Catherine Downes's guest appearances

Catherine Downes

Women in Tech Podcast, hosted by Espree Devora

Future of Film Podcast with Alex Stolz

Anh Nguyen

Ryan Serhant

Arlan Hamilton

Jennifer Smith

Jane Portman

Roza Ferdowsmakan

Jesse Genet

Kelli Davis

Rachel Ford

Ali Rayl

Paige Bailey

Michelle Jensen

Karen Peacock

Jason Blum

Claire Wasserman

OwlTail

Maria Tanjala

Can tech save the film industry? That's the question posed to three tech founders in this special episode of Film Disruptors, recorded live at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival.  Nadira Azermai of Scriptbook, Maria Tanjala of Film Chain and usheru's Catherine Downes discuss their growing businesses and how they are bringing innovative solutions to film development, finance and distribution.This episode was produced during the 21st edition of the FilmTech Meetup Berlin, in collaboration with Filmtech Office www.filmtechoffice.comand EFM Horizon https://www.efm-berlinale.de/en/horizon/home/horizon, the European Film Market's platform focusing on the future of film business and new developments in the media and entertainment worlds  Nadira AzermaiNadira Azermai is Founder of ScriptBook, a high-tech company that provides artificially intelligent screenplay analysis and box office forecasts. ScriptBook was conceived when Nadira wrote her Master’s thesis on using artificial intelligence to quantify story-parameters into a predictive model. This would enable content creators to assess their projects objectively and avoid financial failure. Nadira has been on a mission to unify art &amp; artificial intelligence ever since.Maria TanjalaMaria's background is in film production, from line producing, budgeting to distribution. She is passionate about tech solutions that bring transparency and automation in the creative industries, creating a level playing field for creators and enterprises.Maria Tanjala founded alongside Irina Albita the FilmChain platform that collects, allocates and analyses revenues for film, TV and digital content on the blockchain, replacing the traditional collection services with transparent, real-time payments from viewers to filmmakers. In 2020 they won "Startup of the Year" at London Business Awards by Mayor of London.Catherine DownesCatherine is COO &amp; CMO - usheru, the tech analytics company that specialises in film marketing.Catherine studied her undergraduate degree at Trinity in Business Studies and Political Science and holds a Masters in Human Rights and Criminology Justice from Queen’s University Belfast. After several years working in research in this area, she made a switch into the world of technology by joining Google in January 2008 and spent almost 7 years there, across different product groups. Her roles focused mainly on marketing, and sales partnerships. Her final role at Google saw her lead the global Google Certified Publishing Partner program which she worked on since inception and grew for almost 2 years across Europe and Asia, launching the first US partners before leaving to start usheru. Catherine co-founded usheru 5 years ago with Ollie Fegan and Andres Macias with the ultimate goal to connect film marketing to the box office, and to provide consumer insight for film distributors. Venture-backed usheru currently operates across Europe, with technology products for film distributors, national film bodies and cinemas - the company is eyeing a 2020 expansion into the US. Catherine speaks French, Spanish and Italian, and in a former life was even a snowboard instructor in Canada and an avid cycling road racer.Discover more about this and other podcasts at www.futureoffilm.live

Can tech save the film industry? That's the question posed to three tech founders in this special episode of Film Disruptors, recorded live at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival. Nadira Azermai of Scriptbook, Maria Tanjala of Film Chain and usheru's Catherine Downes discuss their growing businesses and how they are bringing innovative solutions to film development, finance and distribution. This episode was produced during the 21st edition of the FilmTech Meetup Berlin, in collaboration with Filmtech Office <a href="http://www.filmtechoffice.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.filmtechoffice.com</a> and EFM Horizon <a href="https://www.efm-berlinale.de/en/horizon/home/horizon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.efm-berlinale.de/en/horizon/home/horizon</a>, the European Film Market's platform focusing on the future of film business and new developments in the media and entertainment worlds Nadira Azermai Nadira Azermai is Founder of ScriptBook, a high-tech company that provides artificially intelligent screenplay analysis and box office forecasts. ScriptBook was conceived when Nadira wrote her Master’s thesis on using artificial intelligence to quantify story-parameters into a predictive model. This would enable content creators to assess their projects objectively and avoid financial failure. Nadira has been on a mission to unify art &amp; artificial intelligence ever since. Maria Tanjala Maria's background is in film production, from line producing, budgeting to distribution. She is passionate about tech solutions that bring transparency and automation in the creative industries, creating a level playing field for creators and enterprises. Maria Tanjala founded alongside Irina Albita the FilmChain platform that collects, allocates and analyses revenues for film, TV and digital content on the blockchain, replacing the traditional collection services with transparent, real-time payments from viewers to filmmakers. In 2020 they won "Startup of the Year" at London Business Awards by Mayor of London. Catherine Downes Catherine is COO &amp; CMO - usheru, the tech analytics company that specialises in film marketing. Catherine studied her undergraduate degree at Trinity in Business Studies and Political Science and holds a Masters in Human Rights and Criminology Justice from Queen’s University Belfast. After several years working in research in this area, she made a switch into the world of technology by joining Google in January 2008 and spent almost 7 years there, across different product groups. Her roles focused mainly on marketing, and sales partnerships. Her final role at Google saw her lead the global Google Certified Publishing Partner program which she worked on since inception and grew for almost 2 years across Europe and Asia, launching the first US partners before leaving to start usheru. Catherine co-founded usheru 5 years ago with Ollie Fegan and Andres Macias with the ultimate goal to connect film marketing to the box office, and to provide consumer insight for film distributors. Venture-backed usheru currently operates across Europe, with technology products for film distributors, national film bodies and cinemas - the company is eyeing a 2020 expansion into the US. Catherine speaks French, Spanish and Italian, and in a former life was even a snowboard instructor in Canada and an avid cycling road racer. Discover more about this and other podcasts at www.futureoffilm.live

