Brad Pelo | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1963-02-06)February 6, 1963 (age 63) |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Occupations | CEO andfounder,i.TV |
| Spouse | Melody Pelo[1] |
Brad Pelo (born February 6, 1963) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and co-founder[2] andchief executive officer ofi.TV, the company behindtvtag, a second screen app for iOS.[3] Backed byUnion Square Ventures,RRE Ventures,Rho Ventures,Time Warner Investments,DIRECTV,[4] and others,[3] i.TV is also behind the popular namesakeapp foriOS[5] andAndroid,[6] and co-createdNintendoTVii for theNintendoWii U.[7]
Pelo has founded or been a member of the founding team at a number of companies, includingFolio Corporation,[8]Ancestry.com,[9] andNextPage.[10] He also served on theboard of directors of Tokyo-basedD&M Holdings, the holding company for leading audio brands includingDenon,Marantz,McIntosh Laboratories andBoston Acoustics.[11]Pelo is also a movie producer[12] and live event producer.[13]
Brad Pelo was born inMissoula, Montana, graduated fromOrem High School and attendedBrigham Young University.[1]While in High School Pelo founded his first company and was featured inThe New York Times Magazine,[14]McCall's andSUCCESS magazine as a “teen tycoon”.[1]
In 1987, Pelo co-foundedFolio Corporation with his brother-in-law Curt Allen. The two partners met with success in 1988 when they struck a deal withNovell stipulating that the company would bundle Folio’s software with everyNetWare operating system it sold.[8] Pelo served as the president of Folio until its acquisition byMead Data Central, Inc., provider of theLexis-Nexis computer-assisted research services, in 1992.[15] Pelo later was one of the founding team members ofAncestry.com and served as CEO of Ancestry.com’s parent company, Western Standard Publishing.[16]
Pelo later served as president andpublisher atBookcraft, aUtah-basedpublishing house.[17] He then foundedNextPage, a compliance and information risk solutions provider.[10] After that Pelo served as executive producer of a number of feature films includingThe Legend of Johnny Lingo (2003),Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy (2006), andForever Strong (2008), co-starringSean Astin.[12] He continues to be a partner in the production company behind the latter two films, Picture Rock Entertainment.[18]In 2008 Pelo co-founded i.TV, asocial television andsecond screen company, where he serves asCEO.[19] As CEO Pelo has secured partnerships for the company withAOL,[20]GetGlue,[21]Entertainment Weekly magazine[22] andNintendo.[7]From 2004 to 2010, Pelo served as the senior executive producer of Utah’s largest annual event, theStadium of Fire.[23]
