At AlwaysLegit, I oversee operations, strategy, and the integration of advanced AI technologies to build a scalable platform that is redefining alternative investments in luxury assets. Drawing on decades of experience in technology management and venture-backed startups, I focus on leveraging AI, computer vision, and proprietary pricing data to optimize how investment-grade sneakers and other luxury assets are identified, valued, and traded. Our data-driven approach has powered over $10M in transactional volume, positioning AlwaysLegit as the first professionally managed platform for passion-based investments like sneakers, watches, and other luxury assets.My role centers on translating AlwaysLegit’s cutting-edge technology into actionable strategies that enable precise decision-making, uncover hidden opportunities, and deliver alpha for our clients. By combining my background in scaling startups and pioneering digital platforms with AlwaysLegit’s mission, I am driving the expansion into new categories of culturally significant, high-growth assets, helping investors capitalize on the largest wealth transfer in history.

Management, marketing, and strategy consulting for startups and growth stage companies.

ARC Angel Fund invests in seed and early-stage companies with high growth potential. We focus primarily on Software, IT, Internet, Tech-Enabled Services, Business Services, Digital Media, Mobile, Healthcare IT, among others. The Fund has a primary focus towards NYC and the surrounding North-East and Mid-Atlantic area companies. ARC Angel Fund invests in industries with which its members have experience, with investments averaging $50,000 to $250,000, each, over the life of the investment.ARC Angel Fund is a member-led Angel Fund. An Angel Fund is, in essence, a hybrid model between an Angel Group and a Venture Fund. The members of ARC Angel Fund range from experienced Angel Investors and Partners in VC Funds, to executives of successful companies.Our members bring their own expertise to the table and can actively participate as much as they like in the Fund's investment decisions.

The FundingPost.com mission is simple: To introduce Entrepreneurs to interested VCs and Angel Investors. For over Eight Years FundingPost has worked to bring entrepreneurs together with leading investors worldwide. We believe that it is important to reach investors in every medium possible - both online and offline. Through our successful Venture Capital Events, Venture Guide Publications and magazine, and our online Venture Exchange, FundingPost has had the opportunity to work with thousands of Angel and Venture Capital investors representing over $104 Billion. We make an introduction from an Investor to an entrepreneur through our online exchange on average of over One Every Single day! Thats over 400 matches every year! We've seen Millions and Millions of Dollars raised as a direct result of our Online Exchange, our Magazine, and our Events. We are the single largest venture exchange in the country. We work with more Real Accredited Angel Investors, VC Firms and entrepreneurs than anyone else.

** IGNITIONONE ACQUIRED HUMAN DEMAND IN AUGUST 2014 **** After completing a one year integration project post sale, Howie has transitioned to the Advisory Board of IgnitionOne.IgnitionOne’s marketing cloud technology and expert services simplify the task of identifying and engaging specific consumers at key moments of influence across channels – and across desktop, mobile or however the consumer prefers to engage. IgnitionOne marketing solutions are proven to convert more visitors, improving return on ad spend and online revenue. Leveraging its proprietary engagement scoring engine and data management prowess, the system uniquely measures the historical and real-time behavior — what products and services are most relevant to them and when they’re most likely to convert. Armed with this insight, the platform can deliver relevant offers orchestrated across digital channels, personalize website content and more, to dramatically improve conversions. IgnitionOne’s flexible marketing hub technology includes advanced data management and analytics, turning big data into actionable campaigns within a few clicks. Integrate your existing channel solutions into the hub or use tools native to the system, including website personalization, email, search and display – for marketing automation based on a complete customer view.IgnitionOne currently scores over 300 million users monthly in 55 countries and powers more than $30 billion in revenue each year for leading brands, including General Motors, CenturyLink, Bridgestone, La Quinta and Fiat, as well as advertising agencies such as 360i, GroupM and iProspect.IgnitionOne has a global footprint with offices in New York, Atlanta, London, Brussels, Paris, Tokyo, Brazil and more. With a global footprint of over 450 employees in 17 offices across 10 countries, IgnitionOne is one of the largest independent marketing technology companies in the world.

** IGNITIONONE ACQUIRED HUMAN DEMAND IN AUGUST 2014 ***IgnitionOne’s marketing cloud technology and expert services simplify the task of identifying and engaging specific consumers at key moments of influence across channels – and across desktop, mobile or however the consumer prefers to engage. IgnitionOne marketing solutions are proven to convert more visitors, improving return on ad spend and online revenue. Leveraging its proprietary engagement scoring engine and data management prowess, the system uniquely measures the historical and real-time behavior — what products and services are most relevant to them and when they’re most likely to convert. Armed with this insight, the platform can deliver relevant offers orchestrated across digital channels, personalize website content and more, to dramatically improve conversions. IgnitionOne’s flexible marketing hub technology includes advanced data management and analytics, turning big data into actionable campaigns within a few clicks. Integrate your existing channel solutions into the hub or use tools native to the system, including website personalization, email, search and display – for marketing automation based on a complete customer view.IgnitionOne currently scores over 300 million users monthly in 55 countries and powers more than $30 billion in revenue each year for leading brands, including General Motors, CenturyLink, Bridgestone, La Quinta and Fiat, as well as advertising agencies such as 360i, GroupM and iProspect.IgnitionOne has a global footprint with offices in New York, Atlanta, London, Brussels, Paris, Tokyo, Brazil and more. With a global footprint of over 450 employees in 17 offices across 10 countries, IgnitionOne is one of the largest independent marketing technology companies in the world.

*** ACQUIRED BY IGNITIONONE IN AUGUST 2014 ***Funded by ARC Angel Fund, DEV Ventures, leading New York angel investors, and Howie Schwartz.Human Demand (HD) is the leading independent mobile Demand Side (DSP) & Data Management Platform (DMP) company providing mobile audience solutions to advertisers.Human Demand provides brands and agencies with a fully transparent, highly scalable and efficient mobile media solution. HD utilizes real-time bidding (RTB) programmatic exchange buying, and layers in unique data targeting sets including hyper local geo-targeting. We execute rich media and video mobile ad campaigns, in addition to standard mobile display banners.As a DSP, Human Demand offers agencies and trading desks the industry’s most robust RTB self-serve platform for mobile ads. The Company leverages its proprietary technology platform to bid on and serve advertisements across all Mobile Ad Exchanges.As a DMP, the Company enriches the typically undifferentiated mobile display and video inventory in real time and makes it intensely more valuable. The Company delivers targeted mobile audiences at scale through its proprietary "AppAudience" data, superior location insights, campaign optimization, and visual analytics.*** ACQUIRED BY IGNITIONONE IN AUGUST 2014 ***

*** ACQUIRED BY MOKO MEDIA **Funded by ARC Angel Fund and leading New York Angel Investors, and Howie SchwartzOfferMobi is a leading Mobile Performance Advertising Network and a member of the MOKO Social Media family. Offermobi is a boutique network that focuses on providing Advertisers with risk-free performance high quality based advertising campaigns and Publishers with monetization opportunities with great payouts. We know the reality of transparency in traffic sources is not always real. With a publisher parent company in MOKO Social Media, Offermobi is bringing the highest quality traffic, fully transparent to its partners. Our CPA model allows every type of action: CPS, CPL and CPI. We focus on delivering vertically focused campaigns on all operating systems and mobile devices. Our commitment to providing premium services in total transparency and openness to our partners is a fundamental base of success.

Licensed and published the first version of Grand Theft Auto (PC). Video game industry - Executive Producer and Director of Product Development

Video Game Industry, 3d animation, Motion Capture

Video Game Industry