About Us

Dr. Ge Wang
Co-Founder, CTO, and
Chief Creative Officer

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Ge is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University, at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University and a BS in Computer Science from Duke University. Ge is the creator and chief architect of the ChucK audio programming language, and is the founding director of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) and of the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO).
Jeff Smith
CEO and Co-Founder
Jeff is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Music at Stanford University. He previously received a BS in Computer Science at Stanford University. In between Stanford and Stanford, Jeff co-founded and ran an email security software company which he took public on the Nasdaq and grew to $50M in sales before stepping down as CEO. Jeff is the co-author of sixteen patents in the field of email security. Read more by Jeff on his blog at http://ridingeast.blogspot.com/.
Spencer Salazar
Software Architect
Spencer was previously with MOTO Development Group. Spencer received a BS in Computer Science from Princeton University, and assisted Ge and the Princeton Sound Lab with the development of the ChucK audio programming language. Spencer is the author of the miniAudicle, a graphical environment for ChucK.
Jeannie Yang
Director of Product Alchemy
In spite of her studies at Cal Berkeley and her membership in the Cal Marching Band, Jeannie has managed to build a productive life for herself, guiding Smule's projects from concept through completion. In her spare time, Jeannie enjoys Parkour, LARPing and roller-disco.
Michael Earhart
VP, Marketing
Mike has worked in marketing at companies ranging from HP and Oracle to smaller start-ups. His favorite app is Ocarina, and he has the two smartest dogs in the world.
Arnaud Berry
Senior Software Engineer
Arnaud was co-founder of Eovia Corp where he developed the award winning and easy to use 3D modeling, animation and rendering software called Carrara. Arnaud received a MS in mathematics and computer science from the ENSEEIHT engineering school in Toulouse, France.
Michael Wang
Software Architect
Michael is T-Pain. Seriously. He's that good.
David Cowan
Board of Directors
David studied computer science and math at Harvard, and joined Bessemer Venture Partners in 1992. David co-founded Verisign in 1995, and led the venture rounds in about 20 other startups that have gone public. David likes tennis, chess, scrabble, singing, and playing Ocarina with his kids.
Tom Lieber
Developer
Tom likes fast cars, faster women and always giving 110% to everything he does. His genius is evident in everything he touches, and everyone at the company worships him.
Scott Bonds
VP of Engineering
Scott started programming at 8 years old and hasn't stopped since. On the road to Smule, Scott cofounded 3 companies, helped produce The Godfather video game and led development for Pogo.com. When he's not thinking about software, Scott is sleeping or otherwise unconscious.
Ari "The Lazer" Lazier
Audio Dude
Ari went to Princeton. Ari worked for the Dark Side in Seattle before he came to his senses, returned to his roots and started climbing mountains.
Dr. Perry Cook
Advisor and Consultant
Perry is a Professor of Computer Science, jointly in Music, at Princeton University, where he runs the Princeton Sound Lab. A recognized expert in computer audio, Perry co-developed ChucK with Ge (and others) at Princeton. Perry is also the co-founder of PLOrk (the Princeton Laptop Orchestra). Perry received his PhD and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Music from the University of Missouri in Kansas City.
Alex Kishinevsky
Software Architect
Since receiving his Computer Science degree from the University of Kansas, Alex has been designing and creating software. Most recently, Alex led the enterprise messaging development effort at Axway.
Tricia Heath
Graphic Designer
Tricia loves art and creative design and really really loves Pocket God Plants vs. Zombies on the iPad.
Sunil Pareenja
Chief Financial Officer
Sunil has led finance teams at both publicly-traded and venture-backed companies, including Engine Yard, Tumbleweed Communications, and Hewlett-Packard. His focus is helping technology companies grow successfully, and his experience includes raising equity and debt capital, managing SEC requirements, and heavy involvement with mergers and acquisitions. Sunil has a BA in Business Economics from UCLA, an MBA from UC Berkeley, and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.
The Mule (aka Turner Kirk)
Field Marketing Manager
The Mule received his MA in Music, Science, and Technology from Stanford University and CCRMA, and his BS in Music Engineering Technology from the University of Miami. He once went to 34 Apple stores in one week and was kicked out of graciously removed from 20 of them.
Jim Routh
VP, Business Development
Jim has over 18 years experience in business development, sales, and product management with software, web services, cloud based ventures. After 7 years at Apple in various product and business development roles, he joined his first start-up in 1997 and found he was much more comfortable with the organized chaos that comes with building an early stage company so it has been start-ups ever since.
Dr. Jonathan Berger
Advisor and Consultant
Jonathan is a Professor of Music at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). Jonathan received a DMA in Music Composition from Stanford University, and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Jonathan’s compositions can be heard on Sony Classical, Harmonia Mundi, and other labels.
Chris Hollenbeck
Board of Directors
Chris is a partner at Granite Ventures where he invests in all manner of software companies. He received a degree in American Studies from Stanford, and once ran for 7 days across the Moroccan Sahara.
Elon Berger
Supportmeister
Elon is a Divemaster with 13 years of diving experience. He plays the bass and is learning to play the Persian setar. He's currently pursuing a degree in Political Science at San Jose State University with a minor in knitting.
Rob Hamilton
Senior Design Engineer
Rob is a PhD candidate at Stanford University's CCRMA specializing in the interactions between musical form and software-based control systems. With a background in musical composition and software engineering, Rob holds a BA in Music and Cognitive Science from Dartmouth College, an MM in Computer Music Composition from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and an MA in Music, Science and Technology from Stanford University.

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