Angelo Sotira is a Founder and CEO at Layer. He possess expertise in user experience, user interface design, web design, interaction design, user interface. Colleagues describe him as "Angelo was an early innovator in the digital music space, creating the Dimension Music portal -- one of the first legal MP3 web entities (alongside MP3.com) -- while still a teenager. He has now ventured toward his true passion through DeviantArt and succeeded yet again by creating the leading art community online. Early adopters take notice -- Angelo is always several steps ahead of the curve in all ventures.", "Mr. Community" himself. Everyone talks about it, pretends they get it, but noone understands communities on the Internet like Angelo does who has been building them since he was a kid. For anyone trying to build an online community, spending a day with Angelo is worth more than any book you can read or conference you can attend.", and "Mr. Sotira has proved to be a highly influential person in my life, by acting as a business and personal mentor. His ability to lead and motivate human assets in a team atmosphere has enabled us to achieve ongoing strategic goals and opportunities far beyond those normally accessible in such a distinctive environment."