Executive Management

Kit Gray is the co-founder and president of PodcastOne and one of the early strategists in developing a monetization standard for the podcast industry. Gray has spent nearly two decades working with talent and developing podcast concepts across all genres, all while creating a top tier team of individuals that are experts in all aspects of podcasting from technology, advertising sales, marketing, talent booking, acquisitions, development, vodcasts, video, social media, emerging concepts and more. Gray has helmed the company to consistent representation in several of the most influential podcast company ranking charts and leads the organization to be one of the most respected and profitable companies within the industry.

Under Gray’s leadership, PodcastOne offers new and exciting concepts in this fast-growing entertainment genre including Pay Per View, slate IP development, live shows, meet and greet experiences, video and more. Gray will be leading PodcastOne in its IPO’s later this month and he and his team are well positioned for success. To date, PodcastOne boasts 3.3billion all time downloads including over 740 million downloads in 2022 alone across more than 300 episodes distributed weekly under Gray’s direction. Born and raised outside of Boston, MA, Gray is a graduate of Rollins College and holds an MBA in Finance from Crummer Graduate School of Business. Prior to co-founding PodcastOne, Gray worked extensively in media sales in some of the biggest demographic areas in the country including New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago.

Rob is the founder, CEO, and chairman of LiveOne, Inc., driving the company’s overall strategy and leading both the LiveOne, Slacker, and PodcastOne business units. Rob developed the concept for LiveOne and founded the company in 2015, raising the initial capital and negotiating festival and distribution rights. He led the acquisition of Slacker Radio and took LiveOne public in December 2017. Rob is also the founder and managing director of Trinad Management, a Los Angeles-based hedge fund. A long-time believer – and investor – in transformative digital technology and media, Rob has launched, sold, and taken public dozens of ventures, and overseen investments in gaming companies Majesco and THQ, as well as Jaxx Pacific and many others. Prior to founding LiveOne, Rob was the Chairman of Digital Turbine, where he worked with business partner Peter Guber to successfully take the company public. He also ran, and then sold, Internet media company iWon to Barry Diller’s IAC. Rob began his career in finance, working at Eli Rothschild in institutional sales before moving to Lombard Securities. A New York native, he is a graduate of Pace University.

An accomplished 20 year Sales Executive, as SVP at CBS Radio under Mel Karmazin, McNamara generated a 200%+ increase in revenue to over $100 million annually. At Interep, she led ad sales for The Howard Stern Show among others and drove revenue from $100 million to $500 million for Infinity Broadcasting. Additionally, McNamara was named one of Radio Ink's "Most Influential Women in Radio" six years in a row and listed among the Top 1% of America's Most Honored Professionals.

Eli Dvorkin has over 10 years experience in the podcasting industry. Formerly VP of Talent and Brand Partnerships at PodcastOne, Dvorkin consistently brought winning talent to the network and developed multiple Apple-ranking and award-winning shows. Prior to becoming a founding member at PodcastOne, Dvorkin worked closely with Norm Pattiz at WestwoodOne. In addition, Dvorkin was named as one of the 2022 Top 40 Under 40 in podcasting by Podcast Magazine.

Aaron Sullivan has served as PodcastOne's Interim Chief Financial Officer since December 31, 2021. Mr. Sullivan also serves as LiveOne’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and has been serving in such role since December 31, 2021, and has been LiveOne’s Vice President and Controller since March 2019. Mr. Sullivan is a seasoned executive with extensive financial, mergers and acquisitions and operational experience in building, managing and scaling organizations, as well with financial reporting and internal controls. Mr. Sullivan has built and led financial organizations across multi-billion-dollar technology companies. Prior to his appointment as LiveOne’s Vice President and Controller, Mr. Sullivan served as the Controller - Cloud of j2 Global, Inc. (now Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.), a cloud software company, since July 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Sullivan worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a global public accounting firm. Mr. Sullivan holds a B.A, Business & Economics degree from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and is a Certified Public Accountant.