Phil Scales
CEO, Principal

Phil has developed and marketed over 50 apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Prior to Founding Banzai Labs Phil worked with some of Austin's most innovative startups, designing and developing new products and services.

Previously, as Chief Architect and Senior Director of R&D for Kapow Technologies he co-founded Kapow's Austin R&D office and developed Kapow's first SaaS product. Within 2 quarters of launch the SaaS business accounted for 25% of new revenue.

Prior to Kapow, Phil was Director of Mobile Applications for Volantis Content Services, where he Architected and Managed the Mobile Video Platform giving content providers the ability to manage, syndicate and deliver transcoded video to thousands of mobile devices. He also designed mobile media and entertainment applications for ABC and CBS, and developed carrier products for AT&T and other international mobile operators.

Phil has a diverse product development background spanning mobile applications, social networking, and media and entertainment.

Phil earned a B.S. in Physics from Texas A&M University where he also conducted Research in Solid State Physics and Nanotechnologies.

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Chris Chauvin
Principal

Chris has 20 years of experience in Professionals Services and Software Development. Most recently he was Sr. Director of Product Management for Kapow Technologies where he managed a global product development team. Prior to that he was part of the founding team of Kapow's OnDemand product offering and took Kapow's Enterprise Platform to a SaaS model in under 6 months.

Chris has developed and marketed several applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch including mobile video, audio and text-to-speech apps.

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