Ann Greenberg is a long-time proponent of Democratic Cinema and a pioneer in the online world. She is a serial entrepreneur, having founded ION, Gracenote, Sceneplay and Fanpulse. She is the founder and CEO of Sceneplay a unique online video collaboration platform that allows people to act, sing or dance together across social networks.
Ms. Greenberg has bridged entertainment and technology for the last 20 years, and founded The Hollywood Cybersalon to help support the explosion of technology in southern California. The Hollywood Cybersalon brings together thought leaders from the entertainment and technology industries along with Los Angeles based investors and support industries in an informal party atmosphere to foster dialog and links between the various factions.
Ms. Greenberg serves as an advisor to TourWrist, the market leader in virtual tours. TourWrist has enjoyed both critical and commercial success since its launch in 2011. TourWrist won best in show at MacWorld 2012 and both DEMOGod and The People's Choice Award at DEMO 2012.
In 1998, Ms. Greenberg co-founded Gracenote, a world leader in metadata services. Sony acquired Gracenote in 2008 for $260M. Gracenote's technology is used in more than a billion devices in the online media, consumer electronics and automotive sectors. The company has over 350 million users worldwide and answers several billion queries per month. Licensees include: iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Google Music, Neilson Media Sync, Ford, BMW, Mercedes Benz, and thousands of others. Ms. Greenberg is the co-inventor of Gracenote's core IP and holds numerous US and international patents in the entertainment technology space. While at Gracenote, Ms. Greenberg served as SVP Marketing and Business Development, and ran IP development.
Prior to founding Gracenote, Ms. Greenberg founded ION, the world's first interactive label. A joint venture with Bertelsmann, ION is widely credited with inventing the Enhanced CD (ECD.) ION's ECD Toolkit was shipped though Macromedia and used by countless labels to produce their ECDs. Ms. Greenberg's inventions were at the heart of the company's interactive cinema system which she developed for ION's flagship product, David Bowie's JUMP. Ms. Greenberg produced the world's first musician hosted chat with AOL and she produced company products from artists including: David Bowie, Brian Eno, Primus, and Todd Rundgren.
Prior to founding ION and Gracenote, Ms. Greenberg headed marketing for the Academy Award winning, Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation whose over 60 films include both box office and critical successes.