40. Can Tech Startups Save the Film Industry?

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here womenintechshow.com or by texting "womenintech" to (310) 872-2423 Women in Tech Feature: Catherine Downes "Your Cinema App For Listings, Tickets, Offers And Unique Film Events" #womenintech Show is powered by UpGuard.com, UpGuard's discovery engine brings visibility to complex IT environments, enabling teams to quickly identify risk, confirm compliance and make business safer. #womenintech Show is a WeAreTech.fm production. To support our podcast go to http://womenintechshow.com/believe To be featured on the podcast go to http://womenintechshow.com/feature Host, Espree Devora https://twitter.com/espreedevora Guest, Catherine Downes of usheru https://www.linkedin.com/in/catdownes In LA? Here’s some awesome resources for you to become immersed in the LA Tech scene - For a calendar of all LA Startup events go to, http://WeAreLATech.com To further immerse yourself into the LA Tech community go to http://wearelatech.com/vip Links Mentioned:  usheru, https://www.usheru.com/ Bank of Ireland, https://www.bankofireland.com/ Comedy Film Nerds, http://www.allthingscomedy.com/channels/26/comedy-film-nerds Start-Up Chile, http://www.startupchile.org/ Parallel18, http://www.parallel18.com/  People Mentioned:  John Whelan, https://twitter.com/offportal  Credits:  Produced and Hosted by Espree Devora, http://espreedevora.com Story produced, Edited and Mastered by MKW Films, http://mkwfilms.com Shownotes by Karl Marty, http://karlmarty.com Episode art created by Genevieve Kersten, https://twitter.com/genekersten Music by Jay Huffman, https://soundcloud.com/jayhuffman 

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here <a href="http://womenintechshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">womenintechshow.com</a> or by texting "womenintech" to (310) 872-2423 Women in Tech Feature: Catherine Downes "Your Cinema App For Listings, Tickets, Offers And Unique Film Events" #womenintech Show is powered by <a href="http://UpGuard.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UpGuard.com</a>, UpGuard's discovery engine brings visibility to complex IT environments, enabling teams to quickly identify risk, confirm compliance and make business safer. #womenintech Show is a <a href="http://WeAreTech.fm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeAreTech.fm</a> production. To support our podcast go to <a href="http://womenintechshow.com/believe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://womenintechshow.com/believe</a> To be featured on the podcast go to <a href="http://womenintechshow.com/feature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://womenintechshow.com/feature</a> Host, Espree Devora <a href="https://twitter.com/espreedevora" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/espreedevora</a> Guest, Catherine Downes of usheru <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/catdownes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/catdownes</a> In LA? Here’s some awesome resources for you to become immersed in the LA Tech scene - For a calendar of all LA Startup events go to, <a href="http://WeAreLATech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://WeAreLATech.com</a> To further immerse yourself into the LA Tech community go to <a href="http://wearelatech.com/vip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://wearelatech.com/vip</a> Links Mentioned: <ul> <li>usheru, <a href="https://www.usheru.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.usheru.com/</a></li> <li>Bank of Ireland, <a href="https://www.bankofireland.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bankofireland.com/</a></li> <li>Comedy Film Nerds, <a href="http://www.allthingscomedy.com/channels/26/comedy-film-nerds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.allthingscomedy.com/channels/26/comedy-film-nerds</a></li> <li>Start-Up Chile, <a href="http://www.startupchile.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.startupchile.org/</a></li> <li>Parallel18, <a href="http://www.parallel18.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.parallel18.com/</a></li> </ul> People Mentioned: <ul> <li>John Whelan, <a href="https://twitter.com/offportal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/offportal</a></li> </ul> Credits: <ul> <li>Produced and Hosted by Espree Devora, <a href="http://espreedevora.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://espreedevora.com</a></li> <li>Story produced, Edited and Mastered by MKW Films, <a href="http://mkwfilms.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mkwfilms.com</a></li> <li>Shownotes by Karl Marty, <a href="http://karlmarty.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://karlmarty.com</a></li> <li>Episode art created by Genevieve Kersten, <a href="https://twitter.com/genekersten" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/genekersten</a></li> <li>Music by Jay Huffman, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jayhuffman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/jayhuffman</a></li> </ul>

Catherine Downes of Usheru, Your Cinema App For Listings, Tickets, Offers And Unique Film Events: Women in Tech Ireland