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Entrepreneur whose companies work with series ranging from NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA, NHRA to the Formula series and with industries ranging from film, television, music, X Games, technology, national defense, space, gold mining to retail. He has worked and advised brands ranging from Red Bull, Coca-Cola, Monster Energy, Ford, Schwan's, Checkers and Rally's, Rubbermaid, Harley Davidson, Playboy to NBA2K. He has produced and worked with networks ranging from NBC, CBS, ESPN, Discovery, CMT, National Geographic to 20th Century Fox and has contracted talent with shows ranging from TODAY, Ellen, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Celebrity Apprentice, Undercover Boss, MythBusters, Racing Wives to Gold Rush.
His tech company has tech on NASA's RS-25 engines for the Space Launch System which will blast astronauts to the Moon and to Mars. His exploration company JRS Explorations has located a shipwreck from the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War from 1781.
Ryan is the co-owner of the world famous F1x3 Experience with his partner Carlos in Spain. They have two former Jordan Formula One V10 cars which have side pods to carry two passengers and go from a blistering 0 to 125 mph in 2.8 seconds, with a top speed of 186 mph with three people!
Many of Ryan's projects cannot be listed on their Client roster due to Confidentiality Agreements. All of Ryan's companies are working on projects that will change lives forever, and the history of cities even, creating worldwide news media for his own projects, and his client's historically.
Ryan sits on many boards of directors and his influence with charities has raised millions of dollars. Ryan is a veteran who served honorably in the United States Army's Aviation branch deploying to hostile areas ranging from Bosnia, Kuwait, Haiti to South Korea near the DMZ.- Lisa Spooner received her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Texas A&M University. In 2002, she won the coveted Miss Texas pageant and went on to represent her state in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City where she won an interview award and was a Top 10 finalist.
She began her career in television at a station in the Houston area. From there, she moved to CBS 19 Eyewitness News in Tyler, Texas where she began anchoring their Primetime at 5, 6, 6:30, and 10:00 p.m. newscasts. After several years working the evening shift, she decided to give the morning show a whirl. It was then she discovered that waking people up every morning fits her outgoing personality and is what she does best.
Lisa went on to anchor the morning show, Fox 4 Rising, for WFTX-TV in Ft. Myers, Florida. In 2012 she was brought on as the co-host of The Daily Buzz. The DBZ is a nationally syndicated LIVE morning show that is in more than 175 markets across the country. - Lou Santiago is known best for his two years as the Host of MuscleCar during the Power Block segment on SPIKE. Lou was the colorful host teaching millions how to custom build some of the best Muscle Cars on the planet. Many consider Lou one of the top five Muscle Car builders in the United States.
Lou has traveled the world and has worked on and built just about everything in between, from Muscle Cars to Earth Movers. There isn't anywhere that Lou can hide without car fans knowing who he is.
Lou was born in the Bronx. His mother was an aspiring school teacher and inspired Lou to fulfill his desire for a college education. His father, a hardcore iron worker, taught him to work hard and helped to fuel his inner fabricator at a young age.
His parents and two siblings later moved to Hempstead, Long Island hoping to achieve the American dream of suburbia. In Long Island, he graduated from Uniondale High School where he attended two-year trade program in diesel mechanics with the Board of Cooperative Education Services, better known as "B.O.C.E.S."
While B.O.C.E.S. only added to his knowledge of car building, Lou had already begun his lust for car building at the tender age of 13 with his longtime friend and MOPAR fanatic, Wayne Swanson. Their love for street racing with Wayne's 68' Dart with a 340 and later 383 with a 4-speed involved budget car building and creative fabrication at its best. Lou joined the United States Navy in 1981 where he lead a colorful career as a Seabee mechanic and traveled extensively. He spent many of his years supporting the U.S. Navy Seal Teams. Lou found himself consistently in harms way. Lou's Navy career only increased his desire for building really cool cars. His work required that he maintain heavy equipment and when overseas with parts sparse, the need for creative fabrication he became invaluable for the safety of his Navy Seal Team.
