Brady Brim-DeForest

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Brady Brim-DeForest (born 5 March 1984) is an American entrepreneur, investor and author.^[1] He is the CEO of Formula.Monks, the technology consulting division of .monks, and is the chairman of BluShift Aerospace. He is the founder and first CEO of Tubefilter and creator of the Streamy Awards. He is a founder of OpenPlay,^[2] a distribution and supply chain company for the music and media industry.

Early life

Brim-DeForest is the son of Bret DeForest and Shannon Read Brim. He was homeschooled and developed an early interest in technology, becoming involved in the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. He later attended the University of Southern California.^[3]

Career

In 2008, Brim-DeForest co-founded Tubefilter,^[4] a media company focused on the online video industry, acquiring competitor Tilzy.TV^[5] and launching a video analytics platform, Filterbase.^[6] In 2009, he launched the Streamy Awards, which recognizes excellence in online video and web television.^[7]^[8] The event was later brought to television through a co-production partnership with Dick Clark Productions.^[9]^[10] Brim-DeForest was a founding board member of the International Academy of Web Television.^[11]

In the early 2010s, Brim-DeForest launched Overwatch, which brought an IOT security service to market.^[12] In 2013 he founded OpenPlay, a supply chain and distribution platform for the music industry.^[13]

In 2017, he became CEO of TheoremOne, an engineering and consulting firm providing custom software solutions for enterprise clients.^[14]^[15] In 2022, TheoremOne merged with Sir Martin Sorrell's S4 Capital.^[16]

Brim-DeForest is a co-founder of .monks, a digital-first marketing and technology services firm. In 2023 he became the CEO of Formula.Monks, its technology consulting division, which provides AI-led digital transformation and innovation services.^[17]^[18]

In 2021 Brim-DeForest launched TheoremOne Orbital to provide services to the satellite and launch services markets.^[19] He invested in BluShift Aerospace, an aerospace startup developing a carbon neutral hybrid rocket propulsion platform.^[20] In June 2024, he became the Chairman of BluShift Aerospace, and led a $2.3M funding round into the company through his venture fund, Late Stage Capital.^[21]^[22]

Personal life

Brim-DeForest is married to Jessica Eriksen. The couple has three children.^[23]^[24]

In 2024, Brim-DeForest released a book, Smaller is Better: Using Small Autonomous Teams to Drive the Future of Enterprise,^[25] which focuses on optimizing organizational design for innovation with the enterprise.

Philanthropy

In 2023, Brim-DeForest and his wife, Jessica, donated $1 million to American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in support of its library and archival collections. In recognition of the gift, in 2025 the library was renamed the Brim-DeForest Library. Located in Boston’s Back Bay, the facility houses one of the world’s largest collections of genealogical and historical materials, including the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections.^[26]

Brim-DeForest also serves on the Board of Trustees for NEHGS and has supported initiatives related to digital preservation, genealogical research, and heraldry. Additionally, the Brim-DeForests fund an early career fellowship at the International Heraldic Institute, supporting emerging professionals in the field of heraldic studies.

Titles and honours

In 2017, Brim-DeForest succeeded to the title of Baron of Balvaird in the Baronage of Scotland by way of assignation.Template:Attribution needed The succession was officially recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms under the designation "Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle," referring to the family seat of the same name in the Ochil Hills of Perthshire, Scotland. ^[27] ^[28]

His style and title in full is: The Much Honoured Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird Castle, Baron of BalvairdTemplate:According to whom

Brim-DeForest was granted a coat of arms by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland, in January 2020.^[29] ^[30]

He was appointed a member of the Most Venerable Order of Saint John by Queen Elizabeth II in April 2021^[31] and was promoted to the rank of Officer by Charles III in April 2024.^[32]

OStJ: Officer of the Most Venerable Order of Saint John, 2024.^[33]

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