Staff

Tom Walker – President/Executive Producer 
Tom Walker is a leading expert in indie music online marketing. A graduate with Highest Honors from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Film and Television Department, Tom worked in motion picture development for Frank Oz Productions and Batfilm, creators of the “Batman” movie franchise. A classically-trained musician and producer, he is also the founder of Indie Rock band, Friday’s Child. Tom was also cited in best-selling Music Industry How-To book, “The Real Deal: How to Get Signed to a Record Label,” as an acknowledged expert on guerilla Internet music marketing and café music tours.

Rob McNeely – Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs
Rob McNeely served as the main attorney for Creed through more than 20 million albums sold and performances before more than one million fans worldwide. For the past six years, Mr. McNeely has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law, teaching a popular Entertainment Law course at The Florida State University College of Law. As such, he has acknowledged expertise in all areas of the entertainment industries, especially music and technology. He has also performed entertainment and corporate legal services for numerous other bands, artists, and producers, too, including gold-selling Sevendust. He has also served on the Executive Council of The Entertainment and Sports Law Section of The Florida Bar and is an active presenter and speaker and entertainment industry events and conferences.
A former award-winning journalist, Mr. McNeely earned his Juris Doctorate with high honors from the FSU College of Law in 1993, where he served as an Executive Editor of The Florida State University Law Review and was a Moot Court oral argument champion. Growing up in the suburbs of Kansas City, Mr. McNeely earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism at the University of Kansas in 1981.

Brian Jude – Vice President of Creative Affairs/Producer and Director
Brian Jude has been credited as a producer, director, screenwriter, production manager, assistant director, production coordinator, editor, and script consultant on feature-length and short films, music videos, television programs, and commercials. His producing and/or directing credits include the feature films The Blood Shed and Under the Raven’s Wing, short projects The Pod, The Last Days of Frank Whyte, Cruel to be Kind, Unappealing Visions and ATM Blues, segments of the New Jersey Network’s legal program Due Process, as well as a variety of narrative and documentary segments on the CTN cable network program Carpe Diem.
Brian received a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcasting at Montclair State University, and minored in both Music History/Theory and Film. His screenplay, Ride with the Dragons, was featured in the 2002 Independent Feature Project (IFP) Market. In addition to Ride with the Dragons, Brian is also currently developing the independent features Stop Waiting for Regina, Frame of Mind and The Flycatcher. His first documentary feature, The Road Will Always Wind, is currently in production. Brian is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Inc. and The National Broadcasting Society – Alpha Epsilon Rho.

Rich Haddad – Director of Audio Production/Chief Audio Engineer
Rich Haddad has spent the past 15 years working in various studios, serving as producer, engineer, arranger, technical consultant, artist, artist liaison, and combination thereof. To date, Rich has presided over 1,500 sessions resulting in albums, singles, voiceovers, jingles, radio ads, and film scores.  Rich is also a member of Friday’s Child, where he has handled bass, backing vocal as well as producing and engineering duties.
Rich is responsible for all aspects of audio recording, mixing, mastering and post-production.  Rich’s innovation of a proprietary live audio recording was an engineering technique that is no less of a recording than studio quality.

Steve Maio – Director of Video Post-Production/Senior Video Editor
Steve has spent day and night hunched over a console in a dimly lit edit suite for well over 15 years.  From producing award winning cuts in all-night edit sessions at one of William Paterson University’s flat-bed film or video A-B roll suites, to more recent Telly Award winning edits for corporate communications projects at one of New Jersey’s premier Marketing and PR agencies, Steve’s attention to detail, and unique approach has been honed and continues to work towards perfection. 
Digital Café Tour’s signature cutting style and visually striking web-based videos owe their existence to Steve’s guiding artistic and practical sensibilities.  Steve’s technical knowledge has assisted in the finished videos that stand out in a digital world of blurred and stuttering visuals.