About Us News Blog Careers

Enabling Monetization, Measurement & Audience Engagement within Downloadable Media

VoloMedia is the leading advertising network for downloadable media, extending the reach of video and audio from the PC to the portable device. Our patented products and technologies enable dynamic advertising insertion and rotation, targeting, measurement, reporting and campaign management within downloadable video and audio, such as podcasts.

VoloMedia's products and services are utilized by some of the largest and most well known media companies, including MSNBC, Fox News, Forbes and Public Radio International, to unlock the value of their downloadable media by enabling advertisers to accurately reach and measure high-value audiences. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and is funded by Mayfield Fund, Sutter Hill Ventures and Worldview Technology Partners.

Management Team

Brian Steel

CEO & President

Brian's energetic and focused approach keeps him at the forefront whether it's racing sport bikes, flying planes, or competing in the corporate world. He most recently held the position of President, International, Yahoo! Search Marketing.
more...
He was with Yahoo! for three years, following its 2003 acquisition of Overture (previously GoTo.com), bringing 20 years of management experience to oversee a billion-dollar division with operations in 20 countries comprising nearly 1,000 employees.

Prior to Overture/Yahoo!, Brian was a Managing Director of Idealab, which created GoTo.com, and also President and CEO of Idealab Silicon Valley. Before joining Idealab, Brian served as president, chief operating officer, and director for On Command Corp., the world's largest provider of information and entertainment services to the lodging industry. Previously, Brian held senior executive positions at SBC Communications and Shearson Lehman Brothers.

In addition to VoloMedia, Brian currently serves on the board of directors for Pandora Media, and on the advisory boards of Care2, Dial Directions, and Sharpcast. Brian holds a B.A. in Economics and conducted graduate work in corporate strategy at Duke University, as well as international marketing and finance at the Pacific Asian Management Institute and negotiation at Harvard University.


Murgesh Navar

Founder

Murgesh is our fearless leader and founder. His boundless energy and constant smile set the tone at VoloMedia. He is a committed entrepreneur with a relentless drive to build an innovative company based on IP delivery of audio and video content — a hot, emerging technology.
more...
Murgesh has worked both the technical and business sides of companies, leading product development for a billion dollar line of workstations at Silicon Graphics, spearheading business development of Liberate Technologies' penetration of the Asia-Pacific and European markets, and launching AudioFeast's consumer audio service.

He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Bangalore University in India and an M.S. in Computer Science from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.


Andrey Yruski

Co-founder & VP Technology

Andrey — VoloMedia co-founder and technical wizard — is a serious amateur musician who has harmonized technology to create winning products from scratch. At AudioFeast, BigBand Networks and Lucent, Andrey tuned technology to give consumers the audio and video content they want via new and emerging channels — and he has the U.S. patents to prove it.
more...
His goal: to liberate content from the straight jacket of incompatible devices, closed distribution systems and fixed time schedules. With his knack for finding simple solutions to intractable problems, he will succeed.

Andrey graduated from Netanya College in Israel with a B.S. in Computer Science while playing in a local band.


Jeff Karnes

VP Marketing & Products

Jeff is our media expert with over a decade of experience in product and marketing focusing on the emergence of digital media both within the enterprise and direct to consumer. Most recently he led the products efforts at Yahoo! launching their video portal and managing their video search, audio search, image search, and podcasting products.
more...
Prior to that, he was at WebEx heading up product for their web seminar and audio/video presentation services. Before then he was at Virage - an early pioneer and innovator in video indexing and search - where he led the product and marketing efforts. And prior to that, Jeff worked at Cinebase Software (renamed eMotion) leading the product in the category of digital asset management.

Jeff holds a BA in Economics and Sociology from Bucknell University and is a board member for the Cinequest Film Institute. He's also been known to log a few running miles and practice his golf swing.


Kevin Gianatiempo

VP Advertising Sales

Kevin is our advertising expert bringing a highly successful 20 year track record spanning both offline and online. Previously, Kevin was at Pixsy where he helped scale the business by leading sales and business development efforts.
more...
Prior to Pixsy, Kevin was CEO of Winstar Interactive's pre-roll video advertising subsidiary Interactive Video Network. In this position he was responsible for building a vertical video ad-network from the ground up, including building the sales/operations team, implementing internal processes as well as identifying and securing high level partnerships. Kevin has also held positions at DoubleClick, weather.com and Tribal Fusion and was responsible for increasing sales 10X as VP of Sales for AOL's GameDAILY. Kevin began his career in broadcast television and later joined the Utah Jazz of the NBA as National Sales Manager responsible for securing corporate sponsorships.

Kevin has a B.A. in Business Administration from Ramapo College of NJ. An avid runner, Kevin completed the 2007 San Francisco Marathon.


Buzz Dean

VP Engineering

Whether you're looking for engineering excellence or a sailing partner, Buzz Dean fits the bill. Bringing more than 20 years of product engineering, technology strategy and operations management experience, Buzz was most recently the VP of Content Technology and Operations for Akimbo Systems.
more...
In this role he was responsible for the content preparation and encoding technology development leading Akimbo to the position of world's largest Windows Media video content library. Prior to Akimbo, Buzz was a product development executive with Chemdex, Intrinsa (Microsoft) and Apple with a focus on enterprise-class products, B2B e-commerce development and networking/communications solutions.

Buzz holds an EMBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleu France.

Directors & Investors

Yogen Dalal
Mayfield Fund

Greg Sands
Sutter Hill Ventures

Irwin Gross
Worldview Technology

Brian Steel
VoloMedia

Murgesh Navar
VoloMedia

" Ad-supported downloadable media is an important area of growth for msnbc.com. The download advertising solution from VoloMedia is an invaluable component of our monetization strategy."
Andrew Locke
Director of Product Strategy