Dan Demole
Encyclopedia
Dan Demole is an American Entrepreneur
, co-founder and CTO
of Jingle Punks Music
. Jingle Punks has been featured in Billboard
, Variety
and Business Week where it was named "one of America's most promising start ups".
Dan Demole started Jingle Punks Music after meeting musician and television editor Jared Gutstadt
at a Black Keys concert in Brooklyn, NY. He is the creator and chief architect of the Jingle Punks website and Jingle Player.
Before starting Jingle Punks Music he worked as a photographer from his studio in Chelsea, Manhattan
New York, focusing on [fashion] and working for clients including Lacoste, DKNY
, and numerous magazines. His interest in photography began while on a 16 month backpacking trip through Central America
, Europe
, Africa
, Asia
and Australia
.
Originally from Florida
, Dan worked for L-3 Communications
, Acusoft and Electronic Arts
and was a graduate of the University of Central Florida, receiving a BS degree in computer science
.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
, co-founder and CTO
Chief technical officer
A chief technology officer is an executive-level position in a company or other entity whose occupant is focused on scientific and technological issues within an organization....
of Jingle Punks Music
Jingle Punks Music
Jingle Punks Music is a music licensing and production music company based in New York, NY. Founded by Jared Gutstadt and Dan Demole in October 2008, the company provides music licenses for television, film, video games and advertisements.- History :...
. Jingle Punks has been featured in Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
, Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
and Business Week where it was named "one of America's most promising start ups".
Dan Demole started Jingle Punks Music after meeting musician and television editor Jared Gutstadt
Jared Gutstadt
Jared Gutstadt , is an American music Entrepreneur and C.E.O. of Jingle Punks Music. Jingle Punks Music has been featured in Billboard, Wired, Variety and was named "one of America's most promising start ups" by Business Week.f...
at a Black Keys concert in Brooklyn, NY. He is the creator and chief architect of the Jingle Punks website and Jingle Player.
"There are no music clearance worries or delivery issues -- it's all there with a click of the mouse," says 30-year-old CTO Dan Demole, co-founder of Jingle Punks. "We're able to bridge the gap between the mindless stock music that other libraries provide and the expensive sync costs of major music acts."
Before starting Jingle Punks Music he worked as a photographer from his studio in Chelsea, Manhattan
Chelsea, Manhattan
Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The district's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, 30th Street to the north, the western boundary of the Ladies' Mile Historic District – which lies between the Avenue of the Americas and...
New York, focusing on [fashion] and working for clients including Lacoste, DKNY
DKNY
DKNY is a label of fashion designer Donna Karan. It is also the name of a clothing store in New York City featuring Donna Karan's associated line.-History:...
, and numerous magazines. His interest in photography began while on a 16 month backpacking trip through Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Originally from Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, Dan worked for L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. is a company that supplies command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems and products, avionics, ocean products, training devices and services, instrumentation, space, and navigation products. Its customers include...
, Acusoft and Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
and was a graduate of the University of Central Florida, receiving a BS degree in computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
.