JOE BARBAGALLO
​​Founder/Producer

Founder of BarBHouse Productions, Joe Barbagallo, recently produced the surreal drama, On Our Way (2020), starring Micheál Richardson Neeson, as well as the creature-feature horror, Cryptid (2020). BarBHouse also produced the award-winning drama, Just One More Kiss (2019) and action-thriller Ghost Source Zero (2017), a Sony Pictures film. Joe released Protocol Deviation in 2013, a series distributed by Machinima Networks, a Warner Brothers channel. He has worked with YouTube, Rolling Stone, and SpikeTV..
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MELISSA ROSSAKI
Business Development 

Melissa Rossaki leads Business Development and Strategy at BarBHouse Productions. After starting her career at a Financial Services Sector Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund, Melissa made the switch into the Media industry by joining Reuters, which eventually led to a career in FinTech Sales, spending nearly the last 15 years partnering with Financial Services firms such as Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and JP Morgan. Melissa holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University School of Management.

JAY TAPARIA
​CFO

Jay has been an entrepreneur for 17 years honing his experiences in understanding customer needs and designing programs around meeting those needs. He's also been a professor in finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, international business, and statistics for 15 years. He earned an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management and an MS in Global Affairs in Development and Humanitarian Assistance from New York University.

BOARD MEMBERS

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S. GREGORY BOYD

S. Gregory Boyd (Greg Boyd) is an American author, attorney, and professor specializing in intellectual property, the game industry, and high technology media. He is currently a partner and the chairman of the Interactive Entertainment Group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC and an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for MobyGames.

BRIAN MEECE

Entrepreneur, Chief Strategy Officer at GreenlightGO, Co-Founder & CEO, Brian Meece led an entrepreneurial team in the creation and growth of RocketHub, one of the world’s largest and most recognized crowdfunding brands. Five years after launching, the platform was acquired in a deal valued at $15MM, by a publicly traded company. He starred in the 2015 A&E Networks Documentary "The Startup Factor". As a thought leader on crowdfunding, Brian has lectured at SXSW, World Economic Forum roundtables, TEDxBrooklyn, Maker Faire, Cambridge, Fulbright Conference, White House events, IEEE N3XT, and other conferences around the world. He has been quoted by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, NPR, and USA Today as a voice of the alternative finance industry. Brian holds a M.Sc. from Columbia University.

MICHAEL AMOIA

Michael "Mike" Amoia is an American Producer, Entrepreneur, and Investor.  He is the Co-Founder of Switchblade Entertainment Group, Vidiots, and Mibe Music. Switchblade is a worldwide production company signed with Creative Artists Agency and specializes in original, mostly unscripted content for TV, film, and digital. Mike's investments have expanded to various sectors of business in over 17 companies.