Brandon Kessler is the founder and CEO of ChallengePost, a New York web company that allows organizations and individuals to challenge the public to solve problems through competitions. Current clients include The City of New York, First Lady Michelle Obama, Samsung, Thomson Reuters, the World Bank, and the federal government who chose ChallengePost to create and power the governmentwide challenge platform: http://Challenge.gov

Prior to that, Kessler founded independent record label Messenger Records which was repeatedly singled out for its creative use of grassroots and online promotions. Kessler holds undergraduate and MBA degrees from Columbia University.