Event Organizers
Connect ticketing, audience development and sponsor engagement within one operating model.
Integrated Event Technology
One connected system for event growth
SlopeSync is building an event platform that connects ticketing, referral promotion and sponsor engagement—from the first share through post-event follow-up.
SlopeSync is a self-funded technology company founded by Robert Lewis, Desta Lewis and Deidra Ragland.
Built for every part of the event-growth cycle
Promotional Partners
Use attributable referral links and codes to help events reach the right audiences and recognize the people and organizations driving ticket sales.
Sponsors
Move beyond passive logo placement by capturing meaningful engagement signals that can support measurable follow-up.
The Platform
One connected view of how an event grows
The individual functions are familiar. SlopeSync brings them together so organizers can follow the attendee journey, participating promoters can benefit from the ticket sales they generate, and sponsors can receive clearer information about engagement.
01 / TICKETING
Integrated Ticketing
Ticketing operates within the same system as audience promotion and sponsor engagement, allowing the event organizer to connect activity across the attendee journey.
02 / REFERRALS
SlopeSync Share
Participating promoters receive personal referral links or codes tied to ticket purchases. The model is designed to compensate people and organizations that help an event reach its audience.
03 / ENGAGEMENT
Sponsor Intelligence
A system being prepared for live testing, designed to record meaningful actions—such as giveaway entries and information requests—and organize them into reports sponsors can use for follow-up.
The connected journey
01Audience Referral
02Ticket Purchase
03Event Participation
04Sponsor Interaction
05Follow-Up Information
FIRST MAJOR LIVE TEST
DEC 10–13, 2026
Park City, Utah
Black Powder Festival
Built alongside the event that will test it
The founders are developing SlopeSync while producing the inaugural Black Powder Festival, creating a live environment for the platform’s first major test.
The live environment will test the integrated event-growth model.
The team will study audience recruitment, ticket activity and sponsor engagement.
Guests may ski or snowboard—or take part primarily in the social and cultural experience.
What is learned will guide future product development and potential application to other events.
The Founders
Experience building what comes next
Robert Lewis, Desta Lewis and Deidra Ragland are three Black founders in their 60s building a technology company together—combining product strategy, brand leadership and technology delivery.
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Robert Lewis
President, CEO and Chief Product Strategist
Robert shapes SlopeSync’s business model and product strategy, including how ticketing, referral promotion and sponsor intelligence work together. He holds an MBA from Georgia State University and is a U.S. Air Force veteran.
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Desta Lewis
Director of Brand and Sponsor Relations
Desta, known as Ms. Black Powder, leads brand development, sponsor relationships and the cultural vision connecting SlopeSync with the Black Powder Festival. She is a U.S. Air Force veteran.
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Deidra Ragland
Technology Delivery and Operations
Deidra oversees technology delivery and operations. Her experience includes managing software engineering teams.
Their experience is part of SlopeSync’s perspective: seasoned founders applying what they know to a new technology model and testing it in the real conditions of an event they are producing.
Company Information
For media
SlopeSync, Inc. is a self-funded event technology company founded by Robert Lewis, Desta Lewis and Deidra Ragland. The company is building an integrated model that connects ticketing, referral promotion and sponsor engagement measurement. Its first major live test will take place through the inaugural Black Powder Festival in Park City, Utah, December 10–13, 2026.
Media-interest topics
- Three Black founders in their 60s building a technology company
- The relationship between SlopeSync and the Black Powder Festival
- Referral-based event promotion through SlopeSync Share
- Sponsor engagement measurement
- Building and testing a technology model through a founder-produced live event
Media Contact
Robert Lewis
President, CEO and Chief Product Strategist
SlopeSync, Inc.
Email Robert — robert@slopesync.comSlopeSync, Inc.
For interviews, company background, partnership discussions and information about SlopeSync’s first live test.
Interested in the SlopeSync model?
Connect with SlopeSync about media coverage, strategic partnerships, future event applications or the Black Powder Festival live test.