Chase Lemonds

Co-Founder and CTO of Totem

Chase Lemonds currently serves as Co-Founder and CTO of Totem, the world’s fastest growing fest-tech startup. Totem is on a mission to turn live events into a safer, more immersive, and more beautiful experience than ever before.

Chase boasts an illustrious career history of leading development and manufacturing for commercial products & electronics. As the former lead engineer for the ScrubDaddy product line, Chase has garnered a world of expertise in animation, product visualization, and operations optimization—among many other skills. 

The story of Totem began at EDC Orlando in 2019—Chase’s very first music festival. Within the first two hours of arriving, his phone got stolen. Shortly after, he lost the one friend he came with in the massive crowds. 

As he wandered the crowds alone, Chase wondered why there wasn’t already a good solution for this all-too-common problem. Totem’s very first prototype began to take shape in his mind that night. And thus, the Totem Compass was born. 

The Totem Compass, a global sensation that has reached 100M+ people across the world, is now shipping worldwide.