Tony Chen

CEO and Founder @ Channel Factory

About

In 2011, I decided to pause my music studies at Rice University in order to focus my energy on starting Channel Factory, the world leader in brand suitability and ad performance on YouTube. Channel Factory has since been named a Cynopsis award-winning technology innovator, is present in over 15 countries worldwide, and has been named one of the fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine. To learn about the world, I am an avid angel investor into 26 amazing companies like FabFitFun, a lifestyle subscription service, and Outreach.io, a sales technology company named by Forbes in their Next Billion Dollar Startups list in 2018. Also super grateful to have been featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30.

Country

United States

City

North Miami Beach

Industry

Internet

Skill

Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing, YouTube, Social Networking, New Business Development, Business Networking, Video Seeding, Channel Management

Experience

CEO and Founder

Channel Factory

2013-10 - Present · 13 yrs

Channel Factory is an online video distribution and data company. We make YouTube buying easier, safer and smarter, through contextual video targeting, predictive analytics and outstanding service. Channel Factory works with 200 Fortune 500 brands and 85 agencies worldwide, including OMD, MediaCom, ZenithOptimedia, and Nestle. Founded in 2010, Channel Factory is based in Los Angeles with offices in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago and London.

Founder

YTM

2010-10 - 2013-9 · 3 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

YTM helps Fortune 500 brands on YouTube

Summer Analyst

Small Ventures USA

2010-5 - 2010-8 · 4 mos

Houston, TX

• Small Ventures USA is a multi-million dollar private equity and venture capital firm. • Facilitated in developing the business model and helped execute the start-up of Brisa Cash, LLC, a multi-million dollar ATM placement company. Developed the initial sales materials and initiated the first round of sales pitches. • Developed a new YouTube marketing strategy for LLEJU, a multi-million dollar movie production company. Developed a movie distribution strategy for the 2011 theatrical of Roadkill, by interviewing key professionals in the film industry and quantifying the cost difference between traditional film and digital film. • Analyzed the impact of the Central American hydropower regulation on Cutuco Energy, a multi-million dollar Central American energy firm, and found the temperatures to maximize energy trading ROI.