About
About CFI Cast
Accelerate the development of quality films!
VISION
Our vision is to provide Christians the means to lead the Film Industry.
MISSION
Our mission is to bring efficiency, finances, & high standards to the Christian Film Industry through our awesome platform and community in a fun way.
VALUES
Our top values start with STANDARDS, EFFICIENCY, QUALITY, and COMMUNITY.
VALUES
Our top values start with STANDARDS, EFFICIENCY, QUALITY, and COMMUNITY.
VALUES
Our top values include STANDARDS, EFFICIENCY, QUALITY, and COMMUNITY.
Our Inspiration
Many outlets and individuals were working to re-unite for the good of our country and return the moral compass. There needs to be Much More! They need to grow. They need to be empowered! If God’s Word is true, then there is no lack of resources to accomplish this. There’s only Unity and Strategy needed. His Strategy.
During the 2020 global protests and riots, Austin and I turned our faces to God. Upset by the way our world was rapidly declining, we desperately prayed for peace and wisdom. “We have talents, skills, and determination. Use Us, Lord! Show us what You want us to do with what we have.”
The vast impacts of every kind of media seemed to be ripping any assemblance of unity our country and world once had. The clever algorithms used to generate more money for online search results and social media feeds created a polarization that divided society on almost every topic. How can we unravel this mess?
As we prayed, we continued to dream with God. “What If…” became our starting point for solutions. When an obstacle presented itself, we turned to God and asked, “What do You think about this?” Some told us, “That’s not how it’s done,” referring to Hollywood, the Union, or other Industry Standards. Maybe I’m too idealistic, but shouldn’t We, The Church, be Setting the Standards? If there’s a more efficient way to create higher quality, moral films, shouldn’t we pursue that path? I think So.
Anytime there’s a new path forged, resistance tries to block or large corporations try to keep their status quo. That’s why we’ve prioritized Prayer and Unity. We aim to overcome the many obstacles facing platforms standing for Good, standing for Christ.
2020
Founded
20
Committed Intercessors
Canton, TX
Headquarters
9
Contributors
Who We Are
We are Christians who are filled to the brim with creativity and passion for righteousness. That, with a marriage of technology and film, has birthed CFI.
Cheryl Brooks
Visionary, Strategist & Solutions Architect
As solutions architects create the overall technical vision for a specific solution to a business problem, Cheryl learns the latest tools to design, describe, and manage each solution. She loves her team and looks forward to the camaraderie with partners as well.
BA in Piano Pedagogy and Music Business
Austin Brooks
Chief Community Officer & Industry Advisory
Austin has been a National SAG/AFTRA Actor since 2003. He has a heart for story telling and encouraging those in the industry with their personal walk with the Lord. His experience includes Commercial, Theatrical, Voice-Over, Teaching, Writing, Directing, and Producing.
BA in Music and Literature
Lorri Antioch
Business Development and Administration
Lorri brings elegance and strength to the CFI Team. She is a writer, experienced business owner, and an impressive quick-study for all the new technologies thrown her way. With boldness and tenacity, she has helped bring the CFI Cast project to into the real world. We are incredibly grateful to have such a treasure in our midst filling such a unique role!
Rico Skye Brooks
Chief Encouragement Officer
Rico keeps us on our toes with his many ways of communicating and often entertains programmers with his prancing and tricks.
Trained in agility and bringing our socks and shoes.
Benny, Rico’s son, loves to snuggle, unless he’s playing sports, and is a natural born entertainer. He makes us laugh! What a Joy and Reminder to live life with a Smile!
Our Team
What a treat to get to work with such a dedicated team who enjoy creating film industry solutions and truly understand the big picture of this project!
Our Team of Talented Design Ninjas
We may be small, but we are POWERFUL!
Our awesome team understands the complicated hosting architecture that scoots around the decission of ‘Big Tech Or Private Servers that will break down.’ For our tech readers, we have created a hybrid of central and decentralized hosting, but will eventually move to 90-100% decentralized.
From front-end to back-end, our team creatively thinks outside the box for the Most Efficient and User Intuitive path to reach the optimal goal.
They always seem to know the latest tools and creating new systems that will work better than what has been available. I LOVE IT!
Maneesh Perumalla, PhD
Lead Tech Advisor
Maneesh has adivsed on this project from it’s earliest conception. He has guided contributors on front-end and back-end builds and helped us with critical tech decisions. We are truly blessed to have him as our brilliant friend and cheerleader!
Anupa Kulathung, BCS
DevOps and Cloud Specialist
Anupa has been an exceptional DevOps architect and engineer for CFI. Not only has he secured the hosting structure for our platform, but he has gone above and beyond in testing the MVP limits and working around our unusual requirements for scalable deployment. It is an honor to have his expertise.
Rofi Nouval Maulana, BCS
Backend and Full-Stack Developer
Rofi Kuldeep is a talented front-end designer, developer, and API builder! He delivers quickly and is eager to find the latest technologies for the sleekest UX! We are grateful for his passion, joy, and freshness he brings to this project!
Srujana Jestadi, BCS
Front-end Contributor
Kuldeep Perumalla, M.A.
Front-end Developer
Kuldeep is a talented front-end designer, developer, and API builder! He delivers quickly and is eager to find the latest technologies for the sleekest UX! We are grateful for his passion, joy, and freshness he brings to this project!
"Rafi" Nasur Ullah Khan, BCS
Full Stack Architect
What a treasure is was to find Rafi! He has managed to take the fragments of previous builds and create one fluid platform with countless features, all in a better UI than we could have imagined. We are so honored to have him!
Additional Contributors
This project has been attempted four times over the last three years to bring us to the product we now have and love. Thank you to every developer who has poured their heart into each stage of development.
Advisory Board
There is Wisdom in the Cousel of Many.
Dr. Raymund King
Entertainment Law
Stephanie Sowerby
Lead Intercessor
Kim Vastine
Business Advisor
Kevin Schramm
Business Advisor
The Many Advisors at SCORE
Bryan Dunklin
Business Law
Arvind Gudipati
Strategic Initiatives and Marketing
Let’s Work Together
Are you intrigued with the back-end of CFI CAST and want to Join The Team? Do you have an interesting idea for improvement or desire to be an investor? Email us today and Let’s Connect!
