Team | REVELNATIONINC

Pete M. Rivera

CEO & Founder

Visionary and creator of RevelNation. Implemented logistics, procedures, and sales support systems for what's now Victra, Verizon's largest retailer, Empire Distributors, a Berkshire & Hathaway corporation, and AllOver Media, the largest OOH marketing firm in the United States. Pete also worked for Paramount Pictures on several productions including feature films & TV shows, was the celebrity liaison for numerous charities, and has worked directly for several world champion professional athletes. Pete has culminated all of the above into RevelNation, and more importantly, the development of REVELU.

Kevin Wynne

COO

CEO & Founder of NICAL Sports & Media, Inc., former COO of Don King Enterprises, former Executive Vice President of Madison Square Garden, and current practicing entertainment attorney throughout the east coast headquartered in Washington D.C. Kevin's vast history of working closely with professional sports and franchise owners include the NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. Kevin has also been the event planner for major sporting events broadcasted in large media markets in the world of professional Boxing as well as the USPTA. These key relationships will greatly benefit RevelNation and REVELU.

Gary Cudak

EVP - Operations

Gary is an innovator and technologist. Gary's contributions include nearly 300 granted U.S. patents across 14 technology domains, over 150 technical publications and over 1100 citations. Gary's experience is focused on application architecture and e2e development, hyper converged infrastructure architecture, high performance computing architecture and Big Data/analytics.

Michael J. Rivera

CFO

MBA Finance Degree from East Carolina University.

Michael is an established entrepreneur in the real estate industry as a broker in financing and restaurant industries. Seasoned restauranteur with both private and corporate brands having sold several brands that he originated. Being fluent in English, Spanish, and French served him well when working with American Airlines. Michael brings a well-rounded business and leadership experience to RevelNation and REVELU.

Connie K. Connors

CMO

Accomplished leader in strategic and brand building communications with the following career hallmarks: Amazon - launch through IPO, Clinique - launch of its first online store, Disney.com - launch of Disney's first online presence, Goldman Sachs - launch of new business unit, Bond Desk, IBM Corporation - launch of new business units including research, software, and internet, LendingTree - launch through IPO, National Geographic - major brand transition to a more youthful customer, New York Times.com - launch, Sony Corporation of America - launch of WebTV. Next for her will be REVELU.

Mary T. Duda

CIO

Mary Duda has been an industry leader, fine artist, author, and forward thinker for over three decades. She founded Duda Design, Inc. in 1982, and quickly gained acclaim by producing Disney World's EPCOT Grand Opening. Duda became the leading multimedia architect for the Los Angeles Olympic Committee, then went on to work with the AFI, the US Government, the Canadian Government, and Houghton Mifflin. She established Virtue Arts, which created a VR simulation of the lunar surface using NASA's data. She is currently doing her PhD thesis on accelerated learning in the application of immersive technology at Pepperdine University.

Murad Muhammad

Executive Consultant

Getting his start travelling the world with Muhammad Ali, Murad is well-known as an extraordinary boxing promoter, philanthropist, and humanitarian. He helped make dozens of boxers - including Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao, Larry Holmes, and Roy Jones Jr. - into million-dollar names. He has decades-long partnerships with major networks such as ABC and HBO, and even facilitated Michael Jordan's partnership with Nike that led to the wildly-successful Air Jordan shoe line.

Gary Krensel

EVP - Business Development

Executive Assistant to the CEO of Internet Marketing Corporation (IMC), which served as a business incubator and marketing think-tank for various business models. Trailblazer for the first generation of double opt-in email marketing which amassed a database of 800 million emails, and was instrumental in the development and implementation of the TV Guide. Gary brings key relationships to RevelNation and REVELU.

Joshua W. Johnstone

Senior Analyst

Joshua is a risk analytics professional, applied mathematician, North Carolina native, humanist, and avid musician. He holds a Master of Financial Mathematics from NC State University, and a Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics and Music from UNC Greensboro. Joshua has spent over four years at SAS Institute in Cary, NC as a research statistician developer. At SAS, Joshua implements pricing models and business logic for quantitative risk management solutions, and has consulted for a global energy conglomerate.

Ann Smith

Education Consultant

Ann brings over three decades of education expertise to the table, having garnered broad experience teaching in North Carolina colleges and universities. She holds a B.S. in Education, M.A. in Education, and an M.A. in Sociology, all from East Carolina University. Drawing from her teaching experience, Ann is seasoned in curriculum design, lectures, individual and group instruction, and hybrid/online teaching approaches. In addition, Ann is an accomplished actress, and has appeared in numerous principal and supporting roles for TV and film productions.

Dr. Khalilah Ali

Brand Ambassador

Khalilah Camacho Ali (born Belinda Boyd; March 17, 1950) is an American actress, also known for being the former wife of boxer Muhammad Ali.

Ninth degree black belt featured fighting Chuck Norris in the theatrical film, The Octagon. Ali is an acclaimed film producer, casting agent, actress, motivational speaker, published author, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.

Ali is currently featured as Mama Sole on a show called "The Grid" on Amazon Prime. She is also featured as herself on documentaries such as "Who Killed Malcolm X" on Netflix, and on "Muhammad Ali: A Documentary by Ken Burns | PBS."

Samantha Goldberg

Brand Ambassador

Samantha Goldberg is acclaimed celebrity event designer, award-winning TV personality, and celebrity spokesperson. She has operated Samantha Goldberg & Co. / Gold Events LLC for more than two decades. Goldberg is noted as a lead personality and designer on Style Network's "Whose Wedding is it Anyway?" and "Married Away" for more than ten seasons. She is the celebrity spokesperson well-known brands, such as Hilton (and their website Guestiquette), Party City & Bloomingdales, Hanes, Mercedes, and many others. Goldberg is a noted source for the fashion and professional beauty industries and as an award-winning global trendsetter. Her design ideas and TV appearances have been featured in more than 150 countries and over 5000 media outlets including CNN, HLN, Fox & Friends, and many others.

Susan A. Doan

Business Consultant

Susan holds an MBA in Healthcare Administration from Saint Joseph's University. Susan has over thirty years of business experience in accounting, auditing, human resources, project management, operations, process improvement, data warehousing, business intelligence, and client management for Fortune 500 companies. In addition, Susan was the Director of Client Services for a startup healthcare medical device company and was integral in establishing organizational policies and procedures. Susan brings crucial consulting and business expertise, as well as educational and athletic connections to RevelNation and REVELU.

Heather Cudak

Human Resources

Heather is an experienced professional in the fields of project management and administrative partnership in the technology and healthcare industries. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Business and Information Technology from East Carolina University. Heather brings administrative experience from a wide variety of businesses and institutions, including Duke University Medical Center and Computer Task Group, where she is currently an administrative partner for several executive directors at Lenovo.

Jeremy Kohel

IPT Tech Development

Co-Founder of Iron Pine Technologies, and a 15-year IT veteran experienced in solutioning and collaborating in the fields of telecommunications, finance, and consumer services. His technical strengths of application architecture and development, integrations and automation, as well as in-depth knowledge of database administration, helps Jeremy create innovative solutions that aid businesses in achieving higher productivity and increase revenue.