John Cabrera is the founder and CEO of Remarkist Inc., a fan technology company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. John is an actor, writer, and technologist with over two decades in the entertainment industry. He is best known for playing Brian Fuller, the guitarist of Hep Alien, in the television series Gilmore GIrls (The WB and The CW, 2000-2007 and 2016).
He has written and produced projects for Warner Brothers, Universal, Legendary, and the Sci-Fi Channel. He has also spent over a decade building interactive digital products, working in the consumer social space with a focus on fan and creator communities.
Remarkist is the product of that focus, a direct response to the fragmentation and extractive design patterns he observed within Hollywood and across the fandom technology landscape. John actively represents Remarkist and Folkic at fan conventions and community events.
Fans are the heartbeat of every franchise. The brands would die without them. Our world needs better tools to direct that energy not bottle it.
John Cabrera, RemarkistJohn founded Remarkist in 2021 with Sean Harding, and they began building the first version of what would become Folkic. The company entered a closed beta in 2022 with 270 members producing over 4,000 hosted events within a year, 1,300 digital collectibles crafted, and a 65 percent daily-to-monthly active user ratio.
The fan community app John founded and leads.
Original research by John Cabrera on fan community behavior archetypes, also known as The Six Fandom Personas: the Host, the Analyst, the Creator, the Archivist, the Patron, and the Insider.