Les Garland's success as a business executive has always been fueled by his passion for music. His career began as a rock radio and television personality. He went on to become one of radios most influential programmers, exerting even more influence on the 80's as one of the co-founders and originators of both MTV: Music Television and VH-1, where he served as MTV Networks Senior Executive VP. In the 90s, Garland played an essential role in the worldwide rollout of the interactive music channel, The Box. From there, Garland went on to found sputnik7.com as its President. The site recently received the 2001 Webby Award for best music site, and has been awarded the Invision Award of Excellence in Entertainment, a Gold Invision for Best Entertainment Streaming Media Site, the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, and was a 2000 Webby Award nominee. A Clio-award recipient, Garland is continuing to define his career by remaining on the front edge of popular mass entertainment through projects under his consulting company, AfterPlay Entertainment.

Before sputnik7.com, Garland was Exec/VP at The Box music network, responsible for all Entertainment Programming, Promotion, Ad Sales and Marketing, overseeing the roll-out of the interactive music channel from a base of 200,000 homes at its inception to more than 30 million. AfterPlay consultation clients have included Alliance Entertainment Corp., AOL-Latin America, Avevo (formerly OnRadio), Chalfont/Internet Plc. (Smartflash), Cisneros Television, City of Miami Beach, The College Television Network, Communications Equity Associates, Enigma Digital (acquired by Clear Channel Communications), where Garland served on the board of directors, Europe's Entertainment One, Medalist, SLS Loudspeakers, and Turnberry Associates. Mr. Garland was a co-founder of Quantum Media along with Robert Pittman, following their years together at MTV. His is the DJ voice-over in the Jefferson Starship 80s number-one-song We Built This City on Rock N Roll. In the late 90s, Garland produced the PEPSI-COLA Radio Campaign in association with BBDO, featuring such artists as Luscious Jackson, Notorious B.I.G., the Fugees, PM Dawn and Patra. He headed up West Coast Operations for Atlantic Records prior to joining Mr. Pittman in 1981 to launch MTV: Music Television and VH-1.

Recognized as one of Americas top radio programming executives, Garland was instrumental in merging radios freeform FM sound with contemporary music formats that led to consecutive Radio Station of the year and Programmer of the Year awards at RKO Radios KFRC/San Francisco. CKLW/Detroit, WRKO/Boston and K-100 FM in Los Angeles were among the radio stations programmed by Garland in the prime years of contemporary music radio.

As a result of his role in the music industry, from radio, music television, and new media, Garland is frequently sought out for speaking engagements. He has keynoted the Montreaux Jazz Festival, the Australian Radio Broadcasters, the New Music Seminar, the Billboard International Music Confab, and the International Music and Media Conference. Appearances also include Webnoize, MB2005, CMJ, IMX, Network 40, Album Network, Gavin, Billboard, and Radio & Records. He is a frequent participant at college symposia and has served on the board of the National Association of College Broadcasters. Mr. Garland was recently invited to be a founding member of The Academy of Digital Music Arts and Sciences. Profiles of Garland have appeared in numerous publications including Vanity Fair, TIME Magazine, GQ, People Magazine, MS., USA Today, The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, and Ocean Drive. Television exposure has included Good Morning America, The CBS Morning News, The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, and even a humorous cameo on Late Night With David Letterman in the company of Mr. Eddie Murphy.

Garland's passion for music is equaled by his passion for golf. He was into golf way before golf was cool, says PGA Tour Pro Tommy Armour III. Following his years at MTV, he briefly caddied on the PGA Pro circuit for Mr. Armour. "Some guys buy sailboats and sail around the planet, said Garland. I looped a golf bag and went in search of The Secret!"  That same passion for music artistry recently led Garland into personal co-management, representing platinum recording group, Dream.