The Story Starts Here
Inspiration for Legitmix came from co-founder, Omid McDonald after seeing his friend,
Booker Sim, unable to release his documentary because of music clearance issues.
The company was founded by a team of engineers and scientists. It raised $1.2M in
seed financing from angel investors to develop the Legitmix algorithm. Recently,
the company opened a New York office to work more closely with the artistic community
Legitmix empowers.
Blog |
Watch
Omid McDonald
Omid McDonald is an experienced technology entrepreneur. He founded VMI Medical,
producing software for America’s leading pediatric hospitals and Simbit, a mobile
software company specializing in embedded applications that shipped in millions
of phones worldwide. Both companies were eventually acquired and generated positive
investor returns.
Gad Bentolila
Gad Bentolila is a Computer Systems Engineer with over 10 years experience managing
the development and integration of challenging software projects in medical, mobile,
and banking industries.
Gerry Burtenshaw
Gerry Burtenshaw started his career at Corel, where he worked on a series of well
received mass-market applications. After Corel, Gerry joined Simbit, architechting
its high transaction volume back end software. More recently, Gerry did development
on next-gen e911 software.
Booker Sim
Booker Sim produced and directed Tragedy: The Story of Queensbridge. The highly
respected documentary stars some of the biggest names in hip-hop and has screened
worldwide. His marketing moves include an acclaimed web series for Cervélo Cycles
and branded content for Cadbury Chocolate’s Fair Trade launch and equitable Bicycle
Factory initiative. He has also produced half a dozen documentaries for Canadian
Network TV.
Noah Rubin
Noah Rubin’s music producing credits include Wu Tang Clan’s Chamber Music and the
experimental Maroon 5 side project called Historics. He has remixed indie artists
like The Suckers, Entrance Band, and Celebration. He’s also flexed his strategy
skills for Nike’s Bridgerunners project and written extensively about technology,
music, and film for outlets like Complex, VIBE, and Scratch.
Neil Nice
Neil Nice is the former Music Director for Marc Ecko Enterprises, involved in everything
from producing Ecko-sponsored concerts and runway shows, to programming music for
Ecko retail stores, to selecting music for Marc Ecko’s VMA award-winning Getting
Up video game. He currently shares his time between Legitmix and Turntable Lab,
as well as DJing at select spots around NYC.
Sacha Jenkins
EgoTrip co-founder Sacha Jenkins has executive produced shows and pilots for MTV
and other major networks including VH1’s top-rated The (White) Rapper Show. As a
writer, Sacha not only co-authored Egotrip’s Book of Rap Lists and Egotrip’s Big
Book of Racism but also Eminem’s best-selling autobiography, The Way I Am. In magazines,
his articles and interviews for VIBE, Complex, and XXL have set hip hop’s journalism
standard for over a decade.
Irving Ebert
Irving Ebert co-founded Purple Angel in 2001 following a telecom career with Bell
Canada, BNR, and Nortel. Purple Angel has invested in 25 companies. He is Legitmix’s
Chairman of the Board and has directed numerous public, private, and non-profit
companies.
Yves Tremblay
Yves Tremblay is the former Senior Vice President of Operations at JDS Uniphase
and Vice President and Co-Founder at Fitel-Photomatrix. He is the Vice-Chair of
the Board of Governors of the University of Ottawa and serves on the Board of Governors
of the Ottawa Hospital.
David McDonald
David McDonald is a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of
Ottawa and is Chairman of the Math Department. His specialties include non-parametric
quality control and queuing systems. David holds a PhD from the University of Montreal
and completed post-doctorate work at Cornell University.