About Us

This is how we live.

Music compels all of us--individually, in our own way. It fills our moments, our cars, our movies, and our thoughts. Grooveshark started with one question: how could we be enriched by changing the way we find and listen to music?

Our goals: To improve the connection between people and music. To change the music industry in ways they seem so unwilling to consider. To have fun.

We have a team of 40 passionate employees who wake up daily to live and work for the music, but what we're really about is simple: you. We want you to help us grow, get better, and help us help the music. It's the one thing we can all agree on.

  • Sam Tarantino

    Sam Tarantino

    Founder + CEO

    Sam is a musician, an entrepreneur, and a visionary. His intent is to fix the world's problems, but for now is settling on fixing the music industry.

  • Josh Greenberg

    Josh Greenberg

    Co-Founder / CTO + VP of Products

    Josh polishes ideas and turns them into a reality. Josh enjoys contemplating, strategizing, observing, learning, leading, and getting things done.

  • Vishal Agarwala

    Vishal Agarwala

    Senior UI Engineer

    Vishal sometimes can't decide if (he likes coding > designing) or designing more than coding. He also hates Internet Explorer 6 with a passion. But he loves you.

  • John Ashenden

    John Ashenden

    Chief Web/Visual Designer

    John Ashenden (John with an H) is both an experienced graphic designer and web developer. John enjoys making things appear shinier than they should be.

  • James Barnes

    James Barnes

    Graphic Designer & Illustrator

    "If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I would be unstoppable." — Bukowski

  • Douglas Bell

    Douglas Bell

    Network / Systems Administrator

    Douglas is a musician and a geek who believes that focusing on what you think cannot be done is just an excuse for not doing what can be done. When Douglas is not working behind the scenes at Grooveshark he likes playing guitar, SCUBA diving, building fast cars and red wine. Getting through life on love and caffeine...

  • Carolina Bermudez

    Carolina Bermudez

    Design Intern

    Love food, life and people. Currently dreaming of being in Nicaragua at the beach eating fish. Back in reality, Junior Graphic Design student at UF. Go Gators! :)

  • Josh Bonnain

    Josh Bonnain

    VP of Sales & Marketing

    Josh knows relationships drive healthy, efficient business. He leverages these to help expand Grooveshark into new and exciting territory.

  • Alex Bryan

    Alex Bryan

    VP of Business Development

    Alex came out of the womb balling out of control.

  • Beth Condra

    Beth Condra

    Writer / Booking & Promotions

    Beth does writing, booking, and marketing for Grooveshark.
    She loves: theatre, art, film, politics and society.
    She hates: banana peppers and cherry pie.
    Beth plans on building an awesome tree house so she doesn’t have to pay rent.

  • Michael Cugini

    Michael Cugini

    Software Engineer

    Presented with a problem he can't code a solution to, Michael will find and learn a language where it is trivial (it's not cheating! it's elegant!).

  • Jack DeYoung

    Jack DeYoung

    VP of Label Relations

    Jack is the frontman of famed pop collective Vishal and The Agarwalas. Wolverines!!!

  • Edwin Fuquen

    Edwin Fuquen

    Software Developer

    Edwin enjoys designing efficient, scalable, and overall kick-ass server code. He also enjoys database design and monitoring your groovy music library, as well as long walks on the beach.

  • Colin Hostert

    Colin Hostert

    Chief Security and Information Officer

    An entrepreneur and systems engineer at heart, Colin joined Escape Media Group to help build the robust and scalable architecture that powers Grooveshark.

  • Joe Kelly

    Joe Kelly

    Web Developer

    A seasoned online veteran, Joe spends his time as the enforcer of web standards. Don't let his boyish demeanor fool you, Joe has the strike of a Crocodile, the brute-strength of a an adult-sized grizzly bear, and the sting of an Australian box jellyfish.

  • Matt Lubner (Mike Lukener)

    Matt Lubner (Mike Lukener)

    PHP + HCI Designer

    Matt is a tenacious and insightful person who enjoys designing elegant solutions to the complex problems he encounters. He also might have more nicknames than are functions in PHP.

  • Isaac Moredock

    Isaac Moredock

    Business Development & Artist Relations

    Isaac has S.T.Y.L.E. that's right, style. He also has a passion for helping independent artists.

  • Chanel Munezero

    Chanel Munezero

    Software Engineer

    Chanel wrestles with browsers everyday to do his bidding.

  • Jay Paroline

    Jay Paroline

    Software Engineer

    Jay workings the robust beach. He creates the hard drive. He teaches the architecture. He optimizes the beach.

  • Carlos Perez

    Carlos Perez

    Intern

    Just a Mexican World traveller who is finishing his degree in International Business. He recently fell in love with xhtml/css and designing. Yes... he loves tequila , tacos and burritos.

  • Daniel Pua

    Daniel Pua

    Software Developer

    Even if it means I have to pass through heaven, hell and everything in between - someday, you'll see just how great I am.

  • Abhijith Reddy

    Abhijith Reddy

    Software Engineer Intern

    Abhijith Reddy is a Software engineer. Originally From Hyderabad-India, he is pursuing his Masters Degree in Computer Science at the University of Florida. He loves coding in Java and has attended Sun’s Tech days conference in Hyderabad for 3 years .He has a penchant for the world of peer-2-peer networks and network security.

  • Katy Richard

    Katy Richard

    Web Developer

    Katy is a front-end web developer with a passion for clean code, usablilty, web standards, and design of all kinds - plus an unhealthy fetish for office supplies.

  • Alex Shifrin

    Alex Shifrin

    Chief Operating Officer

    "No great thing is created suddenly."
    - Epictetus

  • Skyler Slade

    Skyler Slade

    Senior Web Developer

    Skyler hacks the unique server. He workings the kick-ass buzz words. He hacks the buzz words. He cooks the buzz vector. He writes the artificial intelligence.

  • Myke Stubbs

    Myke Stubbs

    Software Engineer

    Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. -Albert Camus

  • Chris Suter

    Chris Suter

    Software Engineer

    Chris earned his BA in mathematics in 2006, and joined Grooveshark to combine his passions for math, music, and programming.

  • Alejandra Valdes

    Alejandra Valdes

    Human Resources

    Photographer, Human Resources, Therapist, Den Mother When she's not off grabbing sweet photos for the blog, providing personal support for the sharks, or making sure the office is running smoothly and the pantry is stocked - sometimes she gets a chance to do human resources.

  • Ben Westermann-Clark

    Ben Westermann-Clark

    User Relations

    In the beginning of the 21st Century, human intelligence had evolved such that artificial recreations could sufficiently emulate the ennui of higher-primate cognition. The robots were the only ones who liked Ben's music. I also like helping people.

  • Travis Whitton

    Travis Whitton

    Software Engineer

    After wading through the treachery of the dot com bubble, Travis brings years of industry experience and valuable insight to the Grooveshark team. When he's not hard at work writing code, he enjoys living in a van by the river right down the street from the Grooveshark headquarters.

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