Below is the Speaker list for SF MusicTech Summit XII on February 19, 2013.
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Nic AdlerThe Roxy, Adler IntegratedAfter years as a band manager, promoter, and restauranteur, Nic took the helm at The Roxy in 1998. An entrepreneur and community builder, Nic was drawn to the cutting edge concepts he found in the burgeoning field of social media. In 2007 he launched a blog that went on to win The VH-1 Rock Honors Award for Best Music Venue Website. Always an early adaptor, Nic began tweeting in 2008 and is now the #1 Music Venue on Twitter and Facebook in the world. Read More
As his social media program grew, Nic began to see the importance of being a part of the larger community of the Sunset Strip and the City of West Hollywood. Nic is co-producer of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, which draws over 30,000 music fans to the city every August and celebrates the Strip’s legacy as it highlights some of music’s newest talent. He is Vice President of the Sunset Strip Business Association and a regular at City Council meetings where he is leading efforts to bring the community together. Featured in the New York Times, Mashable,TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, and cover stories in LABJ, Venues Today and Nightclub and Bar Magazine, Nic is reinventing his club, his street and eventually his city using the fundamental concepts of community building inherent in social media. Follow Nic on Twitter: @nicadler and @theroxy
Nick AdlerCashmere Agency, VP of Business DevelopmentNicholas Adler is the VP of Business Development at Cashmere Agency. Nicholas’ core responsibilities at Cashmere include pursuing major endorsement deals and licensing opportunities, and developing creative campaigns for the company’s surging list of clients. He specializes in aligning new and familiar brands with his team at Cashmere, resulting in innovative online content.Read More
Prior to joining Cashmere, Nicholas began his career in his native New York City as an attorney. At twenty-one years old, while still enrolled in New York Law School, he co-founded the Woodstock Film Festival. The festival currently withstands as one of the finest operating in the United States, and served as an early indication of his ambition and sensibility.
After honing his skills in the legal realm, Nicholas eventually made the transition into television production. He swiftly established himself as a rising figure at major TV network, E! Entertainment. Nick would ultimately go on to produce several of the networks highest rated series, including the ratings hit, “Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood” It was here that Nick would build the foundations of his longstanding and fruitful working relationship with “Tha Doggfather.”
While working in television Nick began developing an attuned knowledge of branding for talent. He soon secured several notable branding partnerships, which prompted Cashmere Agency and Stampede Management founder, Ted Chung, to take notice. His role with Cashmere has proven pivotal in taking the aforementioned Snoop Dogg from international recording star to a social media pioneer. With online recognition that rivals Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber, Nick’s stewardship has made Snoop a thriving new media brand. Nick’s expertise culminated with him being nominated by Social Media Week’s Social 25.
Follow Nick on Twitter: @nickyads
Dave AllenNorth Inc, Director, Interactive Strategy / University of Oregon, Adjunct Professor.Dave Allen is the Director, Interactive Strategies at NORTH, a Creative Brand Agency that forges connections between brands and people using music, film and design. Allen is also an Adjunct Professor specializing in Digital Strategy at the University of Oregon. He is a public speaker and regular conference panelist and writes extensively about the issues of Internet disruption and the opportunities for musicians to take advantage of that disruption. For more info visit: http://pampelmoose.posterous.com/
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Kevin ArnoldNoise Pop Industries, Founder/Co-owner; Sony Music Entertainment, EVP/Sr. Advisor, Global Digital BusinessKevin Arnold is the Founder and Co-owner of Noise Pop Industries (NPI), which produces San Francisco’s internationally renowned Noise Pop Festival, championing independent culture since 1993, as well as the Treasure Island Music Festival and other Bay Area cultural events. In 2012 NPI added the local events guide Do415 to its family, helping Bay Area nightlife denizens answer the question of what to do in San Francisco.Read More
Wearing another hat, Kevin also serves as Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor to the Global Digital Business group at Sony Music Entertainment, which he joined in 2012 after completing the sale of digital distribution company IODA to SME. Previously, as founder and CEO of IODA, Kevin grew the fledgling startup into one of the largest digital distributors of independent music in the world, combining his dedication to independents and unique understanding of the digital music landscape to benefit IODA’s global client base.
A terminal music fan and technology geek, Kevin first learned the mysteries of databases during a stint at Oracle during the 90’s Bay Area tech boom, then quickly jumped into the bubbling digital music sector at online music startup Listen.com. As Director of Data Services for Listen, Kevin was able to combine his love for music and technology by guiding the growth and development of Listen’s complex music metadata systems, data integration tools, and music royalty data warehouse for the Rhapsody digital music subscription service. Building upon this experience, Kevin founded IODA in 2003 to help independents find their way in the new world of digital music.
Darryl Ballantyne originally conceived LyricFind in 2000 with Mohamed Moutadayne and Chris Book at Ontario’s University of Waterloo to be the largest, most accurate destination for lyrics on the Internet. Officially launched in 2004, the company pioneered the licensed digital lyrics space, successfully negotiating the first-ever mass lyrics licensing deal with EMI Music Publishing in 2005. Since then, Darryl has grown LyricFind to be the largest legal, licensed lyrics database in the world, with millions of licensed tracks available representing thousands of publishers. LyricFind is also the first lyrics service to have true worldwide rights from all major music publishers (and many more). LyricFind has established licensing and content relationships with over 2,700 music publishers, Rovi, The Harry Fox Agency, The Echo Nest, and many more. The company now delivers services to over 1,000 web sites and mobile applications that want to enhance their music products with lyrics, including Microsoft’s Bing, Lyrics.com, Slacker, Shazam, SoundHound, LyricsMode, SongMeanings, Universal Music, and mSpot. In addition, LyricFind offers two direct to consumer mobile applications, Lyrics Lite and Lyrics Pro for the iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry Playbook platforms. As an authority on licensing and digital content, Darryl has spoken at industry events including SF Music Tech, Canadian Music Week, Music & Media Finland, Digital Music Forum East and West, New Music Seminar, and many more. Before launching LyricFind, Darryl was Manager of Digital Development & Distribution at EMI Music in Los Angeles, where he was involved in deals with companies such as MusicMatch, Napster, and iTunes. Darryl earned a Bachelor of Mathematics with a Business minor from the University of Waterloo. Follow on Twitter: @DBToronto After eight years as Chief Technology Officer of CollabNet, Brian brought his expertise to the political realm, working as a technology advisor on the 2008 Obama campaign and then working at the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House, where he developed strategies for open access to data and APIs. Brian also advised the Department of Health and Human Services on the launch of two open source software projects designed to accelerate the adoption of standards for the exchange of electronic health records. In 2011, Brian brought open software to the World Economic Forum (WEF) during his tenure as Chief Technology Officer. Brian remains an advisor to the WEF and is also on the Boards of Directors at the Mozilla Foundation, Benetech, and CollabNet. Follow Brian on Twitter: @brianbehlendorf Kristen had been working in the music business focusing in the developing digital music space since 2003. She began her career at Warner Music Group in the digital sales team originally set up to manage online and streaming music services before moving onto establish the Digital Sales and Marketing team at Alternative Distribution Alliance. She was most recently the Senior Director of Digital Product Development at Universal Music Group. About Sonos: She is the founder and CEO of DBTH in Paris… an extremely hip agency proudly founded to provide strategy, business development, media relations and networking to amazingly cool people and companies in the creative space. Some of the key functional areas for the agency are: DBTH is also specialized in building value for international Creative/Brands entering France/Europe by leveraging partnerships, new media, web, social technology. The agency also support structures in their international development (Europe, United States, Middle East and emerging markets). There are so many things DBTH could help do.. expand your artists or brands/company into France and Europe, work to negotiate licensing fees here in France, manage your international expansion, develop your brand through partnerships with media… Just for starters! Virginie Berger is also the editor of Don’t Believe the Hype (virginieberger.com), a website specialized in music marketing