Rainbow broadband

Management Team

Russ Hamm, Founder & President

Russ Hamm founded Rainbow Broadband in 2004 with the vision of a new and highly advanced – yet easily implemented – broadband network for New York City. Hamm has more than 30 years experience with media technology, recording top musical artists, producing sound for films and developing leading-edge technology solutions. Before starting Rainbow Broadband, Hamm founded Qmedia, a milestone provider that leveraged broadband opportunities for media customers using the newly built national fiber infrastructure, establishing network technology that is currently used by ABC, CBS, NBC, ESPN and FOX. Prior to that, he collaborated with Bell Labs on large-scale digital systems for music and film, and was president of Gotham Audio Corporation and G Prime Limited, a leading distributor of professional audio products. Hamm has led media industry engineering and technical organizations and twice received the Audio Engineering Society Board of Governors award for outstanding service. He is a member of the Recording Academy, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Andrian Lubimov, Chief Technology Officer

Andrian Lubimov joined Rainbow Broadband with over 15 years of IT/Telecom management experience. Lubimov's mission as chief technology officer is to escalate the expansion of Rainbow's network hub footprint in New York, as well bring the company to the next level of customer service, keeping pace with current customer growth, which has increased over 300 percent in the past year. Prior to joining Rainbow, Lubimov was employed as director of network operations, director of design and deployment, and network architect at IDT/Net2Phone, where he oversaw the design and build out of the several domestic and international networks. During his time at Net2Phone, Lubimov performed requirement assessments, oversaw and managed the complete design and implementation of original Net2Phone VoIP network including three domestic and two international data centers with an additional over 250 domestic and international remote branches. He also completed the design and deployment of one of the first Packet Cable networks in the world, which was completed in a record time.

John LaFemina, Vice President Sales

John is responsible for overseeing Rainbow Broadband's sales activities, while ensuring ongoing support to RBI customers. He has over 25 years of sales experience selling innovative technology to Fortune 500 companies that include Conde Naste, Readers Digest, Miramax, Citigroup, MBNA, Merrill Lynch and MetLife. Prior to joining RBI, John joined Wam!Net, a start-up communications company.

Joseph Antine – Sales Vice President

Joe joined Rainbow in May 2011. Prior to that he was VP Corporate Development and Investor Relations for Marketing Services Group Inc. He was a founding partner of AP Ventures a private equity firm. At AP he raised funding for CyberAction and MSGI, while seeking out strategic partners and functioning as the voice that spoke to “The Street.” Earlier in his career he was Managing Director at Broad Capital where he sourced private equity investments. Joe is a licensed Real Estate broker and a top performing sales agent for a number of years.

Richard Lafemina – Vice President Real Estate

Rich joined Rainbow in November 2008. He brings a combined 20 years of graphics expertise with 10 years of sales experience. Rich focuses on relationships with land lords and building managers. He helps them to understand the benefits that Rainbow’s technology brings to the tenants of NYC commercial buildings especially in a media centric world. Quoting Rich: “I am extremely fortunate to be in a position that combines my two passions” He’ having a blast working for Rainbow.

Jonathan M. Nelson – Controller

Jonathan joined Rainbow in June, 2009, after being with JPMorgan Chase for more than 15 years.  Jonathan had various roles at JPMorgan Chase including Manager of the Equipment Asset Management Department and CFO of the Client Services Division. Jonathan has an outstanding and proven track-record of cost savings, accounting, expense reductions, financial analysis, and project management. He has a broad-based and successful experience of streamlining processes and achieving financial goals. Jonathan is a licensed New York State Emergency Medical Technician and volunteers extensively in community services.

Jacob Gold, Director of Investor Relations

With almost a decade of venture capital experience, Gold has continued to demonstrate a savvy for recognizing and developing promising tech companies, notably investing $5 million in Raqia Networks, a semiconductor chip company, which he sold for over a 300% return in a bear tech market.  Currently, Gold sits as chairman of the board of Rainbow Broadband and is chairman and founder of Gold Venture Group. Prior to starting his own firm, Gold was an executive vice president at $500 million venture capital firm. Before his involvement in venture capital, he was an analyst at a New York based institutional research firm, Merger Insight and has also worked in investment banking at Forest Hill Capital Management and Lehman Brothers. He interned at Paine Webber's Real Estates division and worked with the lawyer in charge of negotiating all real estate leases. Gold has an M.B.A. and an M.S.B. from Johns Hopkins University.

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