team

Patrick Faucher

E-commerce pioneer, lifelong musician, and technological guru, Patrick Faucher is the CEO and Co-founder of Nimbit. Patrick graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music with a background in computer science and database architecture. Preceding the web’s explosion as a commercial marketplace, Patrick helped launch some of the very first e-commerce websites for renowned artists such as Aerosmith and Phish. In the late nineties, he led the development of BuyItOnline.com, an online shopping mall, which was sold for $60 million in 2000.

Patrick’s accomplishments extend beyond his technological expertise; he has toured across the U.S. as well as internationally as a professional trumpet player, arranger, and vocalist over the past twenty years. In his words, “I’ve always been a geeky band guy. The best part of my job is applying all my passions toward changing the music industry for the better!”

A DIY pioneer, member of the “scrapper” generation, and an honors graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Philip Antoniades is consistently focused on finding innovative business solutions that create real income for musicians. This is the essential concept behind Nimbit, Inc., the company he represent as Co-founder and President.

With over twenty years of experience in the music industry, Philip Antoniades is familiar with the many facets of the field, propelling his expertise into what is now Nimbit.com. He has toured nationally as a professional drummer, cementing his knowledge of the music industry from a musician’s point of view. At the same time, Philip has been consistently involved in the business side of the music world, having owned a record label, managed nationally touring artists, and worked as a producer and promoter.

In the early 1990’s, Philip Antoniades started Johnny Brock Management, a promotions and booking agency centered in and around the New England area. Johnny Brock Management was a principle partner in the International Acoustic Underground Competition. In 1996, he founded Artist Development Associates Inc., which provided mastering, CD manufacturing, design, and promotion services to independent artists on tour.

In 1997, Philip Antoniades launched CDfreedom.com to provide an online retail venue for fulfillment of CD’s and other merchandise to a growing Indie customer base. Since then, Indie music and its artists have continued to emerge as a popular, avant-garde genre; Philip Antoniades has continued to pursue this client base through Nimbit, Inc.. Nimbit first surfaced when it merged with Artist Development Associates in 2004.

Matt Silbert

Matt Silbert is Nimbit’s ultimate dot-com veteran, with over thirteen years of experience producing and managing influential web sites in the music industry. As Senior Director of the legendary Stumpworld Systems, he was responsible for the premiere site launches of Phish.com, Aerosmith.com, and Bluenote.com, to name a few. Matt’s other accomplishments include the development of the official sites of The Boston Ballet, Charles Mingus, Blind Boys of Alabama, Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), Medeski Martin and Wood, Los Straitjackets, Ollabelle, ASCAP, Link Wray, John Lurie, The Skatalites, and many more.

Specializing in website usability, Matt’s mastery is in creating websites that are both accessible and technologically advanced. He has taught courses in web development, design and strategy at the University of Massachusetts, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Santa Monica College.

Paul Birch

Paul Birch is Nimbit’s Chairman of the Board. Paul is an independent investor, business owner and advisor to technology companies, with more than 20 years experience as both an advisor and in senior management positions. He has worked with both private and public technology companies ranging in size from early stage to nearly $500 million in revenues and has focused on the global growth of businesses. Paul is a member and Director of Common Angels, the Double-Take Software (NASDAQ – DBTK), Emerson Hospital and the Emerson Hospital Foundation.

Bob Cramer

Bob Cramer is a private investor, board member and advisor with 26 years experience in high-growth venture-backed businesses. Most recently, Bob was CEO of LiveVault, one of the first software-as-a-service businesses targeting the SMB market, which was acquired in 2005. Bob was also CEO of FirstSense, which was acquired in 1999. Cramer has also held senior sales and marketing positions at Oracle, CenterLine and Ingres. He received his BS from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his MS from the University of California at Berkeley.

Joe Caruso has been an advisor to CEOs and an advocate for entrepreneurship and professional corporate governance for over 20 years. Joe has served as CEO or work-out manager for companies ranging from start-up to $150 million in sales; is an investor and active board member with several companies; and is heavily involved with issues of corporate governance. He is Chairman of the Board of Common Angels; a principal in Walnut Venture Associates; and a Managing Partner of Brookwood Partners, all investment groups for early stage companies. Joe is past president and member of the regional board of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He has served on the board of numerous companies, private and public. Currently, in addition to Nimbit, Joe is a member of the Board of Directors of Boston Micromachines, and an advisor to the Boston University Photonics Center.

David Friend

Successful serial entrepreneur and product visionary, David Friend is founder of ARP Instruments, one of the pioneers of synthesizer technology. David is also the founder of Carbonite Inc., which provides automatic online backup of PC user data.

Gail Goodman

Gail Goodman is president of Constant Contact, the leading brand for email marketing solutions within the small business sector.

Don Rose

Don Rose is the founder of Rykodisc Records, the label that pioneered the retail success of the digital CD format, with artists such as David Bowie, Frank Zappa and The Grateful Dead.

Rod Underhill

Rod Underhill is co-founder of the original MP3.com, an online music company that within two years became worth more than $2 billion. He is also the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to MP3: Music on the Internet, and MP3.

David William Baum

David William Baum is an experienced venture capitalist with twenty one years in the information technology industry, including twelve years in technology finance and nine years in entrepreneurial operating management roles.