Trevor McFedries (born November 27, 1985), is the co-founder and CEO of technology startup Brud and the creator of virtual pop star Miquela or Lil Miquela. Before creating Brud, he was known professionally as Yung Skeeter and worked as a DJ, producer, and director for acts including Ke$ha, Azealia Banks, Katy Perry, Chris Brown, Steve Aoki, and others. He toured alongside Katy Perry on her 2011 California Dreams Tour. McFedries has also performed at music festivals Lollapalooza and Coachella, served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Bad Robot, and was an early employee at Spotify. He currently sits on the board of the Southern California Institute of Architecture “SCI-Arc” as well as Rhizome, the Digital Artwork arm of The New Museum. Early life McFedries grew up in Davenport, Iowa. In high school, he was a "football star" and enjoyed playing basketball. He moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was 16. He earned a college scholarship to play football at San Jose State but dropped out of college and moved back to LA. Los Angeles has been his "home base" since that time. He started DJing at the age of 19. Music career McFedries took the stage name DJ Skeet Skeet, and in 2007 he was introduced to Shwayze and Cisco Adler. The three created a partnership that would culminate in the 2008 release of a self-titled album. The album made it to the top 10 on the Billboard charts with two songs ("Buzzin'" and "Corona and Lime") that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 list. The popularity of the trio led to the creation of a short-lived reality television series on MTV called Buzzin'. Also in 2008, DJ Skeet Skeet was given the "People's Choice Award for Best DJ" by Paper Magazine. He also became the first DJ to perform at the entire slate of shows on the Warped Tour in 2008. By 2011, he had worked with acts like Chris Brown, Ke$ha, 3OH!3, Bonde do Rolê, and Sky Ferreira, creating remixes of their tracks and producing various songs. In 2011, he also opened for Katy Perry on her California Dreams arena tour, sharing a stage with both Perry and Robyn. McFedries and Perry had been friends long before the tour. During this time, he worked and as a A&R at Photo Finish Records. In 2012, he decided to change his stage name to "Yung Skeeter," He produced and