Executive Team

Justis Kao

Chief Executive Officer

Justis creates Loop’s internal, client and consumer-facing communication strategies and oversees its digital media and press efforts. A creative at heart, Kao is an entrepreneur who has carved out global success in every aspect of the traditional music industry and is conquering music tech with Loop. Kao’s love of music gained him entry to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, where he graduated with a degree in Contemporary Writing & Production.

His skills brought him to Los Angeles, where he quickly found success as a live vocalist on season 1 of “The X Factor USA,” and worked with friend and songwriter Claude Kelly and artists including Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Alanis Morissette. His network and expertise led Kao to become Creative Director at FarWest Entertainment, managing all aspects of global appearances for Quincy Jones’ first Pan-Asian girl group, BLUSH. While at FarWest, Kao eventually rose through the ranks to oversee branding, communications and operations across all global partners and offices. Kao is based in Loop’s Glendale, CA headquarters in the heart of the entertainment industry, where he also runs AIM Foundation, a non-profit empowering young people to create a groundswell movement to do good, give back and affect change in their communities.

Ari Olgun

Chief Financial Officer

Up to the date of his appointment, Mr. Olgun served as the Company’s VP Controller since he joined the Company in March 2022, and has served as a Director of our wholly-owned subsidiary, EON Media Group Pte. Ltd. since June 2022. Concurrent with his appointment as Interim CFO, Mr. Olgun was appointed as Director and Treasurer of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Retail Media TV, Inc. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Olgun founded California Language Academy, an international language school conglomerate and served as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to 2021. From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Olgun served as a SPAC and Technical Accounting Consultant for Surf Air, a privately held company in the airline industry. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting for United Pacific Oil from 2018 to 2022, and he served as Interim CFO, Director of Finance, and Corporate Controller at David & Goliath LLC, a privately held advertising agency from 2009 to 2015. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Olgun served as Revenue Controller at TIBCO Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX), a publicly traded software and technology company that provides real-time data to modern enterprises. Mr. Olgun started his career at Ernst & Young LLP, holds a CPA license from the California Board of Accountancy, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Master of Science in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame.

Jon Niermann

Founder

With over 30 years of media and technology industry experience working with teams at both the corporate and startup level, he is uniquely and consistently able to bring vision, expertise and innovation to every endeavor. Niermann’s 15 years with The Walt Disney Company (TWC) saw his rise from a marketing representative for the Disney Channel to Managing Director & President, Walt Disney Asia, where he managed teams and offices over 16 countries and oversaw the fastest growing sector of Disney’s global empire. Following a successful run with TWC, Niermann spent seven years as President, Electronic Arts Asia, where he helped convert the company’s business from a packaged goods to digital model.

During his time with EA Asia, his team created the company’s first mobile games business as well as their first online gaming platform with FIFA Online in Korea that had record-breaking numbers of simultaneous users across multiple countries and further enriched his cultural and business understanding of the Asia Pacific region. After sitting at the helm of two of the largest corporate entities in Asia, Niermann left the corporate world to found FarWest Entertainment. With FarWest, Niermann bridged the region with the rest of the world via pan-Asian original productions like Asia Uncut on Fox’s Star World network (reaching 53 countries and 250 million homes), the region’s only late night English talk show which he hosted and won the Asian Television Award for Best Entertainment Host after his first year. The show featured interviews with top Asian and Western celebrities including Jackie Chan, Edward Norton, Donnie Yen, Maggie Q, Aaron Eckhart and many more.

Niermann co-founded Loop Media in 2016, shortly after moving back to CA after 15 years in Asia. Loop acquired Screenplay Entertainment in 2018 and is preparing for expansion in 2021. Niermann is based in Loop’s Glendale, CA headquarters.

Shawn Driscoll

Head of Business Development | Co-Founder

Shawn Driscoll is Co-Founder and part of Investor Relations at Loop Media Inc. Driscoll co-owned and operated Legends Studio in Burbank, a storied recording environment that has hosted some of the greatest performers in musical history including: Frank Sinatra, Radiohead, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Dr. Dre, Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand and Quincy Jones. With his music and film production background, along with his deep industry connections, Driscoll is an integral part of Loop’s content expansion strategy.

Jim Cerna

Head of Capital Markets

James J. Cerna, Jr. brings 30 years’ experience in public companies and over 20 years in the C-suite. Most recently he was CEO of FogChain Inc., a publicly traded software company headquartered in the Silicon Valley. From 2014 to 2017, he was CEO and CFO of SauceLabs Inc, one of the largest software testing companies in the world. His prior C-suite roles include President and CEO of Armada Oil, Inc.; President and CEO of the privately held Lucas Energy Resources; and Founder and CEO of NetCurrents, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCS).