John Holohan
President and CEO

The engine behind the operation, John Holohan, is a New York City native that has been able to translate his multi-ethnic background into a successful business career.

Born on the Upper West Side of Manhattan John is one of 11 children (9 boys and 2 girls) born to a traditional Irish family.  He married his childhood sweetheart, Diana, of Puerto Rican descent, with whom he has two beautiful daughters.

He began working for Mercantile Stores in New York in 1984 as a computer operator. Soon, Holohan moved with the company to Cincinnati, Ohio when corporate headquarters were relocated there.  In a few years Holohan had become the company’s Chief Information Officer by the time he left Mercantile Stores in 1996 to start his own consulting firm.

In 1999 Holohan left Cincinnati and returned to his roots in the New York area taking a job opportunity as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer with Toys R’ Us.   Holohan stayed at the international giant until October 2004 when he decided to take up on a new challenge by breaking into the recording industry.  

His decision gave birth to JKH Entertainment in the year 2005.  Initially the company has focused primarily on the Latin Music world, however, its corporate foci is quite eclectic, and has no imposed limitations.  

Holohan’s way of life permeates the company and its philosophy.  He believes in “hiring quality people to run the business, quality acts to build upon and delivering high quality music to the public.”

Juan A. Moreno-Velázquez
Public Relations Director

An award-winning journalist specializing in Entertainment and the Latino community, Juan’s incisive reporting got him The National Association of Hispanic Publications, First Prize Award, for Outstanding Reporting on the Hispanic Community, during the year 2001 for the series The Legend of La Lupe, which served as inspiration for the play La Lupe: My Life, My Destiny.  In the same year, he also received a Third Place Award in Entertainment for his story Tito Puente, El Rey.  In the year 2002, Moreno turned the trick again, winning the top award in Entertainment for his story, Los Pleneros de la 21.  In 2003, Juan received another First Place Award, this time in the Business category, with his story about Arbitron.  He was also awarded the prestigious Hispanic Media Top 100 for the year 2002.

A graduate of the College of the University of New York, where he made the Dean’s List on every semester, and Fordham University’s Graduate School of Public Communications, Moreno has done considerable research on the music industry and is considered a musicologist of renown, specializing in Tropical Music.  During his college career he was a three-time recipient of the National Hispanic Scholarship.

He is a former Professor at the University of the Sacred Hearth in Puerto Rico, where he has taught Marketing and Communications courses.

An authority in the entertainment field, Moreno has participated in television, doing Grammy commentary for FOX, as well as NY 1, and on innumerable radio shows, where he has discussed different issues in the music business and their effect on Latinos.

As a journalist, Juan was the former Entertainment Editor at el diario/LA PRENSA, the largest and oldest (established in 1913) Spanish language daily in the city of New York.  

He is the author of Demystifying a Diva: The truth behind the myth of La Lupe, released in November 2003.   He also has coauthored the movie script A Fall to Grace, a movie adaptation of his book on La Lupe.

He has finished his second book, La Reina es la Rumba, which depicts the life of Celia Cruz and was received to great acclaim in Puerto Rico.  The book was featured at the New York Book Show at its release in the United States in June 2006.  He is doing research on a third book project, this one based on the life of singer Ismael Rivera.  Moreno is also the editor of The Life and Times of the Legendary Joe Cuba, a Contemporary Music Icon, a book based on the life experiences of the famous band leader.

Ray Gonzalez

Ray has done practically everything in the music business, with the probable exception of being the lead vocalist for a band.

He got his start as a promoter and manager for various clubs in New York City.  Opportunities in the music business moved him to Miami where he produced, managed and promoted many artists for various major record companies like SONY Discos, Protel, Musical Productions, WEA Latino, Sonolux, and Plátano Records.

His musical experienced has been varied and he has been involved in a variety of rhythms and genres as diverse as Salsa, Bachata, Merengue and Bolero. 

As an independent A&R for these major record companies, he gained invaluable experience and eventually fulfilled his potential as now he owns his own independent record label. 

Some of the projects that add to his long list of credits are  “MELAZA”, “Ricobacha”, “Los Klekos”, “El Pachú”, “Sergio Vargas”, “El Gordito”, “Carlos Galan”, “Josué”, “Dioinis y la Banda Flakka”, “Raúl Acosta and Oro Sólido” and “Bachata 2000”.  In addition, many record compilations serve as additional items in his long list of successful music projects