Reed Martin is a former adjunct professor at NYU's Stern School and Columbia Business School. Previously, he has worked as Director of Marketing at Independent Pictures, the New York-based production company of Cary Woods (producer of the dancehall comedy "Swingers" starring Jon Favreau and Heather Graham.) Martin is also a former researcher at Harvard Business School, where he co-authored business cases with the senior faculty. Finally, Martin is a graduate of the management trainee program at 20th Century Fox Film in Los Angeles who received an MBA in marketing from Columbia Business School and a master's degree in business reporting from Columbia Journalism School. His two favorite movies include the uplifting documentary "MERU" (2015) and the underrated Kevin Bacon comedy "The Big Picture" (1989).