Noah began his music career as a DJ at 14, spinning in nightclubs across the country, performing as stage DJ for artists like Jennifer Lopez, and appearing on The Today Show and The Tonight Show. In college, Noah founded and developed the first online hip hop one stop, which led to a position managing online marketing for the VH1 Group a year after graduation. After a short but educational stint trapped inside the walls of corporate America, Noah co-founded noise at 25 and subsequently the music agency Soundproof, in partnership with Irving Azoff and Jordan Bratman. He’s been happy ever since.

At 29, Noah’s first book, "Chasing Cool," was published by Simon & Schuster. Co-authored with creative visionary and co-CEO of Barneys, Gene Pressman, the book’s examination of branding and popular culture is furnished with insights from over 70 of today’s business visionaries ranging from Clive Davis, Bob Pittman, and Russell Simmons to Ian Schrager, Richard Meier and Tom Ford. Chasing Cool has been featured in such media as NPR, CBS News, Forbes, WWD, The Financial Times, BRANDWEEK, Vanity Fair, GQ and was highlighted as one of Advertising Age’s “Top 10 Books You Should Have Read” in 2007.

Noah has been featured in Billboard Magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30” most influential business executives and as one of AdWeek's "top 20 under 40." He has keynoted conferences for Old Navy, Moet Hennessy, Fairchild Publications, and eBay and contributed editorial to Advertising Age and Departures Magazine. He was also recently elected to the board of Russell Simmons’ "Global Grind." Noah is a graduate of Cornell University where he studied Economics and Psychology.

Smith is a new media product veteran with 15+ years of experience in online product management, execution and operations. Smith was most recently SVP, Online at Current TV, a global media company founded by former Vice President Al Gore. Under Smith’s leadership, Current’s website won the 2007 Webby award for Best Television Website and the 2007 Emmy Award for Interactive Television. Smith started his career at GeoCities (Yahoo!) and has held Senior Product Management roles at several consumer facing web start-ups including ReacTV, Blend MediaWorks and Sawyer Media Systems.

Adam started his career running marketing for the technology think tank Meta Group before founding a New York production company. In 1998 he became President of Gen Art and over the next decade he transformed the organization into a leading arts & entertainment brand and lifestyle agency. In 2007 he was recruited to run consumer and college marketing for Current TV and subsequently launched a branded entertainment/content development company in collaboration with NYC nightclub The Box and Chicago’s Legacy Marketing Group. Adam joined noise in September 2009 to launch noise's San Francisco office and lead west coast operations and business development.

Prior to joining noise, Jeff was Partner, Executive Creative Director at Southpaw, a content creation and digital solutions shop, where he created (wrote and directed) original content for Comedy Central, Atom Films, Sports Illustrated, Jib Jab, Hungryman Films and blue chip brands JC Penney, Honda, VH1, Lipton and Nike/Starter. In addition to having extensive experience in the world of digital content and branded entertainment, Jeff has worked as a Creative Director at Cliff Freeman & Partners where he created integrated campaigns for Ultimate Electronics, Shoney’s, CBS, The Sports Authority and Virgin Healthcare, and as a writer/director at Station Films where he directed commercials and short form content for Wendy’s, NY Lottery, NHL, CBS College Sports, Spike TV and Dunkin' Donuts. Other previous career pit stops include directing and producing a feature length documentary entitled “A Fall in Dreamland” and working at OMD in the Ignition group doing communications planning and developing ROI driven media applications.

A product of New York University’s Stern School of Business, David Sandler is a marketing enthusiast and consumer of all things business and technology. He has 10 years of experience in marketing and advertising, and started pursuing his MBA while at Digitas, where he served as a strategic advisor to American Express and Comcast. After leading breakthrough programs such as My Wishlist and Going Once, and helping establish the Social Media practice, David departed Digitas for Scholastic to be Director of Digital Marketing for the Trade Division. Early in his career David also worked at Evolution Talent Agency, assisting music industry icon Jonny Podell, and working with artists like Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper, Cyndi Lauper, The Allman Brothers, and Gavin DeGraw. David currently lives in New York with his lovely wife, Stacey, and beautiful daughter, Rylee.

Prior to joining noise, Cory was a Sr. Brand Director at Momentum Worldwide charged with leading experiential, digital and content-based initiatives for brands such as American Express, Bacardi, Budweiser, YouTube, New Balance, and MTV. Before his role at Momentum, Cory was one of the first Strategists hired at creative boutique agency, Mother New York. In 4+ years, Cory played an integral role in leading the development of integrated campaigns for clients such as the NBA, Target, Virgin Mobile, 10 Cane Rum, Dell, Miller Brewing Co., and J&J. He was also instrumental in the agency’s new business efforts, and the creation of Mother Experience; a division devoted to developing innovative digital and physical brand experiences. Cory has also co-founded Berger Shop, a marketing consultancy that develops word-of-mouth campaigns for clients such as MSG (NY Knicks), LA Times, Jaguar, and Hotbox Sports.

Pamplona, Spain. July 1997. Reflecting on his recent travels, and the state of college marketing back in the U.S., Andrew decided to quit his sales job at the Washington Square News and start his own marketing and promotions company. Only a junior at NYU, Andrew quickly amassed a client list including MTV, Paramount, Nike, Aspen Ski Resort and Playboy. He joined noise in 2004 to continue his game-changing work. In his spare time, Andrew can be found scouring the net, planning his upcoming Black Friday escapade.

In addition to being nominated for numerous Rich Media awards, James Li has produced mini-games for vitaminwater, Six Flags and CBS, and designed websites for Powerade, Nintendo, and Outkast. James was made in Taiwan. His roommate, a cat named Chicken, was born in Long Island. This odd couple celebrates their love of cartoons, collectibles and comics in a broom closet/apartment large enough to comfortably sit with a Nintendo DS and a Big Boa G.I. Joe action figure.