Management
Joel McConaughy - CEO and Founder
Joel McConaughy, CEO and Founder of Displayware LLC, is a digital media veteran with a passion for building innovative, market-leading services. In 1997, Mr. McConaughy and the Intertainer team launched the nation's first video-on-demand network providing legally licensed movies via the Internet. His efforts were recognized at the 1998 Java One conference where the Intertainer service was selected for the keynote address. In 2001, Mr. McConaughy joined Loudeye Corporation to help revitalize an underperforming organization. Working with major online retailers Amazon, Apple and others to create innovative digital products and services, Mr. McConaughy helped Loudeye to become the leading provider of digital music with the world's largest library of digital music. Mr. McConaughy's early career was spent in retail technology with Arthur Andersen's Retail Consulting Group and InfoGenesis, a leading provider of hospitality point-of-sale software. Mr. McConaughy holds a master's degree in Economics from the University of Southern California.
Steve Michaels - CFO
Steve Michaels joined Displayware LLC in December 2005 as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Michaels has an entrepreneurial background servicing record labels, Hollywood studios, television networks and advertising agencies. He served as CEO of Virgin's 525 Post Production in Hollywood, Mr. Michaels founded commercial visual effects company Method Studios and is also a partner in commercial and feature trailer effects house Brickyard VFX in Santa Monica. Steve has bachelor's degree from the business school at Eastern Illinois University where he majored in Accounting. Mr. Michaels resides in Palos Verdes California where he is a member of the Producers Guild of America, The American Film Institute and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.