After retiring, he attended Central Piedmont Community College earning an associate's degree in Human Behavior and began working as a Behavior Management Technician at a school for children who had behavior challenges. To supplement his income, he began to teach himself how to build transmissions, brackets, roll cages and chassis.
Lou's passion for car building again took the forefront in his life when Lou landed a job in 2006 on Spike TV's Muscle Car. His time spent on MuscleCar only proved to the world that his love for his art was limitless. He spent many hours of blood, sweat and tears in front of the camera showing the viewers the "How To's" of car building. Lou hosted a total of 44 episodes of MuscleCar.
Since the show, Lou has been working on his shop and building unique one of a kind cars for a host of celebrity clientèle. Since picking up CMM to manage his career, they have been working on putting Lou back on television. Lou's manager Ryan Johnston signed him to a new show titled Ultimate Car Build Off on Discovery Channel. In Ultimate Car Build-Off, top auto shops in LA, Detroit and Atlanta competed for a chance at glory and a $100,000 grand prize. Each week the teams transformed trucks into tanks and Firebirds into fliers in an attempt to make it to the finals and win the cash. Lou Santiago hosted alongside Andrew Comrie-Picard ("ACP") and legendary designer Chip Foose as the judge.
Lou is great with his fans. He is always willing to sign an autograph or take a picture whether he is taking a stroll through the park with his family in North Carolina, or eating at a restaurant for business in Los Angeles. He is always asked car building question of what products to best utilize on their build at home, and how to do it. Lou is great with children and is a great educator to all demographics.
Lou has worked with most every model car since the 30's and has extensive knowledge on heavy equipment due to his experience in the Navy. Lou has extensive knowledge of Theory, Stationary Power Plants, Hydraulics, and Electrical systems. Lou's knowledge is vast and diversified which makes him a great addition to any television production. - Mary was born and raised in the city of Havana, Cuba. At the age of 12, Mary and her family moved to the United States. It was a very big adjustment for her, and she didn't know any English. Growing up, as a young girl, she was inspired and moved by American music. Mary remembers watching Disney's "Snow White" and singing the songs in English. She started enjoying other types of music, from artists like Madonna, Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Journey, and more. She started learning the English language by listening to American music.
Mary auditioned for The Voice, and was able to make it onto the show. Shakira, Blake, and Usher turned their chairs for her, and she chose Shakira.
Mary has been going to school to further her education in business, science, communication, and law. She is currently studying theatre and training as an actor. - Ryan Johnston is an Irish/Northern Irish Actor from County Antrim. Interested in drama from an early age Ryan engaged with various youth groups but lost contact with the arts until his early 20's receiving professional training Belfast crescent arts theatre under Diane Graham as well as early direction by the Belfast Lyric Theatre. Seeking further understanding Ryan moved to England and was accepted into advanced contemporary theatre training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art under Ingrid Schiller and later Gary Lagden.
He has worked on Short Pass (2020) and a number of indie film projects.
Ryan has also appeared in an uncredited role in Game of Thrones along side Natalie Dormer and Finn Jones (Epi 6, S 4). - Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Ryan Johnston is a proud single-parent dad who has a love for all things entertainment. He graduated from the Vancouver Film School Screenwriting department, where he not only graduated at the top of his class he also discovered a love for acting.
From '07 to 2014, Ryan lived in Vancouver and on the beaches of Mexico, where he worked as a bartender. During that time, he was approached by an agent who saw something special in him and began sending Ryan out for commercial auditions.
In 2015, Ryan moved back to Saskatchewan, where he became the managing partner for a bar chain with locations across Canada. Feeling as though something was missing, Ryan parted ways with the bar industry and began chasing his dream of being an Actor/Screenwriter.
Ryan is proudly represented by Lisa Marie Schwartz at the Edge Agency. He's also actively taking acting classes with the multi-talented Dawn Bird. Ryan has written over six features and four sitcoms in the Comedy, Action, and Animation genres.