Team

The Nimbit team is comprised of a diverse group of talented individuals dedicated to your success. We’re musicians, technologists, and entrepreneurs. Our passion is to build, from personal experience, the tools and solutions you need to power your music business.

Senior Management

Bob Cramer Bob Cramer is Nimbit’s CEO. Bob is a blues guitarist, private investor, and advisor with 26 years experience in high-growth venture-backed businesses. Recently, Bob was CEO of LiveVault, one of the first software-as-a-service businesses targeting the SMB market, which was acquired in 2005. Bob was also CEO of FirstSense, which was acquired in 1999. Cramer has also held senior sales and marketing positions at Oracle, CenterLine and Ingres. He received his BS from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his MS from the University of California at Berkeley.

Patrick Faucher E-commerce pioneer, accomplished musician, and self-professed technogeek, Patrick Faucher is the CTO and Co-founder of Nimbit, one of the leading digital commerce platforms for the music industry. Preceding the web’s explosion as a commercial marketplace, Patrick helped launch some of the very first online stores for renowned artists such as Aerosmith and Phish back in the late 90’s. Over the past two years, Nimbit has become the fastest growing direct-to-fan commerce and marketing platform in the music industry, powering over 10,000 online stores for artists and labels at every level. Patrick shares a deep passion for music and its value with every artist he interacts with, frequently speaking at industry events and lecturing at schools around the country. In his words, “My mission is simple – usher in the next era for the music industry by helping artists build a more sustainable business directly with their fans.” An alumnus of Berklee College of Music, Patrick has toured and performed in over 20 different countries as a trumpet player, vocalist and arranger.

Phil Antoniades A DIY pioneer, member of the “scrapper” generation, and an honors graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Philip Antoniades is consistently focused on finding innovative business solutions that create real income for musicians. This is the essential concept behind Nimbit, Inc., the company he represents as Co-founder and President. With over twenty years of experience in the music industry, Philip Antoniades is familiar with the many facets of the field, propelling his expertise into what is now Nimbit.com. He has toured nationally as a professional drummer, cementing his knowledge of the music industry from a musician’s point of view. At the same time, Philip has been consistently involved in the business side of the music world, having owned a record label, managed nationally touring artists, and worked as a producer and promoter. In the early 1990’s, Philip Antoniades started Johnny Brock Management, a promotions and booking agency centered in and around the New England area. Johnny Brock Management was a principal partner in the International Acoustic Underground Competition. In 1996, he founded Artist Development Associates Inc., which provided mastering, CD manufacturing, design, and promotion services to independent artists on tour. In 1997, Philip Antoniades launched CDfreedom.com to provide an online retail venue for fulfillment of CD’s and other merchandise to a growing Indie customer base. Since then, Indie music and its artists have continued to emerge as a popular, avant-garde genre; Philip Antoniades has continued to pursue this client base through Nimbit, Inc.. Nimbit first surfaced when it merged with Artist Development Associates in 2004.

JP Twarog As Chief Architect, J.P. charts the course for all of Nimbit’s IT related initiatives to yield an architecture that is in-line with that of the company. Despite his dominion, his cubicle is far from an ivory tower, as J.P. serves as a key member of the development team. Before co-founding Nimbit, J.P. was responsible for leading a team of developers at SureFire Commerce, Inc. in the design and support of secure, high-volume publishing systems for the company’s e-commerce platform. Prior to his work there, he founded Imprintables.com, spearheading the development of an early, rich Internet application with “WYSIWYG” image design tools. These tools yielded custom, online order processing, integrated with real-time, B2B supply chain management capabilities. J.P. holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University and a Masters in Computer Science from Tufts University.

Board of Directors

Bob Cramer, Chairman and CEO Patrick Faucher, co-founder Phil Antoniades, co-founder

Paul Birch Paul Birch is an independent investor, business owner and advisor to technology companies, with more than 20 years experience as both an advisor and in senior management positions. He has worked with both private and public technology companies ranging in size from early stage to nearly $500 million in revenues and has focused on the global growth of businesses. Paul is a member and Director of Common Angels, Double-Take Software (NASDAQ – DBTK), Emerson Hospital and the Emerson Hospital Foundation.

Peter Bleyleben Dr. Peter R. von Bleyleben is a member of the Board of Directors at Nimbit. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Microfinancial, Inc (“MFI”), a publicly listed corporation. He co-founded the company in 1987 and served as Chief Executive Officer until 2002, having lead the company from its founding through a successful IPO trading on the NYSE in early 1999. Previously, Peter was Vice President and Director of the Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (“BCG”) in Boston. During his more than eight years with BCG, Peter focused his professional strategic consulting practice on the financial services and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining BCG, Peter earned an M.B.A. with distinction and honors from the Harvard Business School, an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in Business Administration and Economics, respectively, from the Vienna Business School in Vienna, Austria and a B.S. in Computer Science from the Vienna Institute of Technology. He is also a director of the CommonAngels, Inc., a leading angel investment group.

Advisory Board