Founder Bios
Chief Executive Officer
Dragonfruit Studios
Michael Koziol is the co-founder of newly launched Dragonfruit Studios, an Atlanta-based multi-platform content studio.
From April 2004 until the end of 2007, Michael served as EVP, Strategy and Development for Nurun, Inc., a global interactive agency with offices in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. While involved with Nurun and Ant Farm, Michael advised world-class brands and organizations, including AT&T Wireless (Cingular), Equifax, L’Oreal, Unilever, The Home Depot, Bombardier Recreational Products, Evian, and many others about interactive marketing, new consumer and audience expectations, changes in the media mix, and the potential for brands to become media properties.
Prior to launching Ant Farm Interactive in 1999, he was with BellSouth IntelliVentures and was responsible for identifying and analyzing new investments, business lines, and product opportunities.
He is currently a board member of the Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund and The Center for Puppetry Arts and a member of the advisory board of Learn Something, an online consumer education platform.
Chief Operating Officer
Dragonfruit Studios
Melissa Honabach is the co-founder of newly launched Dragonfruit Studios, an Atlanta-based multi-platform content studio.
From April 2004 until the end of 2007, Melissa served as Nurun’s EVP, Global Interactive Marketing. Her responsibilities included directing and managing the company’s Atlanta-based global interactive marketing center and developing and implementing strategies and processes for interactive advertising, search engine marketing, and electronic customer relationship management for Nurun’s global operations for the benefit of its clients. She has advised many world-class brands and organizations such as AT&T Wireless (Cingular), Equifax, Disney, L’Oreal, The Home Depot, Frontier Airlines, Clarins, and others on many subjects related to interactive marketing and digital media practices. Melissa has also served in advisory roles with a number of leading interactive marketing technology firms.
Prior to launching Ant Farm Interactive in 1999, Melissa managed interactive advertising and branding for BellSouth’s online yellow pages and other interactive publishing and media lines of business. Melissa’s professional experience also includes marketing positions with Hughes Network Systems (DirecTV) plus two years living in Japan teaching English and managing a U.S.-Japan cultural exchange program.
The principals of Dragonfruit Studios have worked together since 1997 beginning in the IntelliVentures group of BellSouth a leading U.S. telecommunications company (now AT&T). Together, they launched Ant Farm Interactive in 1999 as an early digital marketing agency. In 2004, Ant Farm Interactive was acquired by Nurun, a publicly traded (TSX) global interactive agency. Nurun was subsequently acquired by Quebecor Media. The principals are widely recognized for their expertise in digital media and marketing, new and emerging media models, and advising leading global brands on the new media landscape.