Alan Levy, CEO

Alan Levy is co-founder and CEO of BlogTalkRadio. He is also the host of the Alan Levy Show. Alan is also the founder of Myphonecompany.com (a VOIP Telecom company).


Prior to this, Alan was President and COO of Destia Communications from 1996 to 1999 and helped to build Destia into a global telecom enterprise with operations and customers in 10 countries and more than $350 million in annual revenue. Destia's May 1999 IPO was shortly followed in December 1999 by the sale of the company to Viatel in a transaction valued in excess of $1 billion. Prior to joining Destia, Alan, a CPA, held the CFO, Managing Director of Europe and EVP Legal and Finance positions at Viatel, a pan-European fiber-based telecom carrier.

Bob Charish, COO

Bob Charish is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at BlogTalkRadio. Prior to co-founding BlogTalkRadio, Bob was the COO of Xchange Telecom (a NY based CLEC) and MyPhoneCompany (a VOIP Telecom company).

Prior to that Bob was Vice President of Pre Paid services of Destia Communications. At Destia, Bob was responsible for managing the Pre Paid card division, which he grew from $300K of annual revenue to over $110 million of annual revenue.

Dan Kashman, President

Dan Kashman is the President of BlogTalkRadio. He is a startup business leader and senior digital media executive with a solid track record of developing and growing successful new, entrepreneurial ventures. Prior to joining BlogTalkRadio, Dan served as acting CEO and EVP of Strategy and Business Development at Reprise Media, a leading search and social media marketing firm. Prior to that, he served as General Manager and Vice President of Business Development at Root Markets.


Dan has founded and served as CEO of several companies including Precision Loyalty, Inc., a customer relationship and loyalty marketing firm specializing in coalition fan rewards programs, and First Ascent, a strategic advisory firm specializing in revenue creation for startups and resort businesses.

Brian Benitez, VP of Product

Brian Benitez is the Vice President of Product at BlogTalkRadio. In that role he oversees all aspects of product design and development. For the past two decades, Brian has been focused on building cutting-edge streaming-media solutions that enable individuals and businesses to effectively engage and activate consumers online. Prior to joining BlogTalkRadio, he led the product development efforts at several leading audio and video technology companies, including Grab Networks, KIT Digital, Inc., The FeedRoom and SmashTV.

Rob Blackin, VP of Ops and Development

Rob Blackin is Vice President of Operations and Development at BlogTalkRadio. Rob is responsible for the development of the BlogTalkRadio web site and backend operations.


Before joining BlogTalkRadio he was Director of Development at IDT in charge of systems supporting global businesses in 9 different countries. Before IDT he was CIO of the VoiceNet subsidiary of Destia. Prior to VoiceNet he was a sales engineer at Red Brick Systems and held various positions at AT&T.

Meighan Berberich, VP Marketing

Meighan Berberich leads BlogTalkRadio's marketing and communications efforts. She is a seasoned marketer and publishing executive with more than 15 years of experience launching and growing communities and leveraging them to drive revenue. Before joining BlogTalkRadio, Meighan held marketing and executive leadership roles at Conenza, Microsoft Corporation, 1105Media, Texas Instruments, Infineon Technologies, and Miller Freeman (CMP Media).


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