Mr. Higuchi is Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder of Vootage, Inc. Mr. Higuchi has an extensive design and marketing background in both broadcast and internet media having worked in the media industry for the past 12 years. After graduating from the University of California Los Angeles, he began his career in advertising production at The Studio, a print production firm whose client list included Chiat/Day, Ketchum Advertising and Ground Zero Advertising.

At KTLA Television Los Angeles, Mr. Higuchi helped implement video media to the station.s internet presence while designing and providing content for the fledgling operation and became lead designer in broadcast design and design marketing. He was a co-founder and Creative Director of Filmtracker.com which later became Baseline/Studio Systems. Baseline is the primary supplier of proprietary entertainment information in Hollywood, counting numerous studio and television production companies among its subscribers. It also has a growing syndication/licensing business that provides non-professional entertainment information to leading consumer-oriented Web sites and was recently acquired by The New York Times. At KCAL/KCBS Television Los Angeles, Mr. Higuchi held the position of Design Director for the nation's largest television duopoly having to oversee broadcast, print and internet design and marketing needs for the station while garnering Emmys and BDA/Promax awards for his work.

Currently, Mr. Higuchi resides in Sherman Oaks, California with his wife Kari and daughter Kara.