Multiple time founder and media executive, Joe Marchese is the co-founder and General Partner at Human Ventures and Casa Komos Brands Group (CKBG). He is also the co-founder and Chairman of Groundswell.io. As General Partner at Human Ventures, Joe partners with portfolio founders to build and scale. He also leads Human.AI, the venture’s dedicated studio exploring the potential for AI to reshape the attention economy.

Joe is a widely recognized leader in the media and technology industries and was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Achievement in 2016. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Clear Channel Outdoor, Cox Media Group, Adelaide Metrics, and veteran-led non-profit Team Rubicon. As the President of Advertising Revenue for Fox Networks Group, he led the group overseeing billions in annual advertising revenue for FOX Broadcast, FX, National Geographic and FOX Sports, which included tentpole events such as the Super Bowl and the World Series.

Prior to Fox, Joe was founder and CEO of true[X], the leader in engagement advertising technologies, which was acquired by 21st Century Fox in 2015. He was also a co-founder of restaurant reservation platform Reserve, which was acquired by Resy in 2018.