Efren Toscano - TechZulu CEO/Co-Founder

Efren Toscano Co-Founded TechZulu in the heart of Southern California: Orange County. Focused on providing a platform to showcase all that is happening here in Southern California in the tech and media space, TechZulu is rapidly growing to be the hub for Southern California technology companies news source.  The site's videos have been featured on Southern California's cbs2 and Efren has been selected as a Top 20 MostPublic Individuals in Los Angeles in Tech and Biz by NowPublic and the annual LA Weekly: LA People of 2009.

Efren divides his time between San Diego, Los Angeles and tech events around the US.

Amanda Coolong - CCO, Executive Producer, Chief Correspondent

Amanda Coolong is CCO, executive producer and chief correspondent at TechZulu. She has interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and influencers at every major industry conference, and is an active beta tester for many of the products she encounters.

Amanda also brings her collective industry knowledge and contacts to a select group of clients under her consulting brand, Beta PR. She specializes in the creation of integrated marketing and PR campaigns tailored to the early-stage startup. She has over a decade of experience bringing technology brands to market on an international scale.

Amanda graduated Summa Cum Laude from Emerson College with a Bachelor of Science in Speech degree. She’ll tell you she received a major in Public Relations and Minor in Broadcast Journalism. We say she went to school to learn how to talk, and we can tell you…she perfected her craft. ;-)

Geoffrey Emery - Senior MSFT Correspondent

Geoff has been in using computers since he was 5 years old. He is Microsoft MVP and an avid Developer specializing in everything from mobile to web development. Geoff loves to get out there and break down hard technologies into bite sized nuggets for people to enjoy.

Enrique Gutierrez - Co-Editor/Manager of Business Development

Enrique specializes in process automation, user-interface design and experience development, data-organization, database driven applications, online marketing campaigns, project management, online marketing optimization, photographic manipulation, digital photography, audio engineering.  To find some of his personal ramblings you can go here: http://enrique-gutierrez.com/

John Raya - Production Manager

With an art background, I started off as the graphic artist for Medmania Inc. As the company grew, so did my skills.  I was pushed further and harder to hone my skills in a variety of creative software. With the rise of Techzulu, I found a new love in online video. It is my personal goal to put out content that inspires and informs all of its viewers.

Wm. Marc Salsberry - Entrepreneur
Business Development, Creative Direction, Photography

With over twenty years of experience in creative design and direction, Mr.Salsberry is a team builder, mentor and evangelist who has had the pleasure and good fortune to work with many industry innovators and professionals.From his initial work in ground-breaking multi-media with production companies such as Camfel Productions and Motivational Media Assemblies to his more recent work with New Media and Social Networks, he has been able to use his talents to help start and develop companies and products that have won awards and accolades from industry organizations, print publications and his peers.

In 2005, after helping to launch a company that designed and manufactured high-end home theater speakers described as the ‘Apple of Audio’ Mr. Salsberry was asked to join another project closely related to and dealing with Apple. Called mStation Audio, this new company set out to design and manufacture high-quality iPod speakers and accessories. Within the first year after the successful launch of mStation Mr. Salsberry helped mStation to recruit NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony as an investor and endorser of their products. Not long after that he played an integral part in helping mStation to acquire ‘mophie’ an award winning and innovative iPod case and accessories company whose new products have caught the eye and pocketbook of both Apple and their iPod/iPhone fan base.

These days Mr. Salsberry is working closely with a charity called MEND Meet Each Need with Dignity – www.mendpoverty.org) on their ‘Stop Summer Hunger’ campaign while developing two new projects set to launch in early 2009. He is also working closely with TechZulu to document the rise of New Media, Entertainment and Technology in Southern California. His photographs, original content and interviews will all be featured on the site.

Mr Salsberry can be reached through TechZulu.com or through his own site WMSProductions.com

Josh Highland - Not Popular

Josh Highland joins TechZulu as a Correspondent for the Inland Empire. Josh is a tech fanatic and a seasoned web veteran with over 10 years of experience as a professional web developer. Living in the Inland Empire area of California his entire life, Josh has worked for several I.E. based dot com start ups over the years. Currently he is a Lead Web Developer for ESRI, one of the premier tech companies in Southern California

In 2001 Josh created notPopular.com, a social network for underground music fans. Following his love of music, he helped form and sing for the band xDEATHSTARx. After several recordings and national tours, in 2006 Josh left the band to further his career in the tech industry. Currently Josh hosts the notPop podcast, a bi-weekly view into the news surrounding underground music, while continuing to develop the notPopular.com community, and blogging at JoshHighland.com

Jacob Nahin - Contributor

Jacob Nahin is a freelance journalist who specializes in technology and new media. With more than three years of journalism experience, he has written for Tubefilter News, TechZulu, GirlGamer and has made a guest-appearance on KTRB’s Computer and Technology Radio.