Mark Chasan
Mark Chasan is a digital media pioneer, lawyer, merchant banker, entrepreneur, and regenerative developer. He is known for founding eMusic, the first digital media streaming and distribution company and Webcentral, one of the first cloud hosting companies. Currently, Chasan is the Chairman and CEO of Transformative, a consulting firm focused on eco-social projects and AWE Global, a developer of health-focused sustainable and integrated workspaces. Chasan has been instrumental in creating new financial models for a process driven approach to liquidity and value creation utilizing a private-to-public strategy. Early life and education. Mark Chasan was  born in Los Angeles, California, to Fred Chasan, a medical doctor, and Roslyn "Roz" Chasan (née Lefkowitz), an attorney. His brothers are Jeff Chasan and Paul Chasan. At age 10, Mark started playing drums and became a professional musician at age 14. He worked his way through college playing music and as a studio drummer. In 1985 he graduated from the College of Law at Western State University and became a lawyer in Los Angeles. Business career. In 1985 Chasan opened his law practice in Los Angeles, running it until 1995 when he founded eMusic, the world's first online  digital music distribution and media streaming company. Due to the rapid growth of eMusic, Chasan founded one of the first cloud co-hosting, and co-location facilities known as Webcentral to serve the increasing computing demands. Webcentral continued to add customers, eventually providing cloud hosting services to Caltrans, Re/Max, and AudioNet/Broadcast.com. In 1997, Webcentral was acquired by Interworld Communications and in 1999 Chasan merged eMusic with Goodnoise, Inc. to form eMusic.com in a transaction ultimately taking the company public on the Nasdaq, trading under the symbol "EMUS". After eMusic's initial public offering and Webcentral's acquisition, Chasan  became a professional angel investor and leader in IBM's digital media consulting division. Later, he co-founded a technology fund, Publex Ventures, which specialized in accelerating the growth of early-stage companies with public exits. After exiting Publex Ventures, Chasan founded Transformative in 2005, a consulting company designed to help build eco-social impact businesses, and AWE Global, a development company for sustainable communities. Chasan has appeared regularly in media publications such as "Billboard", HuffPost and Planetary Experts as well as spoken at conferences such as BTOES, UNR, Sustainatopia, and Clean Tech Innovation & Growth on topics ranging from cleantech , renewable energy, agroforestry, digital media, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain to natural capital, regenerative economy, and entrepreneurship.