Jason Hudson
CEO & Founder
In 2009, Mr Hudson was a senior producer on a feature film that exhibited in 1,400 theaters nationwide and sold in Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and rented at Redbox, along with digital streaming on Netflix and Hulu. He also partnered on distribution to a feature title through Warner Bros.
Utilizing the latest in digital technology and systems infrastructure, Mr Hudson has developed a stellar team that has crafted groundbreaking interactive technology. With his team of creative engineers, networking & IT specialists, software and web developers, social media experts, and film producers that make up U Direct.
Rodney Stone
VP of Business Relations
He’s worked and partnered with some of the largest production, distribution, and publishing companies in the industry, including Warner Bros, Sony, CBS, Tyndale House.
Personally mentored by Warner Bros executive Barry Reardon and worked along side celebrated actors and producers such as
Burt Reynolds, Benji Gaither, Harry Thomason, and Linda Bloodworth.
Nate Arnold
VP of Technology & CTO
Educated at Northwest Missouri State University with a M.S, in Science and Missouri Western State University with a B.S, in Biology, his science background has supported his roles as a chief development architect and team leader alongside large marketing firms in Kansas City.
Lute Atieh
VP of Business Strategies & Accounting
He also has a strong marketing and web development background, which serves as a catalyst for connectivity and online platforms.
Larry Lee
Mentor & Advisory Board
Lee, who has extensive experience in business and marketing, has served since 2008 as director of technology development and commercialization for the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Missouri Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC). In that role, he was responsible for the SBTDC’s effort to produce high-growth companies, in addition to providing consulting and training to high-tech companies in the Kansas City and northwest Missouri area.
Previously, Lee was director of the enterprise development laboratory at the UMKC Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, where he created and managed the UMKC student business incubator. Lee also served as director and a business consultant for the UMKC Missouri Small Business Development Center.
Lee’s new role marks a return to Northwest for him. He served as an adjunct professor at the University from 1996 to 2001. He also was director of the Northwest Missouri State University-Missouri Small Business Development Center in St. Joseph from 1994 to 1996. In 1994, Lee was the recipient of the College of Professional and Applied Studies’ Dean’s Award for Exemplary Service at Northwest.
Lee earned both his bachelor of science in marketing and his master of business administration degrees from Northwest.
He has served on the executive boards of several civic and service organizations in St. Joseph, including United Way of Greater St. Joseph, the Pony Express Museum, St. Joseph Junior Achievement, the St. Joseph Optimist Club and St. Joseph Kiwanis.
Justin Copeland
Mentor & Advisory Board
Operating his own successful IT and integration company, Triggerfish Corp, Mr Copeland has decades of experience installing and partnering with hundreds of business around the country. His vast knowledge in this industry as well as leadership and insight to technology infrastructure plays a crucial role at U Direct.
Currently operating Triggerfish Corp, Xtreme Electronics, and careGEN Group Inc.
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