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Brian Casazza
Chief Executive Officer, USA
Brian Casazza currently serves as CEO of Zed's U.S. operations. Brian has nearly 10 years of experience in the telephone and entertainment industries having held positions in companies such as Pacific Bell, ABC Television, 20th Century Fox and Accenture. Brian led the sale of 9 Squared to MonsterMob and the 2007 sale of MonsterMob to Zed, resulting in the creation of the world's largest mobile media company. Brian is largely responsible for the company's expansion in the U.S. market and leading position in the mobile music industry, having driven contracts with major and independent music labels, wireless carriers, media companies, content providers and multiple television and radio networks to support Zed's mobile distribution technologies.
In March 2008, Brian was recognized by the Denver Business Journal as one of Denver's outstanding business leaders in its annual 40 Under Forty list. Brian holds an MBA in venture management from the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver.
Ted Suh
Chief Marketing Officer, USA
Ted Suh, an original founding member of 9 Squared, has led Zed's U.S. content licensing, content production, creative and marketing teams which has resulted in the company achieving millions of content downloads since inception. Ted has developed distribution relationships with major and independent recording labels, over 250 music publishers, major public performance societies and dozens of other mobile content providers. He continues to play a key role in developing and marketing Zed's consumer facing portals on carrier decks and direct to consumer brands. His responsibilities include managing a multi-million dollar budget for mass media marketing campaigns for Zed's U.S. consumer brands, such as RingToneJukeBox.com. Ted graduated from University of Vermont and holds an MBA from University of Denver.
Nick Becker
Chief Technology Officer, USA
Nick Becker is one of the founding members of 9 Squared, and is responsible for Zed's technical direction and management of all U.S.-based products within the company where he also oversees the Technology Services team of nearly 30 people. Nick has been a core aspect in the growth and success of Zed as the primary architect, designer, and developer of the content management system, content delivery systems, e-commerce websites and databases.
Prior to Zed, Nick was a database developer for a local web development and web services company in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Finance in 2001.
Blaine Cheshire
Vice President of Finance, USA
Blain Cheshire joined Zed as the Financial Controller in June of 2006, and quickly became Zed's VP of Finance. Blaine began his career in public accounting with KPMG LLP and earned his license as a Certified Public Accountant in 2000. In 2001 he joined the Dark Fiber team at Level 3 Communications where he developed revenue and cash reporting models. In 2002 he moved to Level 3 Corporate Finance where he managed budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis for numerous departments with an annual operating budget of $90M, capital budgets of $600M and headcount of 650+ persons. He also assisted with Sarbanes-Oxley implementation and compliance. The year 2005 saw him join Promotech Research Associates as a Senior Business Analyst. At Promotech he was responsible for the development of all proposals that are sent out for bid, as well as the accounting and finance integration of new lines of business and the development of better business practices for the whole of the enterprise.