Bio

After beginning his career in Los Angeles as an assistant director in TV and Film, Kai quickly moved up the ranks to directing and producing music videos for some of the most popular artists of our day, including Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Fabolous, Hollywood Undead. Changing career paths, Kai found his way into the world of music management and became one of the key talent managers at the Firm management company. There, he worked with and represented many high-profile artists, including Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and David Banner. Kai also worked with many prominent artists as an A&R on their albums, including Quincy Jones, Korn, Backstreet Boys, Chris Cornell. After leaving the Firm, Kai founded Skee.TV and served as its Creative Director. Under his direction, Skee.TV was one of the first lifestyle youtube platforms producing compelling music videos, digital content as well as integrating internet culture with worldwide brands, like Monster Cable, Beats By Dre, Best Buy, Target and Google Android. Kai was instrumental in the acquisition of Skee.TV in 2010. Kai spent 9 years as co-founder and partner at Sneakers & Bowties, a highly successful boutique development firm, specializing in developing relevant lifestyle brands, event marketing strategy, product creation and logistics management. S+B currently owns and operates significant equity positions in several prominent lifestyle brands in fashion, cannabis and music, including MERRY JANE, WE ARE MASSIV., EN NOIR, My Sentiments Exactly, Haus of Jr., SOL REPUBLIC, Third and Verse, Gram x Gram Agency, GRLCVLT, High Fashion Goods and ChainGang. Kai serves in a leadership position (Chief Strategy Officer / Chief Creative Officer) for each of S+B’s companies, focusing on: