Emmy-winning producers
Goji is the creation of Gotham Studios, an entertainment production company of veteran producers from Hollywood and New York. The team has created countless productions for television, radio, websites, and events across the nation.
Meet the Team
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Peter Nissen
PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Peter is an Emmy-winning TV producer with 3 decades at networks and shows including Today, National Geographic, E!, History Channel, Comedy Central and Pee-wee's Playhouse. He's a dad, a cappella singer, Broadway actor, software engineer, inventor, and Yale graduate. He married an Eastman composer who's now his patent attorney/wife (see below).
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John Toebes
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
John is a visionary engineer with over 125 patents issued worldwide in data management, compression technology, user experience and recommendation systems. He’s had leadership roles at SAS, Extreme Networks, Escape Velocity, and Cisco, where he produced “Men in Black: The Game.” John is passionate about STEM and has coached First Robotics and Science Olympiad for over a decade with his wife, Mary Ellen. He served in the US Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant.
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Angel Lezak
BIG PICTURE STRATEGIST
Angel is a Silicon Valley big shot, managing the IP of many of the world's top tech companies in the areas of 3D graphics, image processing, game systems, virtual machines, business analytics, audio, and Web tech, to name a few. Her ongoing hobby is acquiring patents for Goji technology. In addition to her law degree, she has diplomas from Purdue in engineering, and from Eastman in music composition.
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Charles Dudley
CONSULTANT
Charles has been building digital products since the very early days of the web. With a unique combination of art and computer science backgrounds he's had the honor to work with exciting early stage startups as well as many of the Fortune 250 including Google, Disney, Microsoft, and Riot Games. After cutting his teeth in NYC, SF and LA he now spends his time in Austin, TX—mostly in the comfort of air conditioning. -
Goji Lezak-Nissen
C.E.O. (Canine Executive Officer)
Like the GojiBox, Goji is small and highly entertaining. Before coming to Gotham Studios, she worked for several dog-years at a multi-national law firm with offices on both coasts of the US. Skills include snuggling, begging for affection, dressing up for Halloween, and snoring.
Goji in the News
Global Aviation Technologies offers Gotham Studios Goji Geotainment
Interview and Installation Video
October 2021
Goji Geotainment - Live in Palm Springs
In this video, Gotham Studios President Peter Nissen presents this new way of entertaining passengers to a packed house at the Aircraft Electronics Association annual conference in Palm Springs, March 2019.