Luther Campbell, Chief Creative Officer, CEO - [ E-mail ]
Luke Campbell is an entertainment entrepreneur. Starting his career as a Miami based music promoter, Luke first managed and then joined the legendary rap group 2 Live Crew, releasing their music under his own Luke Records label. Considered the founder of the Miami Bass Sound, Luke and 2 Live Crew issued a number of well received CDs. After leaving 2 Live Crew, Luke expanded his entertainment interests to include launching the careers of other artists (including the R&B vocalists H-Town) and developing a series of reality oriented “behind the scenes” videos called The Freak Show. Today Luke is a recognized entertainment innovator and has interests in the music and adult video sectors.
Victor M. Nappe, Chief Technical Officer - [ E-mail ]
Victor is a high-tech entrepreneur founding several companies, consulting for numerous Fortune 500 firms, chairing on numerous e-commerce advisory panels including US Congress, Kaiser College Business School, Prepaid Press and many others. He also appears as a technology, sales and marketing expert on several broadcasting stations. Victor Nappe’s television accolades include Good Morning America, CNN, CNNfn, TVFN, ABC, NBC, and CBS. Mr. Nappe regularly appears as key note speaker on topics of Technology, E-commerce, Venture Capital and M&A. Some speaking engagements include Jupiter Media Metrix, Sun Microsystems, AT&T, and NYU's Stern School of Management. At the young age of 21 Victor received a US Congressional Award, the highest honor bestowed upon young people by Congress, for transforming a successful retail restaurant into a multi-faceted international wholesale business. This remarkable endeavor became a case study profiled by the National Restaurant Association.
Mr. Nappe is the current Chairman and Founder of Stored Value Consulting (SVC). SVC specializes in providing consulting and best practices to stored value and telecommunication industries. Victors company provides a complete portfolio of marketing, consulting and management services for companies interested in launching or optimizing existing stored value products and solutions. Some SVC customers include TrioPass, American Greetings, Apple, Hewlett Packard and The PrepaidPress.
In 1999 Victor Nappe was Founder and CEO of DuoCash, the world's first patent pending payments processing and clearing network, enabling internet purchases through the use of prepaid calling cards. DuoCash’s ingenuity made available $5.2 billion dollars, of previously untapped money being stored on prepaid calling cards, to the electronic payments marketplace. This was done through DuoCash’s many partnerships with leading telecommunication companies, prepaid calling card manufacturers, and top internet providers. Prior to founding DuoCash, Mr. Nappe was the Director of E-Commerce for Apple Computer's AES division- the enterprise software and professional services division of Apple Computer. Victor developed and maintained successful planning and strategic partnerships with multiple Fortune 500 companies, New Media firms, third party solutions providers, and channel partner companies. Through these alliances, it was Victor’s responsibility to incorporate Apple's enterprise experience, building some of the largest e-commerce sites that exist today. In addition to Mr. Nappe's technology, analysis, and product development knowledge, he has fifteen years of combined business management, technical software product development and IT consulting experience.
Kristin Thompson, Chief Operation Officer - [ E-mail ]
Ms. Thompson adds great experience in business marketing, music publishing, and sports management. Prior to joining Luke Entertainment Group, Ms. Thompson worked with Deep South Music Publishing, Inc., where she was responsible for a myriad of legal issues. She has a great knowledge of the media, having worked as a media advertising buyer working with print, online and television media outlets. Ms. Thompson's skills will be utilized throughout all facets of Luke Entertainment Group, overseeing the Online, Music and Sports divisions operations. She also has a strong role with the National Youth Football League, where she oversees event production and youth Cheerleading groups. Ms. Thompson hold dual bachelors of science degrees in Multinational Business Operations and Marketing from Florida State University as well as a Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University.
Michael Love – Sports Manager - [ E-mail ]
Mr. Love brings years of experience to Luke Entertainment Group's Sports division. An energetic youth sports leader for almost a decade, Mr. Love is credited with starting the Miami Gardens Youth Football Association, one of the most successful youth athletic programs in effect today. Mr. Love is a key aspect of Luke Sports division, and heads up the National Youth Football League. He serves on the Board of Directors for Miami Gardens Chargers Youth Football League and is a member of their Football Commission. Mr. Love has also coached several teams over the past five years, resulting in three Super Bowl and Orange Bowl titles.