and the host of radio show «On refait la musique» (“Music re-loaded” N.o.T.) on Radio Neo. She is the author of the book “Music and Digital Strategies” (2nd edition, IRMA Publishing), French version everywhere, English version on Amazon and iTunes. She is also a manager, a professor in digital strategies appearing at numerous conventions and universities, and a guest lecturer and a speaker about digital marketing and strategies in many conferences all over the world. Blush also started a series of strong collaberations beginning with their Hong Kong opening for Justin Bieber in May, 2011, followed by sharing the bill with acts such as The Black Eyed Peas, Jessie J, Far East Movement, B.o.B., Diana Ross and Sean Kingston. Blush was a featured artist on the soundtrack of the hit Disney Channel TV show, “Shake It Up” with their original recording, “Up, Up, and Away” as well as having their music in the top EA game franchise, “The Sims 3 Pets”. Blush has 20 recorded songs to date from a global roster of award-winning hit songwriters and producers. Most recently, the girls are immensely pleased to announce that the legendary Quincy Jones has come on as Executive Producer. Stay tuned – more to come from Blush! Follow Blush on Twitter: @blushgroup He is also an independent strategic advisor for tech startups, content companies and communications firms, specializing in community and content management, communications strategies, and business development activities.Read More Most recently, Bruno was Executive Director of Content & Programming for Digital/Mobile at Billboard magazine, where he oversaw the publication’s digital entertainment coverage for both print and online platforms. He also produced several digital media conferences, managing the programming, marketing and sponsorship activities. Prior to Billboard, Bruno served as Assistant Vice President of Wireless Internet Development for CTIA-The Wireless Association, where he helped establish the organization’s Wireless Internet Caucus. At CTIA, Bruno facilitated regular executive strategy meetings of carriers, content developers, technology enablers and others in the wireless data value chain. He also developed all CTIA educational programming for conferences and seminars, and engaged in various business and industry development and membership services initiatives. Past roles include stints at RCR Wireless News and launch editor of FierceMobileContent. He is a sought-after speaker and moderator, having appeared at multiple industry events, and serves as an expert source on the mobile and digital entertainment industries for such publications as The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, USA Today, CNBC and NPR. Bruno holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism. An active skier, outdoors enthusiast, gardener and cook, he resides with his wife and daughter in Denver, CO. Follow him on Twitter: @AntonyNBruno Whitney BroussardThe Law Office of Whitney BroussardWhitney Broussard is a highly experienced transactional attorney based in the San Francisco Bay Area whose practice is focused on the preparation and negotiation of contracts relating to various aspects of digital media, including the licensing of music, video and games, employment, consulting, marketing and joint venture agreements, terms of use and privacy policies, as well as providing advice and counsel regarding a variety of general business concerns and intellectual property issues, such as DMCA safe harbor and statutory license compliance. Prior to returning to the Bay Area, he was a partner at the law firm of Selverne, Mandelbaum & Mintz, LLP in New York. He began his career in the Business Affairs Department of Capitol Records, Inc. in Los Angeles. He is the author of the The Promise and Peril of Collective Licensing, first published in Journal of Intellectual Property Law, and Current and Suggested Business Practices for the Licensing of Digital Samples, first published in the Loyola Entertainment Law Journal. He drew upon his varied experiences and founded Label Management Systems in 2003 to help indie record labels succeed. To that end, he developed business solutions to achieve that goal, namely the Music Business Toolbox, originally released in 2008, but being updated for rerelease in 2012. His professional consulting clients have included Kanye West, MSN Entertainment, Ludacris, Monster Cable, SoundExchange and more. Bryan has a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia and regularly speaks at music industry conferences and at universities about the music industry. He is a voting member of the Recording Academy and on the Board of Directors for the Future of Music Coalition. Follow Bryan on Twitter: @bryancalhoun Prior to joining VEVO, Cerda was Vice President, Technology at Myspace, as a result of a sale of Threadbox (fka Cc:Betty), where he was co-founder and CEO. Cerda incubated the real-time messaging service as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Venrock. Cerda was Vice President of Sales and Business Development of web voice company Jajah (sold to Telefonica in 2010), following a three year effort as co-founder and CEO of social communications company Jangl (sold to Live Universe 2008). Prior to Jangl, Cerda co-founded consumer VoIP service and device company, Ooma, and served as the company’s original CEO. Cerda worked in management and key roles in several successful startups: Director of Business and Corporate Development at Trapeze Networks (sold to Belden 2008), Director of Corporate Development at Procket Networks (sold to Cisco 2004), Director of Sales at Redback Networks (IPO 1999), Regional Sales Manager at Lucent by way of the Livingston acquisition (sold in 1997) and Business Development at Farallon/Netopia (IPO 1995). A sought after speaker on the conference circuit, Cerda has held high profile speaking slots at Business Insider’s IGNITION, SXSW Interactive, Supernova, Red Herring, Etre in Europe, VON, Dow Jones Venturesummit, Guidewire Group Summit, Community Next, SF Newtech Meetup, GigaOm Mobilize, AlwaysOn 100. Known throughout the technology and music industries as being “part ambassador and part evangelist,” Cohen was instrumental in crafting the licensing agreements upon which the Rhapsody subscription service and the iTunes Music Store were built. In his previous role as Senior Vice President of Digital Development & Distribution for EMI Music (home of artists including Coldplay and the Rolling Stones), Cohen led next-generation digital business development worldwide for this “big four” record company, which includes labels such as Capitol, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, Parlophone and Chrysalis. During that time, EMI led the industry by embracing and exploiting new technologies and business models such as digital downloads and online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet radio. In addition to seeking out, evaluating and executing business opportunities for the company on a global basis, Cohen served as both a strategist and key decision-maker for EMI’s global new media and anti-piracy efforts. He worked to establish company-wide digital policies, which have provided EMI’s artists and labels a substantial advantage in the digital music arena. Prior to his role at EMI, Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Digital Music Network Inc., where he co-founded and served as Chairman of the groundbreaking Webnoize conferences. Cohen also led two highly successful new media consulting operations, DMN Consulting and Consulting Adults, attracting clients such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, Universal Studios, DreamWorks Records, Liquid Audio, Wherehouse Records/Checkout.com and various other entertainment, technology and new media organizations. Cohen also held senior management positions at both Warner Bros. Records and Philips Media. A 30-year industry veteran, Cohen currently chairs MidemNet, an international music/technology conference convened in Cannes each year. Cohen also serves on the NARAS (Grammy) Los Angeles chapter Board of Governors as well as the national Trustee Board, the Board of Directors for the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, co-chairs the new media arm of the T.J. Martell Foundation, and lends his time and talents to music & technology education efforts such as the Grammy In The Schools Program. Cohen served two terms as the Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas. A senior writer for Hypebot.com and contributing writer for various music industry resources, Hisham educates and informs both musicians and industry professionals on emerging trends and noteworthy topics within the music space; specifically pertaining to technological innovations advancing today’s music business. His writings have appeared in Billboard, Artist Growth and more. read more Putting his ongoing research into practice, Hisham is the Director of Digital Strategy and Social Media for the digital marketing agency Fame House, having helped launch the company in 2011 with CEO Michael Fiebach. Fame House’s client roster has since gone on to include DJ Shadow, Pretty Lights, Shady Records, Richie Hawtin, Amanda Palmer and many more with offices in both Philadelphia and San Francisco. Hisham’s passion for the music business stems from his lifelong journey of discovering the music artist within himself. To add balance to his music business operations, Hisham continues creatively as a percussionist and multi-instrumentalist music producer with his own set of artistic ventures. These include creative projects as a solo producer and performer, as well as a collaborative group of individual music producers coming together to form a live band. Hisham earned a Bachelors of Science in Business with a concentration in Marketing from San Francisco State University. He currently resides in San Francisco. Follow