The Buzzd Team



- Nihal Mehta
CEO / Co-Founder - Devrim Yasar
VP of Engineering - Glen Nigel Straub
Marketing Manager 


- Michael Muse
Manager, Business Development - Oluwole Owoseni
Manager, Operations, Quality Assurance and Release - Kane Sarhan
Chief of Staff
Nihal Mehta
CEO / Co-Founder
Innovating marketing technologies through three successful startups to date, Nihal Mehta, is a noted expert in the emerging adoption of wireless technologies for media properties and consumer brands. Named a BusinessWeek 'M-Commerce Baron' in 2006 and named one of AdAge's Top 20 Marketers in Their Twenties in 2005, Nihal is currently CEO and co-founder of mobile social networking buzzd. Prior to buzzd, Nihal co-founded ipsh!, one of the first full-service mobile marketing agencies in 2001, which was sold to Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) in 2005. Nihal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy and a BSE in Computer Science.
In his spare time, Nihal enjoys deejaying around the country and practicing jedi mind tricks on unsuspecting victims.
Devrim Yasar
VP of EngineeringA veteran in tech world, started an outsourcing company in Europe, served as Assistant VP of IT at a major bank in Holland, was co-founder and COO of a $5M funded mobile payment startup, CTO of a NY based social network start-up before coming to Buzzd. Devrim's last project is in cloud computing, his new born Kodingen, which aims to give a free development environment to every developer in the world, one megabyte at a time.
Devrim is the mastermind behind Buzzd's aggregation technology which is powered by Kodingen. He's really, really good at dealing with huge, unruly databases. Next to creating and managing the Buzzd Tech Team, he brings his years of experience to Buzzd, leading it's success into the next era.
Glen Nigel Straub
Marketing Manager
We like to consider Glen our Marketing Rockstar. Born and bred in
Brooklyn, he thrives on the energy of the concrete jungle. He joined us
with a zest for urban culture, words, live music, and most importantly
giving people cool free stuff if they use buzzd, of course.
Glen has worked for Conde Nast Publications and has contributed
nightlife-related articles to Spin, Metromix and Sheckys. He's
passionate about the dreadful New York Knickerbockers (in 7th grade, he
shaved "Knicks" into his hair) and can also tell you the ins and outs
of the paw-shaped mittens business.
His skills include: nigelsounds, an encyclopedic knowledge of reggae and bringin' more fyah (fire).
Michael Muse
Manager, Business DevelopmentMichael handles our Business Developement and Ad Operations at buzzd, as well as Project Managing the BlackBerry application. His love affair with 'Berries dates back to his first RIM 857 in 2001. From his background in Finance, he brings a knack for numbers and data, as well as an encyclopedic knowledge of the Microsoft Office Productivity suite (nerd!). He wears many hats at buzzd, and is an active member of the New York Tech community.
Hailing from Dallas, Texas, he loves skiing the slopes in his vacation time.
Oluwole Owoseni
Operations, Quality Assurance and Release ManagerMeet Oluwole Owoseni, our Operations, Quality Assurance and Release Manager, our youngest (agewise) member of the buzzd staff. Olu's job is to ensure your experience with buzzd is as bug free as possible and he also ensures that buzzd remains the oiled, well-tuned machine operations wise that buzzd is. He is also in charge of the completion, release and ongoing operations of all of the buzzd consumer products. As our senior consultant on bugs, Olu brings 4+ years of programming knowledge and problem-solving to the table. On any given day, he can be found pouring over the system finding new ways to break (and fix) our various products.
Olu is also the official buzzd chessmaster, ping pong player and chief chocolate cookie expert.
Kane Sarhan
Chief of StaffKane plays multiple roles at buzzd. Whether it is promoting buzzd through parties and events or managing our office and HR opperations, Kane keeps buzzd buzzing. With years of experience as a executive assistant and promoting and hosting at some of NYCs hottest clubs and venues, Kane has a knack for wearing multiple hats at a time.
When he isn't buzzd(ing), Kane enjoys a good pool and adventure sports. He also has a slight obsession with clothes.
