Jeff Braun Chairman, CEO and Co-founder Jeff founded MX Entertainment with Zane Vella in September 2001. As Chairman, Jeff is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. In 1987, Jeff co-founded with partner Will Wright, Maxis, a leading computer game publishing company with the flagship title SimCity. Under his leadership as CEO, Maxis redefined video games and grew to become one of the pre-eminent publishers of packaged goods entertainment software in the world. Maxis' game "The Sims" is now the best selling PC game of all time.
	Zane Vella President and Co-founder Zane is an award-winning innovator of entertainment and technology convergence and an accomplished producer and director. Zane is responsible for all R&D and product development at the company. His directing credits include Incubus' "Alive at Red Rocks", Ween's "Live in Chicago" and mutli-camera direction for "Reggae On the River". As founder and president of SmashTV, he directed media and technology projects for high-profile entertainment brands such as Apple, EXPN, Lollapalooza, MTV Networks and Wired Ventures. Zane is a voting member of The Recording Academy.
	Ole Lütjens Creative Director Ole is an accomplished media producer and developer with extensive experience solving digital video and audio design challenges. In addition to his production responsibilities he is active in MX's ongoing research and development. Prior to helping launch MX, Ole provided interface design and creative development services for clients including German Telekom, Der Spiegel, Lucasfilm, Disney and SmashTV.
	Joe Rice Senior Technical Director Drawing upon a 10 year background in audio and video production and post-production, Joe provides technical supervision for MX's research and development, production, and post-production services. Prior to joining MX at its inception, Joe served as Technical Director for digitiz-it!, an audio and video compression firm. Previously, Joe was Director of Research and Development at ednet, an audio and video networking company whose clients include high-end film, video, audio and post-production facilities.
	Advisors
	Ramy Weitz Advisor Ramy was the founder of Pixel Animation (Acquired by CMG, 1997), Pixel Multimedia (Acquired by Take Two, 2001), Broadband Studios (Acquired by Gameplay PLC, 2001), RT-Set (Public company in Germany, 1998), and 5 other companies in the fields of Simulation, Optical Networking and Team Collaboration platforms.
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