Hisham on Twitter: @hishamdahud By 2003 Corey was Director of Online Marketing and A&R at What Are Records & published the label’s first online music sampler as a podcast while facilitating one of the first five direct deals between Apple and an independent record label. She moved to San Francisco in 2005 to work at IODA where she helped create and market IODA Promonet, a promotional distribution platform allowing member base of thousands of blogs, podcasts and online media outlets to access pre-cleared MP3s and marketing assets with the goal of generating hype and driving sales. With the help of a talented team, Corey produced the only not for profit Musician & Promoter Workshop Series in San Francisco, assisting local musicians with digital transitions. In 2009, Corey founded Not Shocking (Digital Music Strategy) where clients have included SoundExchange, Michael Tilson Thomas, Ning & Rdio. By 2012 Corey got “my dream job” working with Dick Huey and Toolshed to create and execute digital music strategy & marketing for a wide array of the best indie artists in the world including MNDR, Kate Bush, Cat Power, Ani DiFranco, John Wesley Harding, Peggy Sue, Martin Sexton, Redd Kross, Big Scary, Wax Tailor and many others. Corey is also a PT columnist for the SFappeal.com, San Francisco’s online newspaper. She has one patent, two cats and eight ipods. Follow David on Twitter: @bandzoogle and @DavidDufresne Ray is a Graduate of University of California, Berkeley and according to Rankopedia.com, is currently ranked #1 “Greatest Punk Guitar Players Ever.” Follow Ray on Twitter: @eastbayray1 This venture continues now and with major success from producing 80,000 capacity Power To The Peaceful Festival; producing internationally Award Winning documentary film ‘I Know I’m Not Alone’; strategic partnerships with global brands, early adoption of technologies & creative think-tanking of ideas w/other innovators & like-minded businesses, engaging social & environmental orgs and Film & TV strategic placements. We use music as an instrument to make social change and have fun doing it. Guerrilla is an Artist Management company with select roster of international artists that we love including Michael Franti, Mister Loveless, Blue King Brown and Amanda Shaw. www.guerrillamgmt.com. Follow Catherine on Twitter: @catdawg007 Prior to founding Stipple, Flemings was CEO of Particle, which developed early consumer applications based on HTML5 and cloud applications. Particle was acquired by Apple. Earlier in his career Flemings served as an executive officer at WeTrak, a leading technology provider of authentication products and services for the sports and entertainment memorabilia industry. WeTrak, acquired by Provo, was the exclusive authentication provider for Emmitt Smith, the NFL’s All-Time leading rusher. Flemings combines his technology background with over a decade of music industry experience. Most recently Flemings served as co-founder and CEO of Tennman Digital, the technology investment and incubator arm of the Justin Timberlake family. He also served as COO of Tennman Records, a joint venture between Justin Timberlake and Interscope. Prior to his involvement with Tenman, Flemings was the Commissioner of Music for Memphis and Shelby County in Tennessee, and the President of the Memphis Music Foundation, which focused on revitalizing and promoting Memphis’s recording music and entertainment industries. In his spare time Flemings is an impassioned DJ with a taste for house hip hop. Follow Rey on Twitter: @reyflemings As a writer/composer, Josh’s music and collaborations have received over 25 million views on Youtube with artists such as Jamie Cullum, Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Sander Kleinenberg, Gabriel & Dresden, Andain, Winter Kills & Motorcycle. His works have been licensed to TV shows such as American Idol, Entourage, MTV, CSI, GLEE and many more. On the technology side of things, Josh co-founded Mixman with Eric Almgren in 1992 and pioneered the world of consumer remixing software. They are about to push music tech to new limits again with an app coming soon to the iPad and other platforms. Follow Josh on Twitter @JoshGabriel_DJ Seth is also an active angel investor and advisor to startups like Turntable.fm and Gumroad. He started his entrepreneurial career at age 7 selling kites on Cape Cod, and grew up in Boston, where he inherited a deep love for the Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, and professional wrestling (Jimmy Superfly Snooka in particular). He studied Theatre at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and then went to Columbia University in New York, where he majored in Literature. Read More Seth started his first company, an early Internet advertising agency called SiteSpecific, in 1995. He sold it to a bigger company a few years later. In 1999 he watched the first Internet bubble inflate and then pop, as Entrepreneur in Residence at Flatiron Partners. Over the past ten years, Seth has built a number of successful companies, including Majestic Research, the first investment research company based on live consumer Internet data, and SocialMedia.com, which developed the first social advertising technology on Facebook. Seth is passionate about helping entrepreneurs realize their dreams. In 2007 he created Pier 38 in San Francisco, a bustling hub of startup activity that gave birth to a number of successful startups. He has also been an active advisor to the US State Department Global Entrepreneurship Program, with whom he has travelled to Egypt and Turkey to foster entrepreneurship. After living in NYC for almost twenty years, Seth moved to Marin, California, where he now lives with his wife and two sons. If he could climb Bolinas Fairfax every day on his bike, listening to David Bowie, he would. Gruber founded and led FORA.tv as it brought together over 100 premiere public forum content partners from The Aspen Ideas Festival and The Chautauqua Institution to The New York Public Library and the Commonwealth Club. Time magazine called it one of the web’s top 50 sites. He is now CEO of Half Moon Bay-based ShowGo.tv which is livestreaming concerts from the coolest places on Earth. Follow Gruber on Twitter: @thegrube Li-at joined Conduit with a clear mission in mind: to make mobile possible for artist, brands, and businesses big and small. Conduit Mobile launched in February 2011 as an open app-creation platform, and with Li-at’s guidance and direction, evolved into a platform that serves the specific needs of various verticals, including businesses, education, bloggers, restaurants, and of course, music. Recently, Li-at spearheaded Conduit Mobile’s efforts to help launch the official apps for hip-hop artists Meek Mill and Waka Flocka.Read More Li-at is South-African born and has lived in Israel for over 13 years. She has many years of experience in product marketing and has held marketing and communications positions at various high-tech companies. Prior to joining Conduit, Li-at was product marketing manager at dbMotion, a comprehensive platform for interoperability and health information exchange (HIE) that gives clinicians access to real-time, integrated clinical information. Li-at holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Marketing from IDC Herzliya, and was awarded the MAAW (Marketing Agencies Association Worldwide) Globe in 2009 for excellence in marketing communications. She is totally addicted to her iPhone: It’s practically glued to her hand as she is perpetually busy drafting her latest tweet, downloading the newest mobile app, connecting with another brand partner, or registering for an upcoming mobile event. Follow Liat on Twitter: @LiatKarpel Hanson is CEO of AccuRadio, one of the world’s leading multichannel, personalizable Internet radio properties. AccuRadio reaches over a million unique listeners per month with its 800+ channels of rock, pop, jazz, classical, country, Broadway, world music, and more.Read More AccuRadio is unique among major Internet radio properties in that it specifically targets the 35-to-64-year-old at-work audience. Kurt originally developed his reputation within the radio industry as the founder and CEO of Strategic Media Research (SMR), a market research firm respected throughout the radio industry (particularly for its “STAR” program of professional call-out music research and its “AccuRatings” product), which he built into a $10 million business. In Fall 1999, Kurt launched “RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter,” which has become the leading voice of Internet radio worldwide. In that capacity, he speaks at conferences, trade shows and industry events, both in the U.S. and around the world, and has provided consulting services for clients in both the broadcast radio and Internet radio industries. In Summer 2000, Kurt and his team launched AccuRadio, initially simply as a experimental website to demonstrate the capabilities of Internet radio. Following a public launch during the Christmas 2002 season, it has since become one of the top multichannel webcasters in the world. AccuRadio has won two “People’s Choice” Webby Awards (“the Oscars of the Internet”) for Best Radio (2006 and 2008). Earlier in his career, Hanson worked at various terrestrial radio stations, including WOKY/ Milwaukee, WLS/Chicago, WDAI/Chicago, and WLUP/Chicago. He holds a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Christine HerronIntel Capital, Director Christine Herron is a Director at Intel Capital, where several of her investments – Jelli, Storenvy, Hangtime, and 500 Friends – support music monetization. She is also a Venture Advisor to 500 Startups, an Advisor to StartX, and @calista‘s mom. Previously, Christine was a Principal with First Round Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, where she worked with companies such as BillFloat, Double Verify, Get Satisfaction, Mint, and Xobni. As a Director at Omidyar Network, she developed the Media practice strategy and led deals such as Common Sense Media and Socialtext.Read More Prior to Omidyar Network, Christine held operational roles with Mission Research, NetObjects, and Microsoft, and was the founder and CEO of Mercury2, a SaaS developer of international e-commerce applications. She started as an investor with Geocapital Partners, where she funded early Internet and network infrastructure businesses including Netcom and AXON Networks. Christine earned degrees from both Stanford University and Columbia University. Follow Christine on Twitter: @christine Will HooverGoPro Across his entire career, Irwin has specialized in building strong subscription businesses. Prior to Rhapsody, Irwin held senior positions with a variety of companies in the telecommunications market, including Boingo Wireless, Earthlink, InfoNet Services Corporation and WorldCom, among others. Irwin earned an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California Los Angeles. