Allan began his career in the entertainment industry, directing and producing dozens of short films and claiming the 2000 Audience Choice Award at AFI Fest, Los Angeles’ most prestigious film festival. In 2001 Staker founded Liquid Media, a boutique advertising agency where he designed print campaigns and directed broadcast Superbowl commercials for regional clients in the consumer electronics and packaged goods industries. He later managed Studio Relations for Hollywood’s premier box office research and tracking firm.

In 2003 Staker founded a consumer electronics company where he created the Yoostar Entertainment System, a gaming console which the NBC Today Show listed among “Hollywood’s Hottest Gifts,” UberReview dubbed one of the “Coolest Toys on the Planet,” and Rolling Stone included in its “Great Rock & Roll Gift Guide.” Yoostar later evolved into multiple games for XBox and PlayStation platforms.

Allan later managed product marketing for the Safari web browser at Apple, also placing as a finalist in the Apple iContest, a competition to foster internal innovation. As Director of Business Transformation at Hawaiian Airlines in Honolulu, Staker led initiatives such as the rollout of a new in-flight entertainment system. He then directed pricing strategy for Dell Computers’ $3.9 billion North America consumer hardware business.

Staker graduated magna cum laude with University Honors at Brigham Young University in Film Directing and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Travis was born and raised in a small farming community in Northern Utah. Farm life didn’t really agree with Travis’ wheelchair, so he spent a lot of time indoors drawing and making little houses out of toothpicks. Thinking he would turn that (very marketable) skill into a career building models and special effects miniatures for film and TV, he went to film school.

Travis earned a BA in Film Production from Brigham Young University 2001, where he acted in, directed, and edited several short films. After graduating, he worked in Salt Lake City as a film and video editor from 2001 to 2013. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he continued as a freelance video editor and an actor.

Some of Eberhard’ acting credits include the feature films Churchball, Stalking Santa, Three of a Kind, 17 Miracles, Ephraim’s Rescue, Gnome Alone and Appetites, as well as the video game Tex Murphy:Tesla Effect. He’s also been in several short films, training videos and commercials. Demi Lavato was lucky enough to dance on stage with Travis at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards.

In 2018 Travis made the move from Los Angeles to Austin to accept a full-time position as Content Manager at Brain Chase.

He has built his career emphasizing real people in extraordinary situations; from the dangerous world of logging in History Channel’s “Ax Men,” to the high-octane world of NASCAR racing in Discovery Channel’s “Roush Racing: Driver X.”

He has written, produced, and directed over 100 hours of television for the History Channel, Discovery Channel, FOX, VH1, TLC, and The Travel Channel. Further expanding his reach into new media he has produced several Webisode Series for AOL Corporation with high profile talent such as HGTV Star Eric Stromer, TLC chef Curtis Stone, and HGTV designer Kelly Edwards.

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