Barrett Garese is a seasoned executive with over fifteen years of experience in the entertainment and technology industries. He is a three-time founder who specializes in emerging and next-generation storytelling technologies. Garese has worked with major studios, networks, talent agencies, and A-list creatives, identifying, developing, and executing innovative products and business models that utilize cutting-edge and near-future technologies such as mixed & augmented reality, social & streaming media, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. With a deep understanding of story and character, Garese has held executive positions such as SVP, Technology at RL Leaders, Chief Strategy Officer at Everybody At Once, and CEO at The Horizon Factory, to name a few.

Garese is a graduate of California State University-Long Beach, where he studied BA, Film Production. Throughout his career, he has held various positions such as Director, Content Partnerships at blip.tv, Founder at Spytap Industries, Founding Agent, Online Department at United Talent Agency, Agent Trainee at United Talent Agency, and Development Assistant at Thunder Road Pictures.