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in systems engineering from the University of California San Diego. Wendy JuStanford, Lecturer/Researcher Follow Philip on Twitter: @pud Zoë’s grassroots, label-less approach has garnered her much public attention and press. She speaks regularly on artist-empowerment, sustainable careers and the concept of artist-as-entrepreneur, has been profiled on NPR’s All Things Considered, appointed a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and awarded a performing arts grant from the Creative Capital Foundation. She serves on the boards of the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy, the Magik Magik Orchestra and CASH Music, a nonprofit organization that builds open source digital tools for musicians and labels. For the last two years, Zoë has been slowly touring the world, young baby in tow, to support her latest album, “Into The Trees”, which spent 49 weeks on the Billboard classical charts, peaking at #7. She is working on a third album scheduled for release in 2013. Zoë has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, including Imogen Heap, Amanda Palmer, Tears for Fears, DJ Shadow, John Vanderslice, Rasputina, Pomplamoose and Paolo Nutini. She has collaborated and performed with WNYC’s Radiolab and is also known for her work in film and dance. Commissions include music for the San Francisco MOMA and soundtracks for the films Ghost Bird, The Devil’s Chair and Frozen Angels. Her music has been used by countless entities, including the BBC, ITV, PBS, NPR, NBC, Intel, IBM, Apple, Patagonia, Specialized Bikes, the Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Alvin Ailey Dance, Parsons Dance and San Francisco’s ODC. Her cello playing can be heard on Mark Isham’s scores for The Conspirator, Warrior and The Secret Life of Bees. Zoë makes an effort to reach audiences wherever they are, performing on radio, television and webcasts, outdoors in the desert, in churches and concert halls, at universities, museums, technology conferences, airports, public spaces, executive brainstorming sessions, house concerts, bars and rock clubs across around the world. She is extremely fond of pancakes and likes to say yes to crazy things… Follow Zoë on Twitter: @zoecello Jordan is also a partner in one of the nation’s most respected and long-standing music festivals, Noise Pop. Dubbed “its own institution” by the San Francisco Weekly, Noise Pop has been showcasing the most influential independent national and local artists for the last 21 years. Since its inception the festival has featured a number of acts that at the time were unknown but are now rock music mainstays including The White Stripes, Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon, The Flaming Lips, and Jimmy Eat World, to name a few. Additionally, Jordan is the co-founder of the Treasure Island Music Festival. Launched in 2007, the two-day boutique festival has been described by Spin Magazine as “a full blown love affair” and was nominated as the 2012 Music Festival of the Year by the concert industry magazine, Pollstar. Jordan sits on the board of 826 National, the Stern Grove Festival, and Air Traffic Control, an organization dedicated to connecting the music community to social action. He spent five years on the board of directors of the Independent On-Line Distribution Alliance (IODA) ending with the company’s partial acquisition by Sony in mid-2009. He served on the 2012 Obama for America Entertainment Advisory Committee. Also in 2012, along with renowned author Dave Eggers, Jordan founded the website 90 Days, 90 Reasons. For each of the last 90 days leading up the election, the site posted unique daily perspectives penned by different public figures as to why President Obama should be re-elected. It featured a diverse array of contributors including Ben Stiller, Anne Hathaway, Shepard Fairey, Al Franken, Jonathan Franzen and Moby. In 2004, also with Eggers, he helped to curate and produce the Future Soundtrack of America CD and “Future Dictionary of America” which featured artists such as REM, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Tom Waits, as well as writers Paul Auster, Kurt Vonnegut and Michael Chabon. The project raised over one million dollars for progressive causes around the 2004 election. Past artists that Zeitgeist has represented include Feist, Creeper Lagoon, Beulah, the Estate of Elliott Smith, and the founder of the seminal punk band X, John Doe. Prior to forming the company, Jordan spent four years at David Lefkowitz/Figurehead Management where he worked closely with Primus, Charlie Hunter, and the Melvins. With a background in engineering and cryptography, Carter served as the Chief Architect of Content Protection at Cryptography Research, which was sold to Rambus in 2011 for $350M. He also co-invented a new content protection technology and drove its adoption as a standard for Blu-ray discs. He and his team subsequently sold the technology to Rovi in 2007 for $70M. Carter is the kind of nerd who thinks that good grammar is sexy. Follow Carter on Twitter: @claren Jonathan has been a technology banker in New York and San Francisco, financed alternative energy power facilities throughout the US and served as the Mayor of a Northern California City. Jonathan received his MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and BA at Yale University. Prior to Walden, Larry was a digital media sell-side Equity Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown where he lead the top performing IPOs of 1998 and 1999 (Terayon and CBS MarketWatch), as well as the IPOs of Maxis, Edmark, and Netflix (initial S-1 IPO filing) among other equity and debt financings (Broderbund, Sierra On-line, Excite@Home, Spectrum Holobyte, CBS Sportsline). Prior experience includes Robertson Stephens & Company, Digidesign and General Management in computer services retail. Education: Larry received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. Larry enjoys collecting vintage dead hardware, golfing and playing music. Hear him on Pandora by seeding a station with Megan Keely, Corinne Marcus or the Flying Other Brothers. See the music he loves at his Pandora profile here Larry has been a guest lecturer at Haas Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School. He has been a speaker and panelist at numerous conferences including Dealmaker Media’s Under the Radar, SF MusicTech, Billboard, AlwaysOn and Digital Hollywood among others. Follow Larry on Twitter: @cyberlar Mason is also the bestselling author of The Pirate’s Dilemma, the first book in the history of the world to hit the number one spot on Amazon’s economics/free enterprise bestseller list and the rap bestseller list at the same time. Read More Mason has written and produced TV series, screenplays, comic strips, apps and records, not to mention award-winning, global advertising campaigns. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer Music Monthly, Dazed & Confused, Adweek, VICE, Complex, Libération, and other publications in more than 20 countries. His short story Hard Times was published by Penguin as part of the We Tell Stories project, which won Best in Show at SXSW and was shown in the Talk To Me exhibition at the MOMA in New York City. He lives in San Francisco. Follow Mason on Twitter: @mattmason And now, as Silicon Valley is dominating the mobile landscape with iOS and Android, McMahon is shaking things up in the Valley, this time with SoundHound Inc. Over the past three years, she has driven explosive growth at SoundHound taking the music search and discovery app to over 100m users worldwide and expanding its value as one of the most engaging apps of all time. She is one of the few people in the industry who has been behind launching and growing a mobile user base to over 100m users at two different companies and understands both the opportunities and challenges to the mobile landscape. McMahon has always been one step ahead of the mobile evolution, so what’s next? It’s likely to involve the next-generation of voice recognition and voice search, part of SoundHound Inc.’s homegrown IP, and the SoundHound team’s determination to change the user paradigm by moving beyond touch interfaces to making sound and voice the primary means of searching and using your mobile devices. Follow McMahon on Twitter: @SoundHound In 1992, as Vice President of Gibson Guitars, he founded and ran G-WIZ (an R&D lab for Gibson); and led the effort to devise ZIPI (a musical instrument control language that avoided many of MIDI’s limitations – ZIPI later evolved into OSC). Keith worked with UC Berkeley’s CNMAT and created a new technology group focusing on audio networking, synthesizers and string instruments. As Director of Engineering at Harman Kardon in 1996, he headed a division dealing with complex audio processing and distributed music networks.
