Career Summary
Jerry Calliste Jr (Zhao Jie Rui 赵杰锐) Calliste Jr for 29+ years developed and partnered music companies and sold an est. 5.0 million units generating $25M in global sales. He attracted thousands to events and grew sales by 350%. His peers say he’s “an authority on music marketing, licensing, and independent talent development.” Also, "...a natural at identifying new trends and opportunities related to start ups and strategic business.” Since '01 he founded and serves as Chairman & CEO, Bassmint Music Inc. In ‘09 he’s managing director at Callistecomm. Since '11 he is COO & President at cloud computing start up Simplestream.us.
In the community: In '08 - '10 he served as special adviser at Stargazer.org. In '07 was invited and participated as volunteer on Sen. Hillary R. Clinton's finance committee during Primary for President. In ‘00 he promoted an impromptu V.I.P. birthday bash for The Duchess of York and events with Columbus Monthly, Charles Penzone, Guess? Inc., FTV, and others. He created online curriculum for 2 internships for 10 accredited universities where he spent 4.5K hrs supervising 30+ interns. He volunteers on Economist's Opinions Leaders Panel and Reuters Business Insights.
In '82 at 17 he promoted his first event and got his start as janitor, Tommy Boy Records. In '83, he co-founded and served as V.P. at Cutting Records. He and his partners grew the co. to #1 indy label. Also at Cutting he is the label's first artist. He is a songwriter and music publisher at ASCAP,'83 and '85 respectively. He appears on: 100+ music comps with artists Missy Elliott, David Guetta, David Bowie, Timbaland, Run DMC, Common, Pharrell, Jay-Z, Eminem, 50 Cent and others. Video games & software: Native Instruments, "Traktor Scratch Pro 2" (2011), ActiVisionBlizzard's "DJ Hero: Renegade Edition" (2009), S.C.E.A.'s "NBA Shootout 2004" (2004), Rockstar Games "G.T.A.: Vice City" (2003), the TV commercial and Sony/Epic soundtrack. RCVD 2 RIAA Gold awards 500K sales each.
Education
- Franklin University
- BSc. Information Technology Bachelor's
- 2006 year - 2010 year
- Franklin University
- BSc. Management Information Sciences Bachelor's
- 2006 year - 2010 year
- Franklin University
- ASc. Information Technology Other
- 2006 year - 2008 year