IntensityStaff

Joe Hargrave

Founder, Owner, CEO

In 2011, Joe started a single, five-piece band, as a hobby. He played guitar on every event for the first couple years, and still plays with the band nearly every weekend. Joe is also an Intensity DJ who enjoys mixing live with the band.

Joe’s creativity and incurable ADHD are responsible for most of Intensity’s innovations and successes. They’re also the source of a lot of the content you see online – Joe is often editing video, mixing audio, or overhauling the company systems when he’s not onstage.

Joe is also part-owner and President of the distinguished Bravo! Entertainment, who provides unique performative and decorative talent.

Mendy Hargrave

Owner, COO

Mendy joined the team in 2015, and has been instrumental to the incredible growth of Intensity over the years since. Joe is also quite fond of her.

Mendy is responsible for overseeing much of the essential day-to-day operations of Intensity, such as purchasing, payroll, billing, and payment processing. She also handles the accounting and legal components of the business, ensuring that Intensity is always fully prepared to dazzle our clients without interruption.

Brian 'CK' Carter-Kacho

Director of Sales

Brian, or “CK” as he’s more commonly known, has been with In10City from the beginning. CK serves as Director of Sales, making sure that every client understands our offerings and has a smooth booking experience from start to finish. Chances are that if you’ve talked to anyone here, hey was probably the one of the first people (unless his wife Heather beat him to it!).

CK works tirelessly to make sure our clients get the party they deserve. When he’s not on the phone, he performs as a tenor vocalist for our Intensity and Mélange bands.

Kim Burns

Director of Operations

As one of the original five band members, Kim has worked closely with Joe and Mendy to facilitate growth and maintain the quality of our product.

Today, Kim helps onboard new team members, assists with the development of new product offerings, and maintains relationships with our industry partners. But wait, there’s more: Kim is also on our sales and booking team, and performs at around 75 events per year with Intensity, Bulletproof, and Mélange.

As if that wasn’t enough, Kim is also part-owner and CEO of Bravo Entertainment. She does it all!

Ian Bush

Director of Marketing

As our Director of Marketing, Ian oversees all of our digital marketing strategy, online user experience, outreach, advertising, and more. He writes most of the copy for our proposals & website (😉), and he is Intensity’s lead web designer. He is also responsible for our social media channels and online lead acquisition.

Ian wears many other hats here at Intensity, as well! He works with clients to perfect their event details as an Entertainment Coordinator, and performs as a vocalist, DJ, and fiddle player in our Intensity and Bulletproof bands.

Heather Carter-Kacho

Sales Manager

While you may not catch her on stage with the band, Heather is one person you definitely want behind the scenes of your celebration. Knowledgeable, meticulous, and passionate, Heather helps clients realize their vision from first inquiry to the last song.

Heather can assist you with booking our bands, reserving a spot at our Live Showcases, coordinating every minute detail of your event, and more.

Oh, and she puts up with CK. Usually.

Byron Richter

Production Manager

Whether our bands need a massive show to go off without a hitch, or we just need some good-old, honest, tough-love, Byron is the person we can always count on. But don’t tell him we said so, it’ll just go to his head.

Byron leverages his years of expertise as a front-of-house sound engineer and his decade of experience with Intensity to lead our outstanding team of techs. With his leadership, our production department maintains our large and diverse collection of equipment and produces flawless live events every week.

Crystal Orosco

Division Manager, Houston

Crystal is a long-time Intensity performer who has helped us grow and expand into new areas! When she relocated from DFW to Houston, she made it her mission to establish a market for Intensity Bands in an area that had a need for high-energy, dependable, and memorable entertainment.

She assembled a roster of the best local talent in the Southwest to form Intensity Band Houston, the premier luxury entertainment in Houston and all across the Gulf Coast. She coordinates most of our Houston-area events, and she performs with and leads the band at every show.

Jenna Thornton

Accounts Specialist

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Gil Alvarez

Administrative Specialist

Gil is an Intensity veteran, having performed with us as a vocalist since 2018. He works to keep all of our events running smoothly by assisting with staffing, payroll, web listings, and various administrative tasks.

Gil leverages his fluency in both English and Spanish to do what few others can as the band leader for Latin City, and he performs weekly with the Intensity Band.