John Heaven, President & CEO of YANGAROO, brings over 20 years of strategic financial and entrepreneurial experience to YANGAROO. He is responsible for the company's over-all vision and financial direction. Heaven's professional history includes three successful start-ups and two successful IPO's for industry leading companies in the technology space.

Prior to YANGAROO in 1981, Heaven co-founded Coesyl Ltd., a software company, where he was responsible for strategy, product design, financial management and marketing. Subsequent to Coesyl Ltd, Heaven held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Director for Telepanel Systems Inc. ("Telepanel"), where he was instrumental in successfully taking the company public. Heaven helped Telepanel grow from a fledgling concept to the world-leading electronic shelf label company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ with $10 million on sales. In his role as CFO, Heaven carried out a broad range of executive responsibilities, including sourcing and/or structuring a variety of private and public financings, implementing all accounting and manufacturing management systems, and developing and implementing a global direct sourcing strategy for manufacturing, including the establishment of Malaysian assembly facilities. He was also responsible for investor and shareholder relations, regulatory compliance, taxation planning and compliance, intellectual property management, internal and external financial reporting, and financial planning and management.

Heaven is a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree (magna cum laude) from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Toronto.

Cliff Hunt, Chairman, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, brings over 25 years of experience in the music industry, to YANGAROO. Hunt's extensive background includes a stint as a recording artist and touring musician before shifting to the business side of the industry. Hunt is responsible for driving market penetration and overall strategic development planning for YANGAROO.

Prior to YANGAROO, Hunt worked with some of Canada's most successful artists both domestically and internationally.  Hunt has negotiated over 35 major Canadian and international record deals and was instrumental in coordinating world-wide tours for his artists.

Just prior to YANGAROO, Hunt was co-founder and partner in Hunt the Sandman, Inc, an artist management and record production company, representing JUNO nominee Wendy Lands (EMI), and JUNO winners, The Killjoys (Warner Music). He began his career as an agent for Concept 376 Ltd. He played a critical role in booking some of the top concert artists of the day such as, The Guess Who, The Stampeders, April Wine, and Lighthouse. Hunt also launched and founded his own record production and management company, Hunt Management Inc. to develop, promote and manage recording artists.

Hunt was also Associate Producer for the Canadian National Exhibition Grandstand Shows, which included some of the biggest names in show business from Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope to The Beach Boys, The Eagles, and Ray Charles.

Hunt has lectured at various Universities and Colleges, his writings have been published in Fortune Magazine/CNN, and is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, and currently sits on the Advisory Board of Linus Entertainment.

Richard Klosa is a serial entrepreneur and digital media innovator. He brings more than 10 years of IT development and management experience to the YANGAROO team.

In his previous role as Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of J!VE Media Technologies Inc., Richard led his team to a 2002 Canadian New Media Award for 'Most Promising Company' and recognition from the Branham Group as one of the Top 25 Up and Comers. Richard led the development of one of the first enterprise level digital rights and content syndication systems for digital media assets through decentralized and peer based networks and authored a definitive book on the subject entitled "Building A Working Revenue Model For The Digital Distribution Of Copyrighted Media" (1999).

More recently, Richard has worked with several unique and innovative organizations, focused on providing solutions across a broad range of industries. As the Vice President of Technology at Cubic Health Inc., Richard architected and led the development of the 'Cubic Health Canadian Drug Database™', a comprehensive reporting and analytics system designed to aid Canadian employers in managing their prescription drug benefit.

As the Director of Development at Idealogical Systems, he helped establish and manage a diverse development team focused on building software solutions for mid-sized private and public sector groups, from requirements through to fruition.

Over the past four years, Richard has also focused his time on several leading edge proof-of-concept development projects, including work on an MPEG-4 based Micro-Payment client/server application, an Open Media Distribution Server (web services enabled application for use with home media centers) and an Automated Media Cataloging & Tracking solution utilizing the MPEG-7 framework.

Richard has a passion for the music business. He has enjoyed distinction as a Dance Music producer, having produced and remixed several Gold and Platinum selling records. He enjoys playing drums, keyboard and bass.

Richard graduated from Ryerson University's Radio & Television arts program with an Honours B.A.A and is a certified PMP and Solutions Developer.

Josh Zieman is a seasoned U.S. based senior executive with over 25 years experience in sales and marketing.

Prior to joining YANGAROO he was Vice President, Marketing at EMI's Manhattan/Blue Note label. Previously he held the positions of General Manager of Papa Joe Records, a division of Geffen Records in Los Angeles, General Manager of major independent label Razor and Tie and Vice President, Marketing at Columbia Records and Mercury Records in New York. Josh also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Binghamton University, New York.