Roman Scharf

chairman

Roman Scharf is the president and co-founder of VoIP company Jajah.

After working at the European Commission in Brussels, Roman began a career as a Management Consultant. Early on, he became a Managing Partner in the management consulting firm ECOS Consulting, where he developed expertise in executing large, complex projects on a pan-European basis.

He then went on to become an original angel investor, and later a Member of the management team, in Ecotech Software GmbH, a provider of software solutions for architects and engineers. He was responsible for business development and marketing for the Ecotech Group as well as Executive Manager of Ecotech Software Germany - its main branch.

Roman also serves as Chairman of Kronomy Inc. and is the CEO of talenthouse.com. He holds a Degree from Vienna Business School, receiving an award from the European Commission for his thesis on "Environmental Management and Eco-Auditing".

Martin Wawrusch

member

Martin Wawrusch, 36, is the CEO and co-founder of eblizz, Inc., which he created in 2007 to reshape the way that people interact with content and media on the web.

Martin's entrepreneurship in the software industry began at 14, when he founded an accounting and financial analytics software company. Later on he founded one of Austrias fastest growing telecommunication companies and provided larged parts of Austria with wireless broadband internet access.

After successfully selling eWave Telekom AG to a clobal carrier Martin moved to LA.

Well known for his innovative thinking in the social technology field, Martin has formed a like-minded, highly experienced team who share his vision and commitment. A native of Austria, Martin resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Jeanette Okwu

member

Jeanette Okwu is the President and co-founder of eblizz, Inc. She manages business operations including sales, marketing, business development, public relations and communications.

Prior to eblizz, Jeanette has gained her expertise in developing and building brand identities and executing marketing and media concepts in the premium and luxury market. She worked with Mercedes AMG, The La Prairie Group and Daimler Chrysler.

She has held several senior management positions at companies such as womenwine.com and other internet start-ups. Born in Germany, Jeanette now lives in Los Angeles, California.

Angela Wilson Gyetvan

advisor

Angela Wilson Gyetvan has 18 years of expertise in product launches and brand-building activities for companies targeting experience-hungry and media-savvy consumers.

She has held executive positions with Revver, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Food.com, Electronic Arts, and Broderbund Software.

Accolades include being named "Guerilla Marketer of the Year" by Brandweek, and honored as a women leader in business by the Haas School at UC Berkeley. She spends her free time exploring pop culture, as well as collaborating on a wine blog called "Wine Giques" and a politics and pop culture blog called "Rumournation.

Tilo Bonow

advisor

Tilo Bonow is the principle of piâbo medienmanagement Gmbh, the leading owner-managed agency specialized in the consultancy of companies from the Internet, telecommunication/ mobile and media/ lifestyle sector.

Clients are among innovative start-ups and established brands in these industries. Tilo gained extensive knowledge in the targeted application of modern communication tools, also handling challenging market and opinion environments, and communication management. He is an advisor and angel investor in eblizz.

Michael Scherotter

advisor

Principal Architect Evangelist at Microsoft Corporation. Michael’s job is explaining and demonstrating Microsoft technology to companies in the communications sectors: Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment, and Web Hosting. His specialties are Evangelism, Community Building, Software Architecture, creative systems integration strategies, synergistic partnering.

Michael is very supportive of eblizz and has proven to be a great partner for eblizz helping us to achieve our goals in the social networking space.

Armin Towfigh Nia

advisor

Armin Towfigh Nia is the owner-manager of Ted Paulson, a multi-disciplinary agency of communication strategists, programmers, designers and artists that creates web strategies and commercials for brands, and connects websites to consumers and social networks.

Armin's clients include Nike, Sportswear International, Take2 – and now eblizz.

A self-confessed "brand addict", even in his rare moments free time Armin enjoys social-networking with people about products, content and ideas.

Sharon Boorstin

advisor

Sharon brings a wealth of experience in public relations, marketing and communication to eblizz. Formerly the Managing Editor of Menus.com, WomenWine.com and Gayot.com, Sharon is also an internationally known journalist and author.