Mark Schroeder - Chief Executive Officer Mark Schroeder has spent 25 years in marketing and media. After attaining tertiary marketing qualifications and working in advertising in London, he moved to Australia in the early 1980's. Since then his career has traversed every facet of the marketing landscape including 5 years as Marketing Manager of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts and 9 years specialising in the retail industry as General Manager of prominent advertising agency The Ideas Group working with clients as diverse as Australia Post, Rebel Sport, Barbeques Galore, Radio Rentals, Capt’n Snooze, The Athletes Foot, Priceline and many others. He led project teams delivering significant brand repositioning campaigns for a number of these retailers, founding the agency’s Sydney operation along the way. Besides his role with Emstream, he owns Swordfish Advertising and Marketing, a media buying and marketing consultancy. Susan Jersky - General Manager Susan has many years of experience in retail management and service in the music industry. Over this time of being intimately involved in music both professionally and personally she has developed a deep and extensive knowledge and love of an eclectic range of music. At the operational level, she has hands-on expertise in a wide range of business skills including building a successful business from start up phase. As the founder of Emstream, Susan brings her enduring passion and experience to the company with the aim of continuing to deliver innovative and improved services. Ivan Schwartz- Business Development Manager Ivan brings over 15 years of Retail automation experience to the Emstream business. Having emigrated from South Africa in 1979, Ivan completed a Business Studies degree at the University of Technology Sydney, specialising in Marketing and Advertising. He was involved with the successful turnaround and growth of Record Clubs of Australia and the World Record Club in New Zealand and is currently a Director of Harbour Business Solutions, a specialist Relationship Marketing Consultancy business based in Sydney. Over the past five years Ivan has been instrumental in developing and managing a number of innovative marketing programs across a wide variety of retail environments. This skill-set will be invaluable to the business in the deployment of both the Emvision and Emwaves platforms. Marc Scully (Omegaman) - Head of Music Programming Over the past 25 years, the extraordinary breadth of Marc’s experience in the music industry has earned him acknowledgement as one of Australia’s finest musical minds. Starting as bass player with bands including Love Rodeo, Deadly Hume, Nick Barker & the Reptiles & RATCAT, Marc has latterly concentrated on programming, production, composing & remixing. Recording for Oz label Catalyst Recordings under the names TAG & Omegaman, his tracks can be heard on such compilations as Sydney: The Sex, The City, The Music, Longrain Music Vol. 2, Bondi FM Beach Vibes Vol. 1 & Mellowgrounds. Marc has also recently remixed tracks for The Snugs (UK) & Deepface. Along with his own album ‘Pheromone’ released this year, Marc has also composed music for several ABC TV programmes. Marc still finds time to get behind the decks and guest DJ around Sydney at some of the hippest bars, social & corporate events. www.myspace.com/omegamanpheromone Huw Ellis Huw Ellis joins Emstream with more than eight years experience in the music industry. Working with independent labels and distributors such as Creative Vibes, Jam, Inertia and even his own Knowfoowl Music imprint, Huw has worked across tour managing, event production, promotions and A & R. Liaising directly with our label partners, Huw is responsible for securing the world’s very best content.