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Paulette Pantoja is Founder and CEO of Blu, a full service provider of logistics, distribution, licensing and quality assurance solutions for content creators, hardware and software developers. Since the company’s founding in 2007 Paulette has helped Blu play an increasingly influential role within the home entertainment (Digital, Film/TV, Media) industry.

Tony Rizkallah has a long demonstrated history working in the media production industry.  He is skilled in streamlining processes and overseeing business operations for media production companies.  Tony has a background in information technology with a Master’s degree in Computer Software Engineering from University of Central Florida.

With over 30 years of finance experience working in the media and entertainment industry, Irwin is a CPA with an extensive record of leadership in world-class public and privately held companies – including Sony Pictures, Warner Bros, Technicolor, Deluxe and most recently Vubiquity. He has a full portfolio of skillsets, including strategy development, M&A/integration efforts, operational improvements, financial controls implementation and business analytics.

Rausch is responsible for managing Blu’s expanding suite of video distribution, qualification and operational solutions for the entertainment industry. He was part of the launch team at Pluto TV as their founding Director of Content (2013-17). Most recently, George was the Head of Product Marketing for Frequency as a leader on the product team behind the development of Frequency Studio, a suite of cloud services for content management and distribution, focusing on linear scheduling and playout in the cloud.

Chris is the Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for Blu Digital’s revenue strategy, sales and marketing. Saito has decades of experience in sales and marketing roles across the media and entertainment industry, including Guidespark, Technicolor, MGM, Paramount, Universal and DreamWorks.

Mike is the Chief Technology Officer, responsible for the technology strategy of the business. Mike has held senior technology roles in a number of media and entertainment businesses, including Deluxe, Sony New Media Solutions and Fox.

With 22 years of experience in the Hollywood Home Ent. industry, Rohit has helped produce thousands of movies on Home Entertainment platforms such as DVD, Blu-ray and digital media including iTunes, Netflix, HULU, Amazon and VOD, etc. Rohit is a seasoned digital media services executive overseeing production and operations teams at Deluxe, Filaments and more.

Ed is the EVP, Process Engineering, responsible for managing the development teams and planning, directing, coordinating, and overseeing the activities of the Engineering Department. Prior to joining Blu Digital, he was Vice President of Media Engineering Services at Iyuno-SDI Group. In addition, he consulted Disney on the launch of Disney +, helping with the launch of the service. Ed has held senior sales and business development roles at Sony DADC, Deluxe and Technicolor.

Technology engineering leader and individual contributor with a background in building and scaling teams, technology infrastructure, program and operations management. Former Technical Operations Head at Riot Games, Head of Technology for Intervision, and servicing companies such as Warner Bros and Yahoo!

Silviu is the VP of Content Globalization, responsible for leading the growing division that supplies dubbing, subtitling, localization, audio description, access services, closed captioning and compliance services. Silviu has extensive experience producing high-quality localization output through his management of Voxx Studios where he established it as a provider of localization services around the world.

Focused on business growth at Blu. Formerly of Deluxe, Vuulr, Sony, THX and more, Maurice has an enormous background and expertise in Media & Entertainment and has extensive international experience bridging the gap by partnering with production, distribution, and engineering stakeholders.

Dick is a board member of Blu Digital Group. Dick Kramlich is co-founder of New Enterprise Associates and Green Bay Ventures, and CEO of Kramlich Investment Group. He began his 30+ year venture career as a general partner at Arthur Rock & Co. in 1969. Dick was the first outside equity investor in Apple, and, in his role as a director at New Enterprise Associates, led eleven startup companies to valuations exceeding $1 billion each.

Alex is a board member of Blu Digital Group. He is a managing partner at Gelman Brothers Family Investment Office, providing hands-on operationally focused investment. From 2015-2020, Alex was the CEO of mTab, the premier business intelligence tool for market research. Alex founded mTab LLC in 2015 which subsequently acquired Productive Access Inc in 2015, GAMMA in 2017, and Slideworx in 2018. Under Alex’s leadership, mTab grew from a 17-person company in California to a 140-person company with offices in California, Detroit, the UK, Poland, Japan, and China. mTab was sold to Milestone Partners in 2018.

Kenneth Rose is a board member of Blu Digital Group. He is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Department at Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP. His practice focuses on complex corporate and securities transactions. Throughout his career Mr. Rose has represented companies at all stages of their life cycle, from start-up initiatives to New York Stock Exchange listed companies, both domestic and international, often as outside general counsel advising on all aspects of business, legal and corporate governance matters.