Our Team
Michael Cain
Cofounder and CEO
CalArts, BFA, MFA
25+ years of experience in music education
Grammy-nominated jazz pianist
Performed with Bobby McFerrin, Jack DeJohnette, Eddie Levert (O’Jays), Terence Blanchard.
Faculty: Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory, The New School, University of Minnesota
Director, Electronic Music and Recording Arts (EMRA) at MacPhail Center for Music
Co-Founder of national innovative music education and recording program, teaching music to students grades 3-12 helping them create, record, and distribute their own music
Jeff Sugerman
Cofounder and COO
Northwestern University, BA
Washington University, PhD
30 years of experience as executive leader across technology, training, and publishing industries (spanning start-ups to public entities)
Advisor to Sentinel Capital Partners (NYC) and Shoreview Partners (Minneapolis)
Director/Advisor to 6 middle-market technology-enabled high growth companies
Vlad Voina
Technical Director
Goldsmiths, University of London, BSc
Senior Software Engineer, Roli (UK)
Founder, Technical Director, Vocode
Isaac Rohr
Manager, Core Music Library
California Institute of the Arts, MFA Composition
Brandon University, BA
Studio Coordinator, Electronic Music and Recording Arts at MacPhail Center for Music
Alex Voina
Software Engineer
Masters in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Software Firmware Engineer on embedded systems (C programming language, linux OS & networking)
Software Engineer for Vocode (C++, JUCE & Flutter)