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JOSHUA SWANSON

Joshua Swanson started his entrepreneurial career right out of college by creating one of the largest pool servicing companies in Los Angeles called LA Pool Guys, which is still running successfully today. He parlayed that knowledge and experience as a service provider in the multifamily space to create GoToMyApartment where he is applying his in-depth knowledge of digital marketing, social media, social advertising, web development and storytelling to large multifamily real estate firms all over the country. The company is now an award winning agency and manages the digital presence of over 2.25 Billion in real estate assets in the US including high-rises, condo conversions, lease-ups, new developments and privately held multifamily portfolios for companies like Lennar, Fairfield, Greystar, Lincoln Property Company, Wood Partners, and many more.

As well he fills the role of Chairman of Razz Interactive, another award winning digital agency focusing on web development, branding, design, app development, and gamification, alongside partners Elizabeth Colina, Sebastian Mourra and Rachael Dayne. Razz focuses on clients in the multifamily space as well as empowering larger brands with marketing tools outside of multifamily. Their client list includes Sprint, Pepsi, AT&T, Corona and Universal Music among others.

He is also an advisor to New Hope Children working passionately with wife Rachael Swanson to provide care and education to street children in northwest Kenya.

As a speaker he’s presented at different real estate conventions, he’s a regular speaker at the National Restaurant Association conferences, been on industry panels, spoke at Social Media Week in 2012, Brainstorming in 2014 & 2015, the National Restaurant Association in 2015 & 2016, the IDDBA conference in 2016, Menu Directions and Convenience Retailing in 2017 and continues to use YouTube as a way of teaching professionals how to better utilize social networks for their businesses.

BARRIE BUCKNER

Barrie began his business career as an assistant manager of the largest Latin recording studio and production house in Chicago: D’Antoni Productions. While there, Barrie assisted in business development with some of the largest advertising agencies in Chicago, such as Leo Burnett, DDB, and Burrell Advertising to name a few. Soon after, Barrie built his own production house and recording studio, YoungBuck Productions; specializing in music production for advertising and recording artists.

Following YoungBuck Productions, out of a zeal for the birth of his first child, he developed the children’s positive, lifestyle brand: Lullaby Confessions.  Lullaby Confessions is a children’s brand that combines lullaby music, bedtime books, and animation with positive affirmations. Lullaby Confessions has caught the attention of such companies as Babies R Us, Jennie June Sleep Solutions, Entravision, Mood Media and more. They continue to touch the lives of children all over the United States.

In 2014 Barrie parlayed his business acumen and relational skills to his position as Director of Partnerships at GTMA—a digital marketing agency that specializes in real estate and manages the online presence of over 2.5 billion in real estate assets in the US and Canada. This is where Barrie has built relationships with many of the top developers and management companies in the country. These relationships span the industries of multi-family, residential, student housing, and senior housing. Companies such as Alliance Residential, Mill Creek Residential, LMC (Lennar), Wood Partners, Greystar, Lincoln Property Company, Asset Campus Plus, Comstock Homes, and many, many more.

Barrie also serves as Chairman to the non-profit, New Hope Children (2016 – 2018). A non-profit that rescues children from the streets of NW Kenya by providing them with food, shelter, and an education.

JONATHAN WILLIAMS

Jonathan Williams has been able to use his technological expertise and game development background to build a very compelling virtual experience for Futriciti. 

As a gamer and budding entrepreneur, Jonathan started Mineplex, LLC, a game development company creating games within Minecraft.  The company broke a million dollars in revenue within the first six months of operation and tripled that the following six months.  Mineplex has more than 45 games on its platform that were played by over 10 million gamers in 2016 alone!  Working alongside Mark Cuban, Mineplex built the Mavericks World for the Dallas Mavericks inside Minecraft.  Most recently, Mineplex is working directly with Microsoft and Roblox to bring its valuable expertise and community to their official platforms, home to over 100 million monthly players!  Jonathan enjoys steering the Mineplex ship as CEO and continues to explore new territory…all the while shooting every bad guy he sees.