Executive Officers

Thomas Bushey, 44
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Thomas Bushey has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since June 19, 2024. Mr. Bushey brings a wealth of experience from his two-decades long career as a successful investor, board member and capital allocator. He is the founder and has served as CEO of Sunderland Capital Partners L.P. (“Sunderland Capital”) since 2015. Sunderland Capital is an operationally focused, long-term oriented investment firm with a focus on emerging technologies and the consumer Internet. Since November 2020, Mr. Bushey also has served as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Newbury Street Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC. Prior to founding Sunderland Capital, he was a portfolio manager at Blackrock. Prior to Blackrock, Mr. Bushey was a senior analyst for Mayo Capital Partners and Millennium Partners. Mr. Bushey began his career as an analyst for Credit Suisse First Boston (“CSFB”) and later moved to HCI Equity Partners (Thayer Capital). At CSFB from 2002 to 2005, he executed and analyzed mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, takeover defenses, restructurings and debt and equity financing for corporate clients and financial sponsors. From 2020 to October 2023, Mr. Bushey served on the board of Ondas Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ONDS), a developer of private licensed wireless data networks for mission-critical industrial markets. Mr. Bushey has a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Bushey is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his significant investment banking and management experience.

Jake Gudoian, 28
Chief Financial Officer

Jake Gudoian, who has served as our Chief Financial Officer since June 19, 2024, has been Chief Operating Officer of Sunderland Capital Partners since 2023 and an Analyst for Sunderland Capital Partners from 2019 to 2024. Mr. Gudoian has a BS in Economics from the University of Rhode Island.

Board of Directors

Matthew Hong, 51
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Matthew Hong has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of 2080 Media Inc. (d/b/a PlayOn! Sports), a company engaged in streaming live and on-demand high school sports operating the NFHS Network, and GoFan, a high school ticketing solution in the United States, since January 2023. In this role, Mr. Hong oversees day-to-day operations for PlayOn! Sports. Since February 2021, Mr. Hong has served as the Chairman of the Board of Newbury Street Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC. From May 2008 to June 2019, Mr. Hong served in various roles, culminating in serving as the chief operating officer, between March 2017 and June 2019, of Turner Sports, a subsidiary of WarnerMedia and AT&T. In this role, he oversaw teams responsible for long-term business strategy, rights acquisitions, league partnerships, programming, marketing, revenue and sales inventory planning, and day-to-day operations for the division. In addition to his division-wideresponsibilities, Mr. Hong oversaw the management of various sports businesses and properties including Bleacher Report, NBA TV, NBA Digital, NCAA Digital and March Madness Live, SI Digital, NASCAR.com, PGATOUR.com, PGA.com and PGA Championship Live, GOLF.com, and the B/R Live OTT offering. Prior to Turner Sports, from January 2006 to May 2008, he served as vice president and general manager of interactive media at Thomson Learning. From November 1999 to January 2006, he served in multiple roles at AOL, including as executive director of business development and executive director of search. While at AOL, he architected and oversaw the company’s partnership with, and equity stake in, Google, and managed the search business across the AOL portfolio of properties. Mr. Hong served as an independent director of Advocado, Inc., a data-as–a-service company, from July 2020 to July 2023. He previously served on the board of directors of PlayOn! Sports between August 2022 and January 2023; of Inception Growth Acquisition Limited, a SPAC, between March 2021 and December 2022; of iStreamPlanet, a company that processes and delivers live video broadcasts over the Internet, between August 2015 and June 2019; and as a board observer of FanDuel, a gaming company, between June 2015 and October 2017. Mr. Hong received a JD, with honors, from Harvard Law School, and a BA in economics from NC State University. Mr. Hong is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his significant experience as a senior executive of media and Internet companies.

Jennifer Vescio, 53
Director Nominee

Jennifer Vescio formerly served as the global head of business development for Uber Technologies Inc. from 2019 to 2023, where she was responsible for launching new strategic initiatives, closing partnership deals and managing partner operations. Ms. Vescio is a principal of Awestruck Ventures, a venture and strategy consulting firm she co-founded in 2015, where she currently serves as an advisor, investor, strategy and management consultant to tech, entertainment, sports and digital media firms, as well as an executive coach to CEOs and their teams. Since February 2021, she has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Newbury Street Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC. From 2015 to 2020, Ms. Vescio served as a member of the board of directors of the PGA Tour, the organizer of the main professional golf tours played by men in the United States and North America. From 2017 to 2018, Ms. Vescio served as senior vice president, global head of corporate development and partnerships for Verizon Media where she focused on strategic growth, new business development, partnerships, and investments. From 2013 to 2016, she served as the head of global strategy and business development at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY). While at eBay, she managed over $600 million in GMV (Global Merchandise Volume) through its partner network, which included partnerships with Samsung, HP, Yahoo!, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Telefonica. She also launched new strategic initiatives and incubated new businesses such as eBay Now, an on-demand local ordering and delivery platform which launched in San Francisco and New York. From 2010 to 2013, Ms. Vescio was the vice president of global business development at ESPN. In 2009, CBS hired Ms. Vescio to lead its strategy & business development efforts until 2011. During her time at CBS, Ms. Vescio led its digital content distribution strategy and signed partnerships with YouTube, DailyMotion, eBay, Hulu and Yahoo!. Ms. Vescio earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology/Biology from Allegheny College and her MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. She also holds her ICF and NCF certifications for executive coaching. Ms. Vescio is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to her experience as an executive in technology, entertainment, sports or digital media, as well as her significant experience on business, development and management.

Josh Gold, 53
Director Nominee

Josh Gold serves as a general partner of Inverness LLC and Blue Flag Partners LLC in Boston, MA. Mr. Gold was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Three Bays Capital L.P. in Boston, MA. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Jefferies & Co., where he served as Head of Client Relationship Management. Prior to Jefferies & Co., Mr. Gold served in various roles at Goldman Sachs & Co., Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., DeMatteo Monness LLC and Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. Since November 2022, Mr. Gold has served as a director of Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. (CSE: AAWH-U.CN | OTCQX: AAWH), a vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator with licenses and assets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. He recently served on the board of Uprooted Inc. (d/b/a Urbn Leaf) in San Diego, CA. Mr. Gold has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Managed Funds Association (MFA) in Washington D.C. He also served on the Investment and Finance Committees at The Rivers School in Weston, MA. Mr. Gold is the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Team IMPACT and the Co-Founder of the Boston Investment Conference. He received a B.A. in Government & Law from Lafayette College in Easton, PA. Mr. Gold is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his experience in the financial services industry.

Ted Seides, 53
Director Nominee

Ted Seides is the founder of Capital Allocators Partners, LLC and TDS Advisers, LLC, a platform that includes podcasts, gatherings and advice on best practices in the asset management industry. Since February 2021, Mr. Seides has served as a senior adviser to Newbury Street Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC. From 2002 to 2015, Mr. Seides served as the president and co-chief investment officer of Protégé Partners LLC, a leading multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm he founded that invested in and seeded small hedge funds. In 2010, Mr. Seides was profiled in the book “Top Hedge Fund Investors.” In 2016, Mr. Seides authored “So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund: Lessons for Managers and Allocators.” Mr. Seides began his career in 1992 under the tutelage of David Swensen at the Yale University Investments Office. Mr. Seides is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his significant experience in the asset management industry.