University, Chico in 1995 with a BA in Music, Recording Arts. He then made his way to the heart of the music industry, Los Angeles. Starting his career at the prestigious Larrabee Studios, Steve B., worked with a wide variety of artists, producers, writers and music executives over a five-year period. This opportunity, straight out of college, allowed him to learn the music business from the bottom up. Armed with this knowledge and experience, Steve B. went off on his own in 2000 as an independent recording engineer.
Working for Death Row Records, Interscope Records, Sony Records, Capitol Records and many others, he was able to form relationships with some of the biggest moguls in the music business, including but not limited to, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Michael Jackson, Jimmy Iovine, and 50 Cent. Since then, Steve B. has worked on innumerable platinum records like Eminem’s 2002 “Eminem Show”, which was nominated for multiple Grammy’s and won in the category of Best Rap Album. In 2004, Baughman opened his own personal recording studio, servicing multi-platinum artists and up-and-coming talent. As a writer/producer/mixer/engineer, he has been able to provide these clients with a complete start to finish album experience. Due to this success, in 2007, Baughman was hired by multi-billionaire Dr. Henry Nicholas to help form a new record label. As a staff A&R/producer/mixer, he was responsible for handling existing talent and bringing new talent into the system. Steve B continues his musical entrepreneurial drive and now has a new production/management imprint that includes country artist, Megan Moreaux. In addition he continues to mix and produce the biggest names in the music business.
BrandE
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Jeffrey Wattenberg - Chairman
A private investor and Wall Street veteran, Wattenberg has experience in financing sports and entertainment properties. Wattenberg previously founded two telecommunication companies in Santiago Chile and the Netherlands. Jeff has served on the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Board. He is responsible for raising over $20 million in equity capital and tour sponsorships. He was also the architect of a reverse merger for the AVP into a public shell.
Cord Pereira - Managing Director & Producer
Pereira oversees entertainment platforms and licensing. He is a veteran of the live sports and entertainment industries. He was president of Diamond Sports Management & Development, which developed and managed sports franchises, arenas and event and other media properties and original programming. Pereira is versed in structuring public/private partnerships, urban renewal programs and fundraising. He was formerly president of SISCOM, a sports and broadcast video asset management and analytics company whose clients included the NHL, NBA, IMG and dozens of professional sports organizations. These systems have been cataloging high value content for the last decade, and will prove to serve as the foundation for social media monetization, the next major phase for the Internet.
Mick Mankowski - Brand & Celebrity Licensing
Mankowski is highly experienced in brand and celebrity licensing, mergers and acquisitions. He's completed over $2 billion in licensing transactions and created brand programs for Carlos Santana, Kelly Ripa and Reba McIntire.
Todd Dewell - Chief Technology Officer
Dewell brings combines enterprise-level experience with the latest in social media technology and integration experience. He's responsible for overseeing all technology development, project management and integration across our platforms and projects.
Clay Pereira - Web Developer
Pereira is president of Cord Hosting & Click Technologies which offers comprehensive website/eco-system hosting, custom design/development, API Integration and client support services. Click Technologies owns www.downtowncolo.com a state-of-the art hosting center, and a proprietary auction system (SaaS) that is distributed/licensed by BrandEntertain and leveraged into platforms.
PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Jonathan Blinderman - Legal Counsel
Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen and Shapiro, LLP
Recognized for his expertise in entertainment law, IP licensing, finance and mergers & acquisitions, Jonathan Blinderman is Of Counsel at the Firm, working with the Corporate Entertainment and Media Transactions Department. His work is focused primarily on matters pertaining to the development, production and distribution of entertainment projects, the licensing of intellectual property, and financial and M&A transactions for media companies.
ADVISORY BOARD
Bill Pereira
Pereira has been a NEWSWEEK correspondent, co-founder of Air California, co-owner of the largest advertising agency in Orange County (California), a breeder of Arabian Horses and an owner of three minor league baseball teams and two hockey teams. He is the author of "The Majestic World of Arabian Horses" (Abrams, 1987). He is a Stanford graduate and completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School. Pereira is the co- recipient of the first Most Valuable Person in the World Award by FunnyMondays. (He shares the award with the Dalai Lama.)
Carl Verheyen
Called “One of the Top 10 Guitar Players in the World” by Guitar Magazine and “One of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time” by Classic Rock Magazine, Carl Verheyen has created a wildly successful, multi-faceted career in his 40-plus years of playing the instrument. He is a critically-acclaimed musician, vocalist. songwriter, arranger, producer, and educator with ten CDs and two live DVDs released worldwide. A member of the smash hit British rock group Supertramp since 1985, Carl has played to millions of enthusiastic fans in sold out arenas worldwide.