In 1999, Keith founded Octiv, Inc. an Internet audio signal processing company that addressed the problem of inconsistent audio quality across disparate delivery platforms. Octiv produced the best selling “Volume Logic” plug-in for iTunes as well as fundamental advances in teleconferencing. He led the company as both technologist and business guru raising over $20M from VCs such as 3i and Intel Capital. In April of 2005, Keith sold Octiv to Plantronics (NYSE:PLT) and is personally funding the current operations of the BEAM Foundation. Keith received his BS in Acoustics under James Beauchamp from the University of Illinois where he also trained in classical guitar and studied composition with Herbert Brun, Scott Wyatt and Sal Martirano. Keith has spent 25 years developing MAPPS – an integrated computer composition, notation and performance system. In addition to running KMI and the BEAM Foundation, Keith performs with TrioMetrik, a string trio using McMillen’s technology. Follow Keith on Twitter: @keithmcmillen Arte was the founder and CEO of Motally, a leading mobile-analytics tracking and reporting service. He led Motally through a successful exit, selling the company to Nokia in August 2010. Arte built the first version of Motally, got the initial customers, and raised a Series A round as a sole entrepreneur.Read More In addition to Motally, he’s worked with mobile companies like Yahoo, Helio, and a wide variety of mobile startups. He co-founded the MIT Wireless Forum in Boston in 2001, an event series focused on mobile innovation, and is a volunteer organizer for Mobile Monday Silicon Valley. He is currently a senior director of mobile strategy on Turner Broadcasting’s Emerging Tech team in San Francisco. Arte is an MIT alum. Follow Arte on Twitter: @artemerritt Mark has been working in the web space since the early 90’s, launching his first B2C ecommerce play in early 1996. In 1999, he co-founded echo, a company focused on building communities around entertainment brands. He was the co-creator of the patented platform echotoolsTM, a direct to consumer delivery and data management system which ultimately grew to serve millions of users and distribute hundreds of millions of pages. In 2007, the company was acquired by Barry Diller’s IAC/Ticketmaster for eight figures. He is currently the Entrepreneur in Residence for Claritas Capital, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Along with his EIR role, he holds several board seats in the profit and not for profit companies. In addition, he maintains a small list of consulting clients focused on overall strategy, business development, branding, and technology initiatives. Follow on Twitter: @hellomarko Elizabeth MoodyYouTube, Head of Partnerships, MusicElizabeth Moody is the Head of Strategic Partner Development for Music at YouTube where she focuses on business development generally and on managing relations with YouTube’s music partners, including record labels and music publishers of all sizes. Prior to joining YouTube, Elizabeth was an attorney with Davis Shapiro Lewit & Hayes where she spent years offering business and legal advice to new and existing digital media services of all types. Follow Hany on Twitter: @GGVCapital In 2010, Niermann left EA to start his own venture FarWest Entertainment HK Ltd, a multi-platform content production company that focused on bringing Asia-inspired content to the West. Their projects have all won awards and include Asia Uncut, a late night talk show hosted by Niermann and broadcast on Fox’s Star World network across 53 countries; “Project Lotus,” a global multi-platform initiative bridging the East and West through music, television and digital content that culminated in the formation of the world’s first Pan-Asian girl group featuring 5 girls from 5 countries called “BLUSH.” Blush went on to become the first Asian singers to hit Top 10 on a major US chart with their first two singles, and they also became the fastest to #1 of any Asian artists. They are now Executive Produced by the legendary Quincy Jones and repped by CAA. Blush is managed by Stacey Niermann, Jon’s wife and partner in FarWest. They have offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, San Francisco and Singapore and partnerships in the US, UK and across Asia. Jon earned his undergraduate degree at The University of Denver and his Master of Business Administration from UCLA. Follow Jon on Twitter: @jonniermann Milt OlinAltschul & Olin LLP, PartnerMilton Olin is a founding partner in the Los Angeles Law Firm of Altschul & Olin, LLP where he practices Entertainment, Internet & Intellectual Property, and Business Law. The Firm’s clients include both firmly established and start-up companies, as well as individual entrepreneurs, executives, and entertainers.Read More Immediately prior to founding the Firm in 2004 with his partner David Altschul, former Vice-Chairman of Warner Records, Milt was Senior Counsel to the national law firm of Manatt Phelps & Phillips where he was recruited from his role as Managing Director of Strategic Counsel, a New Media rights consulting firm. Prior to that, Milt was COO of the original Napster, where he was ultimately tasked with obtaining licenses for the proposed Bertelsmann-backed, licensed peer-to-peer service. Milt came to Napster following his efforts in launching FirstLook.com, a company initially funded by Kleiner-Perkins and Idealab! that provided targeted marketing services on the internet for producers of music, movies, television programming and videogames. That effort followed Milt’s 14-year career at A&M Records, where he rose to the level of COO & Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs and was responsible for all legal and business aspects of the company prior to the consolidation of A&M in wake of its acquisition in 1999 by Vivendi/Universal. Milt began his career as a lawyer in the Los Angeles office of the law firm of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, where he was an equity partner and practiced Entertainment & Intellectual Property Law. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from UCLA where he was awarded membership on the UCLA Law Review, and Bachelors of Arts degrees awarded with High Honors in Sociology and Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. EDUCATION: Born in Savannah, GA, and raised in Richmond, VA, Rabhan received a journalism degree from New York University. Upon graduation Rabhan was offered a position at Rolling Stone magazine followed by a stint at SPIN. He then joined the staff of Atlantic Records, ultimately serving as Senior Director of A&R and Soundtracks before Elektra Records named him Executive Director in Charge of Soundtracks, overseeing all releases. After a successful tenure at Elektra, Rabhan briefly but productively worked as an independent music supervisor and A&R consultant, shopping superstar pop trio Hanson and supervising the highly successful Scream movie soundtrack before discovering and ultimately managing the career of singer-songwriter Michelle Branch from demo recordings to Grammy Award and multi platinum success. Soon after he was tapped to become a partner at top entertainment company The Firm where Rabhan contributed to the success of over 20 worldwide acts, including Linkin Park, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias and Snoop Doggy Dog and provided branding expertise in the marketing of Firm-owned athletic shoe company Pony. Next, Rabhan raised significant capital and launched his own venture, Three Ring Projects, an entity that embraced multiple media platforms including fashion and other lifestyle products. Here, Rabhan designed and launched a new model success story, parlaying American Idol Elliot Yamin’s national visibility into the biggest chart debut by a new artist on an independent label in the history of Soundscan. Earning a reputation for guiding successful careers in diverse genres of music, Rabhan took the reins of Grammy award-winning artists Kelis and Everlast, while remaining a close advisor to Jermaine Dupri, one of the true architects of contemporary popular music. As Chair of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Rabhan instructs in multiple music business disciplines and oversees faculty and curriculum. He remains very active professionally in the music industry, advising several established acts and working closely with Sony Music Japan International as a marketing consultant, complementing efforts to reach a worldwide audience for their artists. Follow Rabhan on Twitter: @JeffRabhan In her regular life, Jaime has 2 young daughters, loves to sew and knit, and has a Creative Director husband who also spends too much time thinking about advertising. Jaime was instrumental in Pereira O’Dell winning top honors in 2013 for both the Advertising Age and Creativity A-Lists. Additionally, Jaime