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About us

latakoo Philosophy

We're not big on old rules at latakoo. We say take a leap, believe, and create the world that's in your dreams. For us, there's just one rule: "Do the right thing." That defines us as a company and as individuals. We want to empower you with information, connect you through video, and always work to do the right thing for you, for our communities, and for our world. latakoo gives wings to our mission to connect and empower, but we plan to keep that bird up in the air as we build onto this platform and give people everywhere access to information and to each other. If we connect more, we know more, we understand more, we empower more, and we are better able to do the right things.

latakoo History

latakoo is a group of journalists and technologists who came together to solve a distinct problem with video on the web. Sending high-definition video across the Internet simply took too long and the delivered file lacked acceptable quality. We eliminated hours of uploading and compression through our latakoo platform. The combination of our technology talents and industry expertise results an innovative tool that delivers unique solutions to broadcasters, film and news producers, and video hobbyists, who, like us, believed it was time HD video moved quickly over the net to be delivered without compromise of quality.

The latakoo Team

Paul Adrian
CEO, co-founder

Paul is the chief KOO, the force behind latakoo's framework, business strategy, and mission. An award-winning investigative journalist with 18-years reporting experience, he founded latakoo with Jade Kurian after graduating with a Masters from the Harvard Kennedy School. The entrepreneurial bug hit him early in life. In high school, he pitched an idea to a radio station. They put him on the air with a show he produced and hosted. An eighth-generation Texan, Paul relishes independent thinking, spirited ingenuity, never-say-I-can't attitude, and his Lucchese cowboy boots.

Jade Kurian
President, co-founder

Jade embodies latakoo's heart, soul, strength and style. She's not only President, she heads up our current marketing efforts. This former international correspondent and news manager has walked through floodwaters from New Orleans to Indonesia, covered presidential campaigns and the funeral of a pope. Jade managed the safe travel of news crews into unknown territories, secured meetings with political luminaries, and ran her own marketing and public relations consulting service. She has a deep understanding of the needs of the modern journalists as well as a worldview that embraces interdependence - the fact that we all do better when we empower each other.

Ben Werdmuller
Chief Technology Officer

Ben is the shepherd of our five-member tech development team. He's a leading web strategist and co-founded Elgg, a widely used open source social networking platform. Ben is "Geek in Residence" at the Edinburgh Festivals Innovation Lab, helping all 12 Edinburgh Festivals innovate with web technology. We could go on about his web and tech know-how, but Ben is at latakoo because he wants to create socially valuable products, empower individuals and communities, and always follow his moral compass.

James C. Moore
Business Development

James helps craft and carry the latakoo message to investors, customers, and just about anyone else who will listen. And, when James talks or writes, people do listen or read. He's a bestselling author, a business and political columnist, an analyst, a frequent guest on network television news shows, and an amazing storyteller. A longtime mentor to founder Paul Adrian, James believes just as much in latakoo's market potential as he does in its greater purpose to connect and empower.