PLAYERS: PRINCIPALS + PARTNERS

Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director: Writer, creative director and marketing professor Freddy J. Nager has over two decades of experience in advertising and entertainment, including 15 years in new media. He previously held senior creative positions at agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and Magnet Interactive, and developed campaigns for Toyota, MCA Records, National Lampoon, Nissan & Infiniti, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, the NFL on Fox and numerous startups. Freddy now fuses strategy and creativity for Atomic Tango clients – hence, the title “Fusion Director.” He holds a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from USC (go Trojans!), and currently teaches marketing through Antioch University L.A., UCLA Extension and the University of Wales/RKC MBA program. When not marketing or teaching, Freddy serves on the Board of Directors of City Garage Theatre, watches too much football, and attempts to herd his cats. For more info, see Freddy’s LinkedIn Profile.

Partners, Accomplices & Co-conspirators

Jerram Betts, Search Strategist & Chief Technologist: Jerram directs search engine marketing and all tech strategy for Atomic Tango. He recently served as Director of Search Engine Optimization at Shopzilla Inc., where he engineered campaigns that integrated site optimization, blogging, social networking and bookmarking. Jerram’s 15 years of professional experience also include lead tech positions at Symantec, Hiwire and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He received his MBA from USC and his BA in mathematics and economics (Phi Beta Kapa) from the University of Missouri. In his spare time, Jerram relishes hiking, options trading, and shooting a mean game of pool.

Dane Boedigheimer, Viral Videomaker: Dane’s menagerie of viral videos has appeared on JibJab, YouTube, Digg’s coveted front page, the urban-legends site Snopes.com (how cool is that?), “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and other sites and TV shows. His Gagfilms channel on YouTube has over 175,000 subscribers, and his videos attract several hundred-thousand views per day – surpassing 110 million views across the Web to date. He has also won numerous contests staged by Bud Light and other sponsors.

XDL Films: Filmmaker XDL was handpicked by Steven Spielberg for the reality series “On The Lot.” His credits include projects for Toyota, Nestle, and Carls Jr. A graduate of Cornell, XDL also wrote for the TV series “Arrest & Trial,” and served as a consultant at JWP & McFilms (“ER,” “West Wing,” “Over There”) and on the Sony/Screen Gems release “Prom Night.”

Chaos Theory Music: Chaos Theory offers a vast music library for licensing, as well as customized production services. CEO Woody Pak is an MIT and Julliard-educated composer, guitarist, songwriter, producer and entrepreneur who has worked with Grammy Award-winning musicians and numerous Hollywood productions.

Ana LaDou, Nonprofit Management Advisor: Ana consults nonprofit organizations on critical management and strategic issues. A graduate of Columbia University, she previously served as CEO of Variety, The Children’s Charity, and has 15 years of experience in marketing, promotions, brand building and web initiatives.

Yohei Yamamuro, Clean Tech & Green Business Advisor: Yohei has over a decade of experience in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management and renewable energy. He currently serves as operations manager at startup eSolar. Yohei holds an MBA from USC and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC San Diego.