Jay Van BurenCEO
Jay Van Buren is an innovator, artist, and augmented reality evangelist with 17 years experience in interactive media, marketing, and PR. Jay was responsible for the look and feel of the Forbes-Favorite award winning Multex Investor site in the late 90’s and went on to a career creating interactive marketing and PR vehicles for companies like Conde Nast and Bayer Aspirin. His interactive design studio, early-adopter, completed sites for clients like Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Drawing Center, Twyla Tharp and Avenues the World School over the past 17 years. Early-Adopter was acquired by The Glimpse Group, in April of 2018. Jay holds a Masters of Fine Art Degree in Painting from Parsons, the New School for Design.
Seth SocolowVP of Business Development
Seth Socolow has been working in app marketing and monetization since 2008, bringing over a decade of experience in the industry. He has spent 10 years specializing in location based advertising and mobile data licensing, developing a deep understanding of these fields. As a seasoned startup veteran, Seth has honed his skills as an experienced deal maker. Additionally, he is an active investor in Placer, further demonstrating his expertise and commitment to the tech and mobile spaces..
Jakob von Rosen Chief of Culture and Heritage
Over a decade has passed since Jakob set out to find his roots. Over 9 countries and 10,000 hours later his focus now is to reclaim properties expropriated by communists in Eastern Europe. Armed with a wealth of knowledge, he set out upon an epic journey visiting historic sites around the world. Membit welcomes Jakob’s firsthand knowledge and expertise with the common goal of bringing history to life through digital storytelling.
Rick LeJuerrneFinancial Advisor
Rick is the President of Flow Capital, LLC is and a practicing attorney.
Rick has been helping small businesses and startups define and refine their business models for the past 15 years. Rick combines his undergraduate degree in accounting with a legal perspective.
Ross LefstinLead Developer
Ross is an expert in software development, Ross has over 25 years experience. As a teenager Ross was fascinated by computers from using the Apple II. This led to summer jobs writing business software while studying Astronomy at UC Berkeley, later working at Lawrence Berkeley Labs, both in science and software. After graduation, he consulted for PG&E before joining the Capital Markets systems group at Bank of America. Since then, he has worked with small startups and large companies on business and middleware systems, before moving to mobile development in 2011.
James PearsonCommunications Advisor
James Pearson has over 15 years experience in technology, media and entertainment public relations and marketing, including early positions working for Oprah Winfrey and John Hughes. In recent years, James has created public relations strategies for a number of national and international companies including Brightline, Razorfish, Audible, Grooveshark, Amazon and Shazam. He is currently the Head of Global Communications at Spire.
Howard Olah-ReikenTechnical Advisor
Howard has over 25 years of software engineering experience and currently focuses on Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. His passion is exploring cutting edge technologies for solving real world problems. He has been solution architect, developer, and advisor for large and small companies in MedTech, AR, Entertainment, media, communication, education and other verticals.