Ned Preston

Chief Financial Officer Gaia, Inc.

Last Reviewed: September 28, 2026

Executive Summary

Ned Preston is Chief Financial Officer of Gaia, Inc., the Nasdaq-listed company behind a member-supported streaming service devoted to what it calls conscious media. He has held the role since June 2023 and is Gaia’s principal financial and accounting officer. He came to Gaia after two chief financial officer roles, at Motional and at Tive. Before that he was a senior finance executive at PTC and Akamai Technologies, and earlier at Cisco Systems, Charles Schwab and Oracle. At Gaia he runs finance for a much smaller business, with quarterly revenue in the low twenties of millions, and he speaks for it on cash flow and member economics.

Career Highlights

• Chief Financial Officer of Gaia, Inc. since June 26, 2023, succeeding Paul Tarell, and the company’s principal financial and accounting officer.
• Chief Financial Officer of Motional Inc. from April 2020 to April 2022.
• Chief Financial Officer of Tive Inc. in 2022.
• Senior Vice President of Finance at PTC Inc. from November 2016 to December 2019.
• Vice President of Finance at Akamai Technologies from October 2012 to October 2016.
• Earlier senior finance roles at Cisco Systems, Charles Schwab and Oracle Corporation.

Professional Journey

Preston built his career in corporate finance at large technology and financial services companies. Gaia’s filings say he held senior finance roles at Cisco Systems, Charles Schwab and Oracle Corporation, without giving titles or dates. In October 2012 he joined Akamai Technologies as Vice President of Finance and stayed four years. In November 2016 he moved to PTC Inc. as Senior Vice President of Finance, and stayed until December 2019.

In April 2020 he became Chief Financial Officer of Motional Inc. and held the role for two years. He then spent part of 2022 as Chief Financial Officer of Tive Inc., from May to October.

In June 2023 Gaia named him Chief Financial Officer, effective June 26, as part of a leadership reshuffle. The same announcement named James Colquhoun chief operating officer and promoted Kiersten Medvedich to president, and Preston replaced CFO Paul Tarell, whom Gaia’s then chief executive thanked for his financial leadership “over the last decade”. Gaia is a member-supported global video streaming service built around four channels: Seeking Truth, Transformation, Alternative Healing and Yoga. It streams in four languages to members in 185 countries, and most of its library is exclusive to it. Its management has since changed around him: Medvedich became chief executive in June 2025, with Jirka Rysavy as chairman.

As CFO, Preston signs Gaia’s periodic certifications and speaks for its cash position in earnings releases. In the August 2026 second-quarter release he attributed an operating cash outflow of $5.4 million to the seasonality of annual member renewals, lower revenue and higher marketing costs. The company reported quarterly revenue of $23.3 million that period.

Education

No education record was found in any primary or first-party source.