was named to the prestigious Advertising Age’s 40-under-40 List, which honors the innovative, young marketing leaders who have made their mark in the client, agency and media realms — all before their 40th birthdays. Prior to joining Bandsintown, Rodich earned her MBA in finance at American University and then made her mark at LaunchBox Digital, an early stage incubator program in her native Washington, DC. There, she advised budding entrepreneurs on how to craft revenue models, define their markets and develop social media strategies. This earned her a spotlight in the Washington Post in 2009, which named her one of five women to watch in the local tech and startup community. Rodich has spoken at prominent industry events and has also guest lectured at the American University on startups and entrepreneurship. Follow Rodich on Twitter: @alexismichelle Rogers also founded MCA/Universal Interactive Services Group, the first major Hollywood studio unit dedicated to Internet marketing, promotion and original entertainment. Rogers is the inventor of a patent pending (U.S. Pat. app #09,816,306) system and method for live multi-cast streaming with context-sensitive communication features. Rogers was the founding principal of KSR Consulting Group, a boutique creative agency that produced national award-winning promotional programs and live events for clients including SKECHERS USA, The Patron Spirits Company, and others. Rogers is also founding president of the Manhattan Beach Pumpkin Race Festival, a National Recreation and Parks Association award-winning event that has raised nearly $2 million for public schools in the South Bay region of Los Angeles. Rogers is lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for Band Called Strand. Karl lives in Hermosa Beach, CA with his wife and children. Scarpa has directed Grammy Award winning artists John Legend, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Beastie Boys, Elton John, Moby, Steve Aoki and many others. Additionally, he produced and directed several pioneering “firsts” for the live participatory programming genre including Townhall with President Clinton, Woodstock ’99, The Tibetan Freedom Festivals and HSX/Excite
Rocks the Oscars featuring Beck. Prior to Simplynew, Scarpa was the architect for New York City Hall’s Mayoral Blue Room multi-platform broadcast facility and served as the original New York Bureau Chief for C|NET networks where he co-developed C|NET’s early VOD deployment strategy and produced CNET’s
first live webcast from the 1997 PC Expo. Scarpa is a featured speaker with Streaming Media East/West/Europe and Digital Hollywood and is recognized as one of Silicon Alley Reporters Top 100. His productions have been recognized by Webby Awards, Social TV Awards and the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Scarpa is a national board member and founding New York committee chair for the Producers Guild of America New Media Council. Personally, he is a partner with Lifebeat – The Music Industry Fights AIDS, a member of the Global Advisory Committee for Earth Day Networks and a member of the Gate Leadership Council. Additional information available at www.simplynew.com. Follow Marc on Twitter now: @marcscarpa and @simplynew Her unique combination of experience with emerging distribution outlets and business models, along with unprecedented exposure to and development of the best practices within social media marketing gives her an unmatchable 360-degree view into the world of digital content with the ability to develop, evaluate and evolve business models to fully maximize presence and revenue in the online economy, or as she calls it, the “economy of connectivity.” In her approach to social media campaigns, she masterfully bridges innovation with function, and technical capabilities with community and platform building, leveraging her in-depth knowledge and experience across all things digital for her select cadre of clients. She is the author of Piece of the Fame: Rockstar Social Media Marketing Strategy for Everyone to Ignite Your Business, Career and Personal Brand, to be released in early 2012 via Inkspiration Press and is a frequent panel and conference participant, including SXSW, SFMusicTech, Bandwidth, BESLA, MuseExpo, and the AIMP. Ms. Sealey is a graduate of Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and Harvard Law School and maintains licenses to practice law in the states of California and New York. Since 2003, Fusicology has been a multifaceted media entity and go-to site for the progressive urban audience for events, new music, videos, editorial, photos and exclusive content.Read More Born and raised in Toronto, Asya started going to underground dance parties in ’93, promoting in ’94. Attended Wayne State in Detroit from ’96 – ’98 while working as an assistant booking agent and promoter for dance music artists and events. In Chicago in the late 90s, Asya worked at two independent deep house/soul music labels and later founded the agency, Mir Media, in ’99. For 10 years the agency represented soul, house and hip hop artists managing bookings, tours and various viral and PR marketing aspects. After moving further west to Los Angeles in 2000, Asya booked and promoted many international acts to North America. In 2003 Asya founded Fusicology.com. The portal has since become the staple hub in the targeted, niche communities and sponsors many events, conferences, festivals and co-brands with like-minded partners. A brand new site soon come in 2013 in time for the 10 Year Anniversary. In 1997, Jason started Skills Productions and quickly became one of the largest EDM event promoters in California. Later in ’99, Jason opened the record store Skills Dj Workshop “A Little Bit More Than A Record Store”, on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California. Skills the record store housed the largest selection of Electronic Dance Music in the Bay Area and was one of the last remaining record stores dedicated to electronic music. In the summer of 2009, Skills the record store closed after 10 years of business to focus solely on its events, mainly the ELECTRO TECHNO DISCO SERIES, “POP THE DREAM: AND “POP NYE”. ~ Follow Jason on Twitter: @skills Follow Chris on Twitter: @ctholen He has been an executive in the digital music business for over 14 years. Early on he produced concert webcasts and artist interviews for House of Blues Digital. He then went on to manage Grammy Nominated Latin afro-funk band, Yerba Buena. In 2006, Shane moved to San Francisco and was an early member of imeem where he was Director of Business Development and built out the music team. In 2009 he was recruited by MobiTV to head up their Business Development efforts in music as well as handling licensing for NBA, UFC and Fox Sports. Trammell’s next adventure will be as Director of UX Research at Sonos. Follow Trammell on Twitter: @trammell Just three months after MNDR’s first EP release, E.P.E., (Wondersound 2010), the team had a global smash on their hands: Mark Ronson & the Business Intl.’s “Bang Bang Bang,” featuring Q-Tip and MNDR. The track sold more than 3.5 million copies and helped introduce the world to Warner and Wade’s smart, hooky songwriting. MNDR performed on Letterman, Kimmel, Carson Daly, and Jools Holland’s TV shows, and took the stage at Pukkelpop and V Fest — all as an unsigned artist. MNDR’s Debut album Feed Me Diamonds is the result of Amanda Warner and Peter Wade’s tireless efforts to translate raw emotions into music that grooves without excess glitter. The pair first teamed up in 2008 after discovering a mutual love of gear, sci-fi, and cults. Warner studied classical piano and bass as a kid in North Dakota and got her start in a Minneapolis noise band before moving to California and immersing herself in rave culture. When she relocated east to design the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ touring synth rig, she met Wade, a young studio vet who’d seen it all as an in-house producer and engineer for Sony Music under Tommy Mottola. “Early on we made decisions about keeping it dark sounding and industrial, not spit-shine pop,” Warner says. That’s a perfect description of the songs on Feed Me Diamonds, which was inspired by performance artist Marina Abromovic’s story about how her revolutionary father was supposedly murdered by ingesting ground-up gems. Glitchy “Sparrow Voices” is about global economics — “Individuals trying to break out of the mentality of just being worker drones,” Warner explains. “Faster Horses” draws its inspiration from Henry Ford’s famous quote, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” While there are several songs on Feed Me Diamonds about “challenging money, wealth, power and the class system,” the disc — which is being mixed by powerhouse engineer Tony Maserati (Beyoncé, Lady Gaga) — is dominated by songs