The Lumen Foundry Experts

Prior to Lumen Foundry, Peter served as Chief Marketing Officer for Pro Audio retailer Westlake Pro. He is CVO of Mr. Cat Music, which manages his music catalog and owned Chess-Volt Recording Studio in Los Angeles.

From a side hustle building custom PCs in 1991, to his first attempts at digital music production in 2000, to his full immersion in the Inbound Marketing world, Peter has always embraced technology with a passion.

Under his marketing leadership at Westlake Pro, the business grew by nearly 50% a year in 2015 and 2016.

Factoid: Peter’s composition Strange Transmissions (Peter Malick Group featuring Norah Jones) was the first music ever bundled with a mobile phone. In 2004, Malick’s production of Strange Transmissions was included with the Nokia 6230i (semi) smart phone worldwide.

As a manager and entrepreneur Peter has held eclectic positions including: Owner and President, Chess-Volt Recording Studios, Van Nuys, CA 2006-2009; Co-Founder, Luxury Wafers Indie Music Blog and Label 2008-2015; and Chief Marketing Officer, Westlake Pro, Universal City, CA 2013-2017.

Scott Buscemi has been helping companies and organizations of all sizes bring their website aspirations to life since 2010. With experience in project management, product development, and UX design, Scott has worked with hundreds of companies of all sizes on their website buildouts.

He is always looking to work with new clients with exciting challenges and innovative ideas.

Prior to beginning her career, Michelle studied Visual Communications, with minors in Psychology and Sociology. As her work progressed, she also branched into front-end development and user experience design to round our her skillset. This combination of disciplines led her to adopt a strategy-based approach to design, focused on solving tangible problems and achieving real goals based on how people think.

She loves the open source community, and when she is not working on projects she speaks/volunteers/organizes at events and workshops around the country. Her passions are communication and empowerment, and she believes in the power of “Why?”

Vlad Dascalu is a seasoned strategist with experience from internationally renowned advertising agencies, most notably Sid Lee, Grip Limited and Lowe Roche. Vlad has played pivotal roles in engaging customers from legacy brands (such as: adidas, Absolut Vodka, Honda) and new brands built from a blank canvas (such as: Blue Goose, Chirps, tentree).

Vlad also instituted an award winning branding and digital development agency called FutureFuture and led the vision and direction of both the agency and its clients as Head of Strategy. There he worked with innovative startups predominantly from technology and the social sector.

He’s now working on a Virtual Reality technology that allowing content creators, brands and marketers to deliver interactive Virtual Reality experiences to anyone in the world via direct mail.