John Marston

John Marston

CEO & Co-Founder at Timeshift Media, Inc.

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TEDx Organizer
Los Angeles, California, United States
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About John

I am a…

Business leader, Business mentor, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Idea generator, Parent, Startup

Bio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Timeshift Media, Inc. 2009 - Present CEO and Co-Founder, Los Angeles, California, USA Holding company for a family of subscription video websites featuring Pilates and Yoga videos from some of the world's greatest teachers. JoMa Ventures, Inc 2009 - 2014 CEO and Co-Founder, Los Angeles, California, USA Online technology incubator focused on creating new online services supported through either ad revenue or subscriptions. Technorati, Inc. 2008 - 2009 VP and GM Ad Services, Los Angeles, California, USA Responsible for integrating the AdEngage business into Technorati and managing over 50% of the companies revenue. AdEngage, Inc. 2005 - 2008 President and CEO, Los Angeles, California, USA Managed an online ad network that profitably grew from one to 15 employees. AdEngage displayed over 12 billion ads per month on over 4000 websites to over 50 million unique visitors per month. Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. 2000 - 2004 Director, Business Development, Irvine, California, USA Served as General Manager of the Wi-Fi public access broadband Internet business unit with profit and loss responsibility. Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) 1987 - 2000 Based in London, Guildford, UK, Dallas and Los Angeles, USA Served in a variety of roles in this multi-national oil and gas company. Britoil plc 1983 - 1987 Petroleum Engineer, Glasgow and Aberdeen, UK

I'm passionate about

Travel, education, diet, exercise and friends

An idea worth spreading

We are all capable of doing more than we think is possible. As a society we need to convince ourselves that we should take the risk of doing projects that we are not confident that we can complete. The risk of failure is minimal and the opportunity to learn and create is huge.

Areas of expertise

Online Video Technology, Pilates, Subscription Based Models, Yoga