with even more personal starting points, like mesmerizing “Draw the Curtains,” which explores “when sexy is dark or when you want to be dark,” Warner explains. Fans have reacted to these emotional songs in a major way, and MNDR note that not a week goes by without someone tweeting lyrics from “I Go Away.” “There’s no apologies with MNDR,” Warner says. “It’s not always shiny and clean but it’s gonna be a good time and people really connect with the songs. We’ve found our audience and our home.” Shazam named MNDR breakthrough act of the year. MNDR earned an MTV O Music Award for Beyond The DJ: Most Innovative Solo Performer. While the praise was streaming in, MNDR developed a super-energetic live show propelled by innovative reactive visuals designed by digital artist Jamie Carreiro. Billboard recently published performances by MNDR in their Billboard Tastemaker series. MNDR has built a loyal fanbase with strategic digital marketing campaigns led by Toolshed inc. MNDR integrates multiple Digital Music Promotion outlets to build relationships with fans including Twitter, Facebook, Soundtracking, Instagram, Soundcloud, Google+, Band Page, Bandsintown, and is a featured influencer in the Rdio Artist Program. Follow Amanda on Twitter: @mndr Warner’s passion for dance music stems from a 20-year career as an active DJ in clubs worldwide, from Berlin to Ibiza, and Los Angeles to Miami. He has had residencies at various venues in Detroit and New York, and performed at such festivals as DEMF/Movement, Sónar, and MUTEK. He was instrumental in developing dance labels Minus and Plus 8 Records with longtime collaborator Richie Hawtin, and has worked as a tour manager and event producer with Art of Dance Records, Made in Detroit, and The Final Cut. A native of Detroit, Warner fell in love with music listening to the city’s late night radio programs, and later co-produced the Focus:Electronic monthly radio segment on WDET-FM for five years. A sought after expert on dance music and DJ culture, Warner is a regular speaker at the Winter Music Conference, Amsterdam Dance Event, International Music Summit in Ibiza and Red Bull Music Academy. An avid art fan, he lives in Denver, CO with his wife and two children, where he enjoys skateboarding, mountain drives and continues to DJ. White and his co-founders have been featured in Billboard (10 best music companies) New York Times, CNN, Forbes (30 under 30), Techcrunch, BusinessWeek (25 under 25) and more.Read More Follow Alex on Twitter: @shalek White’s background spans the music industry specializing touring and artist development via sustainable models rooted in technology and fan engagement. Additionally White launched Readymade Records & Publishing with Brendan Benson in 2012 overseeing releases including Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons, Young Hines, The Lost Brothers. White and Readymade are currently prepping the launch of The Howlin’ Brothers’ Benson produced full-length, Howl, for March of 2013 featuring Warren Haynes. Emily White is a proud member of the CASH Music board, advising on the evolution of direct to fan models to help all artists build long and sustainable careers. Follow Whitesmith Entertainment on Twitter: @whitesmithent Follow Brian on Twitter: @zisk
Darryl BallantyneLyricFind, CEO & FounderAt LyricFind, Darryl is responsible for the overall strategy and direction of the company, including licensing and distribution. Darryl pioneered the digital lyrics space, successfully negotiating the first-ever mass lyrics licensing deal with EMI Music Publishing in 2005.Read More
Photo Credit: Joi ItoBrian BehlendorfAs the Web was in the midst of its first big growth spurt, Brian Behlendorf co-founded the Apache Group (later the Apache Software Foundation), helping to build and give away the popular Apache HTTP Server. He also launched CollabNet, which brought the principles and tools used by the open source software community to large enterprises.Read More
Kristen BenderSonos, Senior Product Manager of MusicKristen Bender is the Senior Product Manager of Music at Sonos, Inc. She is responsible for the product strategy for music and content, managing both partner relationships and overseeing the integration of music services into the Sonos controller applications.Read More
In 2002, we set out with a goal – to reinvent home audio for the digital age. Our vision was simple – fill every home with music and make listening a valued experience again. We’re making it easy for everybody to listen to the music they love in every room of their home. To hear the songs they love, to discover new music they never knew existed, and to appreciate it all with the highest sound quality. We’re doing it all over the world – In more than 60 countries, in seven languages through thousands of retailers. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve the experience – with new products, new software and continually investing in ways to provide our customers the best experience possible. We’re doing what we set out to do. Changing the way people listen to music – one home at a time.
Virginie BergerDBTH, Founder & CEOWith more than 15 years of experience in the entertainment and emerging tech industries, Virginie Berger is the former marketing and content director of Myspace (France and French-speaking territories), the former Director of partnerships for the NRJ group, and, prior to that, for Omnicom and Microsoft (MSN).Read More
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Eric BieschkePandora, Director of Playlist EngineeringEric Bieschke runs playlist engineering for Pandora. As Pandora’s second employee, he built the initial prototypes for Pandora’s playlist algorithms. As the service has grown, the algorithm is now deployed online, on mobile and via CE devices to more than 150 million registered users. To date, these millions of listeners have thumbed 17 billion songs while listening to billions of hours of music. Eric works daily on optimally combining content-based recommendations, collective intelligence, and human-machine cooperation in order to provide the best experience for listeners.
Philip BlainePhilip Blaine Presents / Robot PicnicPhil is an EDM and festival business veteran of over 20 years and is well versed in all the nuances of these fields. Phil has served as an executive at both Insomniac and Goldenvoice before which he owned his own electronic music event company from 1990-2001. During that time he produced many of the first shows for electronic artists in Los Angeles.Read More
Jonathan BlaufarbCounsel LLP, Managing PartnerJonathan Blaufarb is the Managing Partner of Counsel LLP. His law practice includes advising major recording and performing artists and celebrities, songwriters, producers, record labels, digital music and technology companies, concert promoters, gaming companies, mobile firms, merchandising companies, film and television talent, and authors. Jon was formerly the Managing Partner of the San Francisco office of Davis Shapiro Lewit & Hayes, LLP, a national music law firm with other offices in New York and Beverly Hills. Read More
BlushFarWest EntertainmentBlush is made up of 5 girls, 5 countries, 5 voices. Alisha Budhrani representing India, Victoria Chan – China, Angeli Flores – Philippines, Natsuko Danjo – Japan and Jihae Lee – Korea. These 5 talented girls came together as a result of a talent search in their 5 countries. Within their first 9 months together as Blush, they snagged none other than Snoop Dogg for their premiere global single and video, “Undivided” which hit #3 on the US Billboard Dance Chart in August, 2011, making Blush the first singers ever from Asia to have their debut single hit Top 3 on a major US chart. The girls then followed up with their 2nd released single, “Dance On” reaching the #1 spot in January, 2012. Read More
John BoyleInsomniac, Chief Growth Officer & Interim Chief Financial OfficerJohn Boyle is a true music biz lifer with stints as a label exec at Warner Bros., Virgin, and Giant Records; as a manager of multi-platinum and Grammy nominated artists; as a tour marketer with The Vans Warped Tour; and as a tour producer/owner of The SnoCore Tour. Boyle is very active in the music tech start-up community and sits on the advisory board of numerous start-ups. Boyle is currently the Chief Growth Officer and interim CFO of Insomniac, the premier producer of EDM events in North America including Electric Daisy Carnival, the largest music festival in North America attracting 345,000 over 3 days. Boyle holds a dual MBA from Columbia Business School and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Antony Brunodigitalmusic.org, Community ManagerAntony Bruno currently serves as Community Manager for NARM’s DigitalMusic.Org division, where he manages the activities of various working groups created to advance the business of digital music.
