Jason Nevader is the CEO and CFO of MediaVast, the Company he co-founded.  Jason’s vision and business acumen fuel the development of MediaVast since the Company’s inception. He delves in areas as varied as capital raising, contract negotiation, product development, and overall business development strategy.

Prior to founding MediaVast, Jason spent five years in the investment banking industry at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Salomon Brothers, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. Jason is a graduate of the Undergraduate Program from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.

Josh Tang oversees business development, long-term strategic development, and new initiatives.  Josh constantly evaluates emerging technologies and their relevance to MediaVast’s business model, most notably leading the Company’s efforts in multi-channel content delivery.  An original founder in the Company, Josh has been instrumental in areas such as international growth and team building.

Prior to founding MediaVast, Josh spent five years in the investment banking industry at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Salomon Brothers, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory work for broadcast, cable, diversified media, entertainment, publishing, and other communications companies. Josh is a graduate of the Undergraduate Program from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.

Paul Donohue oversees all aspects related to technology for all MediaVast divisions worldwide. Under Paul’s leadership, MediaVast’s developers have devised and scaled the Company’s industry-leading proprietary platform and media management tools.  Paul has ultimate responsibility for the secure and efficient aggregation, distribution, and licensing of visual content on MediaVast’s web properties.  Additional duties include office infrastructure development, data center management and technical support for all employees in multiple domestic and international offices.

Prior to founding MediaVast,  Paul served as vice president in Salomon Smith Barney’s systems development group where he managed a team of software engineers.  Over the past nearly two decades, Paul has specialized in C++, COM+, ASP, Perl, PHP, VB and XML software development with particular emphasis on the creation of client-server and web applications around relational databases.

Mark joined MediaVast in October of 2002 and has served as Senior Vice President of Finance since July of 2006.  Mark is responsible for budgeting, accounting policies and procedures, cash and foreign currency management, the preparation of annual audited financial statements, all global tax matters, and managing a global finance department via Company employees and outsourcing engagements.

Prior to joining MediaVast, Mark was a tax manager in the Technology, Communications, and Entertainment division of Ernst & Young LLP for four years, where he advised on acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations.  Mark’s key clients included MacAndrews & Forbes, SFX Entertainment, Insight Communications, McGraw-Hill, and InfoPost.com.  Mark graduated cum laude from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.  Mark is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in the State of New York.

Marc Kurschner oversees business operations, sales, and marketing, licensing, as well as various aspects of production for all MediaVast divisions.  As SVP, Marc is also in charge of driving revenues for MediaVast's Entertainment, and Sports divisions.

Prior to joining MediaVast in May 2003, Marc was the Director of Sales for Getty Images News, Sport, and Entertainment.  Marc also owned a New York-based sports marketing company, Tele-Sports Inc, for seven years and worked in sales and management roles for The New York Mets, The New Jersey Devils, and Madison Square Garden.  Marc is a graduate of Babson College in Massachusetts.

Stephen oversees MediaVast’s legal department and spearheads the Company’s legal strategy, ensuring the Company’s leadership in acquiring, protecting, and licensing rights to its visual content worldwide.

Before joining MediaVast in November 2003, Stephen was an associate in the M&A group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP in New York.  Prior to Skadden, Stephen served as a judicial extern for Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California.  Stephen is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and the University of California at Los Angeles.

Craig Peters serves as Senior Vice President of New Media and Strategic Development for MediaVast.  His responsibilities include general management of the company’s worldwide video and mobile businesses as well as identifying, evaluating, and structuring key strategic relationships.

Prior to joining MediaVast, Craig led business development for FOX Sports Interactive, was in charge of new media strategy, and business development for the PGA TOUR, served as Vice President of Strategy for Homestead Technologies, worked as a management consultant with A.T. Kearney, and spent over four years at Eastman Kodak Company.

Craig's accomplishments include a track record of identifying and implementing large domestic and international partnerships with leading companies in the Internet, mobile, satellite radio, and other developing media markets.  In 2005, Craig was awarded an Emmy by the National Television Academy for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Enhancement of Original Television Content.  Craig received his Masters in Business Administration from The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and an undergraduate degree in Finance from The Ohio State University.

Bill Hannigan serves as Senior Vice President of Content Development for MediaVast, a position which encompasses the Company’s photo syndication division as well as its representation arm.  Hannigan is directly responsible for overseeing photographer recruitment, international expansion, and go-to-market initiatives for various photo archives.

Among the most respected names in the photo industry, Bill brings over a decade of experience to MediaVast.  He has managed The New York Daily News archive, a two-million image database, as well as high-end film and print collections, such as the Bettmann Archive.  Former positions include Director of Collection Management for Corbis, Director of Photography, and most recently Vice President at Corbis Outline.

In 2005, Bill Hannigan was named to American Photography’s list of the "100 Most Important People in Photography."

Michel Sitruk serves as Director of Marketing for all MediaVast divisions, overseeing the Company's global branding, marketing, and communications.  Michel is specifically responsible for brand positioning, advertising efforts, and off/online marketing to a wide variety of audiences.  Additional duties include the implementation of cross-marketing initiatives between MediaVast's divisions, direct mail campaigns, sponsorship opportunities, and event-driven promotions.  Michel is also in charge of corporate communications, such as press releases and media outreach.

Before joining MediaVast, Michel was Marketing Director for Soundwalk, a New York-based digital media company.  As Senior Consultant for TrendSpotting, LLC, a marketing strategy consulting firm, he provided market analysis and competitive intelligence to Fortune 100 European companies such as L’Oréal, Vivendi Universal, and Fnac.  Michel holds a Ph.D from New York University.

Stefan Simchowitz has acted as a strategic advisor to senior management since the Company's inception.

Prior to his involvement in MediaVast, Stefan was the founder of a Hollywood production company from which over 15 feature films originated, most notably "Requiem For A Dream," "The Love Letter," "The House Of Yes", and numerous other film and television projects.  Stefan currently manages an investment fund active in both private and public equity markets.  Stefan holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Stanford University.