Jake Udell is Founder and CEO at Metalink Labs. Formerly, Head of Activation at Community.com.nHe is an American music manager, entrepreneur, founder of TH3RD BRAIN (a talent management company), At the EDMbiz conference in Las Vegas in June 2014, Udell moderated a panel featuring panelists in the industry under the age of 30. After viewing the panel, music industry analyst Bob Lefsetz included an excerpt about Udell in his newsletter, "Jake is a new Shep Gordon, maybe a new Irving or Geffen." Udell was featured in Forbes 2016 30 Under 30 list in the Music category, and was listed as one of Billboard's 40 Under 40 in 2017.