Caroline BurrussAustin City Limits Live & Stageside Productions, Vice President, Brand DevelopmentCaroline Frye Burruss leads strategic development and brand partnerships at ACL Live, a concert venue and new home of Austin City Limits. Burruss also oversees the development of custom branded content at ACL Live’s sister production company: Stageside. Stageside, Live from Austin is a new live streaming and VOD concert series in partnership with AT&T and CBSi. 2012 branded content included: Vevo from SXSW, Red Bull Gaming, American Express Sync Card Jay Z, Univision Awards shows and more. Burruss has a 20 + year career in artist development, online and festival community building, music sponsorship and digital monetization.
Bryan CalhounThe Blueprint Group, Digital Strategy and Business DevelopmentBryan has worked in the music industry in various capacities including A&R, marketing, digital licensing, radio promotions, business development and concert promotions for over 20 years including time at Relativity Records, RED Distribution, Warlock Records, Serchlite Music, as COO of Kanye West’s GOOD Music and most recently as VP of New Media and External Affairs for SoundExchange. Read More
Michael CerdaVEVO, Senior Vice President, Product & TechnologyMichael Cerda has a long career in breaking new ground for startups and bringing larger companies through major inflections. He is currently Senior Vice President, Product Development for VEVO, the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform. Read More
Cerda earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology/Management from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. He is currently based in New York and enjoys playing music in El Desayuno. Follow Michael on Twitter: @imcerdafied
Cindy W. Charles, Esq.Cindy Charles Consulting, PresidentCindy Charles, President of Cindy Charles Consulting, has been working in the digital media space since 1997. She is currently doing business affairs and business development consulting in the digital media space for clients who have included NARM (digitalmusic.org) , RIM, Spotify, MOG, Smule, Topspin, Soundhound, EchoNest, MediaNet, Nintendo, iJukebox, Pulselocker and others. Until recenty, Ms. Charles was Senior Vice President, Law and Business Affairs for MediaNet. Previously, Ms. Charles held a variety of positions for MTV Networks over a six year period including Vice President of Law and Business Affairs for MTVi, an interactive division of MTV Networks, and prior to MTV Networks, Ms. Charles was General Counsel for WarnerVision Entertainment. Ms. Charles also served in legal positions at Worldvision Enterprises, the Screen Actors Guild and various law firms.
Bram CohenBitTorrent, Inc., Chief Scientist and FounderBram Cohen is the Chief Scientist and Founder of BitTorrent, Inc. and the creator of the BitTorrent file distribution protocol, which he grew to be a third of all Internet traffic before taking any funding. He is currently working on BitTorrent Live, a new protocol to enable limitless scaling of live video content on the Internet. Before founding BitTorrent, Bram worked at a series of start-ups through the dot-com boom doing web development and networking protocols in the early days of the Internet. Bram grew up in Manhattan, and currently lives in the Bay Area with his family. Follow Bram on Twitter: @bramcohen
Ted CohenTAG Strategic, Managing PartnerIntegrating his widespread digital authority in music, mobile, IPTV and product & service development, Ted Cohen is the Managing Partner of TAG Strategic. In an industry that’s been slow to embrace change, Cohen is the exception to the stereotypical music-exec rule. Of course, when you start a career on the road with Alice Cooper and Van Halen, you’re more primed for the unexpected.Read More
Josh ConstineTechCrunch, WriterJosh Constine is a writer for TechCrunch who specializes in analysis of social products and music technology. Previously, he was the lead writer for Inside Facebook and earned a master’s degree in Cybersociology from Stanford. Josh is a life long music fan who’s been to 8 straight Coachellas, played in several bands, and maintains a curated concert calendar for his friends in San Francisco. Follow Josh on Twitter: @JoshConstine
Eric CooperFood Genius, CTOEric Cooper is a co-founder and the CTO of Food Genius, where he spends most of his time building platforms to provide actionable, real-time data on consumer behavior and restaurant trends for the food industry. Food Genius, founded in 2011, was awarded a Chicago Innovation Award in 2012 for its work on its first product, a web-based restaurant menu and flavor research platform designed in collaboration with IDEO. More recently, Food Genius was the winner of the Ad Age / Food Network “Brand H@cks” event. Follow Eric on Twitter: @ecooper
Hisham DahudFame House, Digital Strategy and Social Media Director
Hypebot.com, Senior WriterHisham Dahud is a music business professional and independent musician at the epicenter of digital strategy, music technology, and music production & performance – carrying a uniquely wide perspective of today’s music landscape.
Nataly DawnPomplamoose, Composer & Lead VocalistNataly Dawn, one-half of the alternative pop sensation Pomplamoose, stretches her wings on her Nonesuch Records solo debut, How I Knew Her, with songs that bristle with playful creativity, superb musicianship and her ever fiesty voice. Follow Nataly on Twitter: @pomplamoose
Corey DenisToolshed, VP Digital Strategy & Marketing; SoundExchange, Consultant to SX CommunicationsCorey Denis has been pioneering digital music marketing for fifteen years using everything from early ListServs & phpbb forums to social networks and MMORPGs. She started playing violin at age nine, but got her music industry start a little later at What Are Records? where she built and leveraged online street teams to increase sales and connect with fan bases for Frank Black, Figurine, Stephen Lynch, Maceo Parker, The Samples, The Innocence Mission, March Records & many others.Read More
David DufresneBandzoogle, CEODavid Dufresne is CEO at Bandzoogle, the most powerful platform for musicians to build their website, engage their fans, and sell their music and merchandise directly. Bandzoogle works with tens of thousands of bands and musicians to help them create a strong base for their online strategy. Read More
Judy EstrinEvntLive, Inc., Executive ChairJudy Estrin is Executive Chair of EvntLive, Inc. and CEO of JLABS, LLC, formerly known as Packet Design Management Company, LLC. She is also the author of Closing the Innovation Gap, published in September, 2008. Prior to co-founding Packet Design, in May 2000, Estrin was chief technology officer for Cisco Systems. Beginning in 1981 Estrin co-founded three other successful technology companies: Bridge Communications, Network Computing Devices, and Precept Software. In 1998 Cisco Systems acquired Precept, and she became Cisco’s chief technology officer until April 2000. Read More
Photo Credit: Photo by Pixie Vision ProductionsEast Bay RayDead Kennedys, Guitarist, Songwriter, EntrepreneurEast Bay Ray is the guitarist and a songwriter for Dead Kennedys. The group has been called “one of the most popular and important American hardcore punk bands of the late seventies/early eighties” by the Rough Guide to Rock and “the undoubted kings of U.S. punk” by the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.Read More
Catherine EnnyGuerilla Management, CEO/ManagerMy career kicked off as engineer/producer/manager for Kyuss, moving on to manage Queens Of The Stone Age, Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu, The Dwarves and then partnering up with Warren Entner, manager of Rage Against The Machine, Deftones, Faith No More to launch street marketing firm, Ignition Marketing. In 2000 a move from Los Angeles to San Francisco brought on a whole new spin with the signing of Michael Franti & Spearhead. Being the innovative artist that he is, Franti and Guerrilla Mgmt went on to develop an ