1971

New York, NY, USA

American

Policy Analysis, Cornell University

Founder of The Secret Beatnik Party

Entertainment

Starting out in the investment banking industry specializing in the Asian equity derivatives ​markets, Jordan Birnbaum achieved success from the very beginning of his career. He entered ​the corporate world at D.E. Shaw Securities, situated first in Manhattan, and then in London, ​England as a market maker. After showing promise while managing a portfolio of 75 items, ​Birnbaum was promoted to having the responsibility of co-managing all activities on the Tokyo ​Stock Exchange.

As a market maker of equities, he further honed his skill of being able to spot calculated risk ​worth betting on. This useful attribute was of great benefit to Jordan Birnbaum later in his ​career at Juno as well as when he placed a vested interest in the risky venture of Qtopia ​Events Inc. in Hollywood.

Subsequent to his triumphs at D.E. Shaw, Jordan Birnbaum moved into the ​technology industry at Juno, an up and coming company in the internet field. At ​Juno, Birnbaum was in charge of expanding the company’s list of subscribers. ​With clever maneuvering, he instigated a deal with the massive music and video ​concern Blockbuster. This led to a substantial expansion of the subscription ​base and also, by default, a major boost to Birnbaum’s career.

After being promoted to Vice President and later Senior Vice President of ​Business Development, Birnbaum further extended Juno’s subscriber base with ​unconventional strategies and his innate ability to see unique opportunities. ​Being responsible for the generation of revenue, Birnbaum was instrumental in ​leading Juno to a successful IPO and six successive quarters of exceeding ​fiscal expectations.

Jordan Birnbaum’s attraction to the media and entertainment industry led to him ​becoming interested in a company called Qtopia Events Inc. Qtopia Events Inc. ​was started with the express aim to create a space in which artists can ​produce recordings by day while doubling up as an entertainment venue at ​night. Birnbaum invested in Qtopia Events Inc. in 2001.

An expensive lease on Hollywood Boulevard and other contributing issues led ​to Qtopia Events Inc. not being as successful as anticipated. Refusing to let go ​of his investment, Birnbaum moved operations to Los Angeles and took on ​managerial responsibility. Qtopia was re-launched as Vanguard under Jordan ​Birnbaum’s lead and after breaking even for a couple of years, started showing ​a healthy profit.

While managing Vanguard, Jordan Birnbaum was in a position to pursue his ​lifelong aspiration of creating multi-media productions with his latest project.

An imaginative and essentially creative person, Birnbaum thinks outside the ​box. This is made obvious with his latest venture; The Secret Beatnik Party.

Paired with one of his favorite actors, Richard Belzer (Law & Order), Jordan

Birnbaum launched the Secret Beatnik Party in 2012. Aiming the release time to ​be around the time of the elections at the time, Jordan Birnbaum set the stage ​for a semi-farcical political offering to the comedy world with his usual candid ​wit.

Jordan Birnbaum completed a Master’s Degree in Industrial and Organizational ​(I/O) Psychology at New York University in 2015. He then joined ADP Ventures ​as Chief Behavioral Economist. ADP Ventures is a business solutions company ​that provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions. In this ​role, Birnbaum directs the application of behavioral economics and I/O ​psychology into new HCM products developed by the company.

One such product is Compass, an award-winning business leadership solution. ​In addition to managing the Compass business operations, Birnbaum has also ​become known as a speaker, blogger and subject matter expert in the field of ​intersecting behavioral economics and HR practices.