Our Guests for the October 23rd/24th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Calvin Carter, CEO, Bottle Rocket

Kirk Berridge, CEO, Fan Media Network

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Calvin Carter, CEO, Bottle Rocket

Calvin Carter is the founder and CEO of Bottle Rocket, an award-winning mobile strategy, design and development company focused on connecting users with information, brands and entertainment.

Carter, who was recently named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 for the Southwest Area North Region, has grown Bottle Rocket to over 180 Rocketeers and completed more than 180 (and counting) iOS and Android apps since the company’s founding in 2008 as well as passionately building experiences for streaming devices, wearables, VR headsets and connected TV.

The company’s apps have won numerous awards including an unprecedented number of Apple Hall of Fame awards, and frequently appear at the top of their categories on the App Store. Their clients include NBCUniversal, Coca-Cola, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, PetSmart and Mary Kay.

BottleRocketStudios.com

Phone: (214) 310-1800

Calvin Carter, Host, Steve A Klein

Kirk Berridge, CEO, Fan Media Network

Kirk Berridge is a sports media veteran who has spent most of his career in Silicon Valley and San Francisco where he worked in corporate sponsorships and digital media for the San Francisco 49ers, San Jose Sharks and his first company, SportsAdMarketplace.

His latest pioneering move is founding Fan Media Network, a mobile app and a competitive social network that is building a network of iPhone video correspondents, through competition and voting, for sports fans everywhere to connect and share entertaining :30 and :60-second iPhone videos about any of the top 200 NFL, NCAA, NBA, NHL, MLB and MLS teams across the U.S. and Canada as an independent news and entertainment media company.

Fan Media Network is the first media company in the world where the viewers vote to help determine the network’s correspondents. This is a mobile social network, anchored by organized and entertaining 30-second videos.

FanMediaNetwork.com

Download Fan Media Network for free in the App Store:

http://apple.co/1HhY2QQ http://fanmedianetwork.com

Host, Steve A Klein, Kirk Berridge

Our Guests for the October 16th/17th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Austen Mulinder, CEO, Ziosk

Gordon Echtenkamp, CEO, YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas

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Austen Mulinder, CEO, Ziosk

Ziosk® President & CEO Austen Mulinder brings more than 25 years of experience in managing global sales, marketing and operations. He most recently served as corporate vice president of Operator Channels at Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft, he served for six years as president and CEO of Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc., a wholly owned Fujitsu company.

Based in Dallas, Ziosk® is the first entertainment, ordering and pay-at-the-table tablet for the restaurant market. The technology, featuring a 7-inch tablet and encrypted credit card reader, resides on each table and enables guests to see menu items, play games, view news and entertainment, order food and beverages and ‘pay on demand;’ all of which gives guests control over their dining experience.

Ziosk.com

Phone: (214) 580-4800

Gordon Echtenkamp, CEO, YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas

Gordie grew up in Fremont, Nebraska as a YMCA kid and attended college at Ottawa University in Kansas. His YMCA career has spanned 39 years and six YMCA Associations including Kansas City, Memphis, Houston, Phoenix and Des Moines before returning to Texas in 2002 when he accepted the challenging position of President/CEO of one of the premier YMCAs in the country.

The Dallas YMCA has a $55M annual budget with 21 branches and nearly 1800 employees providing services to 125,000 members. He serves in several local leadership capacities including past chair of the Texas Alliance of YMCAs. He currently serves as chair of the YMCA Employee Benefits Plan (YEB) and the YMCA North American Network (YNAN).

YMCAdallas.org

Phone: (214) 880-9622

Gordon Echtenkamp, Austen Mulinder, Host, Steve A Klein