Leadership
The TouchTunes Interactive Network is led by a seasoned team, experienced in a variety of disciplines. We’re entrepreneurs. Engineers. Salespeople. Visionaries. All focused on making the TouchTunes Interactive Network the most engaging and exciting place to be.
Charles Goldstuck :: President and Chief Executive Officer
Steve Brecher :: Chief Operating Officer
Patrick Barry :: Chief Financial Officer
Christian McMahan :: Chief Marketing Officer
Ed Rivera :: Chief Innovation Officer
Eric Saint-Jacques :: Senior Vice President, Business Operations
Phil Cohn :: Senior Vice President, Sales
Michael Tooker :: Senior Vice President, Technology and Operations
Pam Schoenfeld :: Senior Vice President and General Counsel
David Lane :: Vice President, Business Development
Charles Goldstuck :: President and Chief Executive Officer
Charles Goldstuck joined TouchTunes as chief executive officer in May, 2009. Before joining TouchTunes, Mr. Goldstuck was president and chief operating officer of Bertelsmann Music Group (U.S.) (BMG), where he oversaw the business operations of the BMG Label Group including: the RCA Music Group (RCA Records, J Records, Arista Records), and the Zomba Label Group (Jive Records, LaFace Records and Verity Records). The BMG Label Group is home to superstar artists Usher, Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, Dave Matthews Band, Chris Daughtry, Foo Fighters, OutKast, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Sarah McLachlan, Rod Stewart, and Avril Lavigne, among many others.
Mr. Goldstuck began his career at music publisher Warner/Chapell Music in Los Angeles heading up the Latin American division. He later joined Capitol Records where he rose to executive vice president. Following that he moved to New York to be executive vice president/general manager of Arista Records. In 2000, Mr. Goldstuck left Arista with Clive Davis to form J Records, a joint venture with BMG, which was eventually merged with RCA Records to form the RCA Music Group. In 2004, he was elevated into the role of President and COO of BMG (U.S.).
Mr. Goldstuck is a board member of various corporate entities, as well as the City of Hope Children’s Foundation and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Mr. Goldstuck was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Steve Brecher :: Chief Operating Officer
Steve Brecher joined TouchTunes as Chief Operating Officer in August 2010. Prior to joining TouchTunes, Mr. Brecher was the Senior Vice President of Strategy for Diageo, where he was responsible for developing and implementing strategy for Africa. During his tenure, Mr. Brecher and his team successfully completed several large transactions in South and East Africa. Mr. Brecher also served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Northeast U.S. for Diageo PLC and held other senior Marketing roles across the portfolio. His extensive background in business management also includes work at Unilever. Mr. Brecher received his M.B.A from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business with a concentration in management and finance, and is a graduate of Duke University.
Patrick Barry :: Chief Financial Officer
Patrick Barry is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at TouchTunes. Mr. Barry has over 25 years of experience with leading companies in the digital media, online retail, publishing and restaurant industries. Prior to joining TouchTunes, Barry was CFO of Oberon Media.com, a casual games solutions company, and DSR Holdings, a restaurant holdings company. Barry was one of the founding members at Bluefly.com (NASDAQ BFLY), where he spent 10 years growing the business to $95 million in revenues. Barry also served as CFO and COO of Audible Inc. and CFO of Warner Music Enterprises. His extensive background in finance included work at Book-of-the-Month Club, Time Warner and Arthur Andersen LLP. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and received his M.B.A from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business with a concentration in finance.
Christian McMahan :: Chief Marketing Officer
Christian McMahan is Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Touchtunes Interactive Networks. Mr. McMahan comes to TouchTunes from Heineken USA, where he was Chief Marketing Officer and oversaw a $1.7B portfolio of English, Dutch and Mexican brands. Prior to his work at Heineken USA, McMahan served as Vice President of Marketing for Diageo North America as well as Brand Director for the Smirnoff and Captain Morgan brands. His extensive background in marketing also includes work at the Boston Beer Company, brewers of Sam Adams. McMahan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and currently sits on the board of directors of the International Rett Syndrome Foundation.
Ed Rivera :: Chief Innovation Officer
Ed Rivera is Chief Innovation Officer at TouchTunes, responsible for expanding TouchTunes' product design resources and strategic partnerships to create new consumer-centric, multi-platform products and services. Prior to his work at TouchTunes, Mr. Rivera was an advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and President of Worldwide Marketing at SONY Music Entertainment. There, he led new business opportunities and company-wide restructuring programs. Mr. Rivera previously served as the Vice President of Marketing and Operations of the RCA Music Group, which subsequently grew to include RCA Records, J Records, Arista Records, and the RCA Victor Group, where he was responsible for the operational oversight of the marketing and promotion environment.
Eric Saint-Jacques, Senior Vice President, Business Operations
Eric Saint-Jacques is Senior Vice President of Business Operations for TouchTunes, in charge of TouchTunes' Global Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Inventory Management, as well as Customer Technical Support Operations. Mr. Saint-Jacques had previously served as TouchTunes’ Vice President of the Project Management Office where he was responsible for managing the execution of key projects across a diverse portfolio of products and departments. He joined the company as Vice President of Product Management in 2008. Prior to joining TouchTunes, Mr. Saint-Jacques served as a Sales Operations and Business Development executive in the B2B Integration, Enterprise Applications and Telecommunications industries developing International Markets and Global Alliances with partners such as Cisco, Inmarsat and IBM.
Phil Cohn :: Senior Vice President, Sales
Phil Cohn is Senior Vice President of Sales for TouchTunes, responsible for ongoing and continuing growth. Prior to joining TouchTunes, Mr. Cohn served as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for D&M Holdings Inc. Mr. Cohn previously held a number of Strategic Sales and Management roles with companies including Sony Electronics and Samsung Electronics. Mr. Cohn holds a B.S. and an MBA in Marketing from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Michael Tooker :: Senior Vice President, Technology and Operations
Michael Tooker has been the TouchTunes senior vice president, technology and operations since July 2006. Before joining TouchTunes, he was a managing partner in Fleetmind, an innovator in vehicle logging, tracking and messaging. In 1999, Mr. Tooker founded Dolphin Software Services, a LEO Satellite tracking ASP, which was acquired by Orbcomm, where he served as executive vice president. Prior to founding Dolphin, Mr. Tooker founded and was president of Vector, a leading IBM Business Partner in Eastern Canada and New England.
Pam Schoenfeld :: Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Pam Schoenfeld is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at TouchTunes, managing all legal and business affairs for the company. Before joining TouchTunes, Ms. Schoenfeld was Deputy General Counsel at DoubleClick Inc., which was acquired by Google Inc. in 2008. Ms. Schoenfeld then worked at Google following the acquisition. Ms. Schoenfeld began her career in private practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and later at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Prior to that, Ms. Schoenfeld worked in the Mayor’s Office for the City of New York.
David Lane :: Vice President, Business Development
David Lane joined TouchTunes as Vice President of Business Development in October, 2010. Prior to joining TouchTunes, Mr. Lane was Vice President of Digital Media for CBS Outdoor, where he was responsible for its digital media strategies in North America, including its mobile, 3D and digital interactive OOH campaigns. He also previously served as CEO of The Rail Network, the world’s first wireless television and radio network for mass transit subway and rail systems, as well as CEO of TSI Broadband a commercial broadband and integration service provider. Mr. Lane, a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, is also the inventor of two US Patents relating to the wireless distribution of multimedia.
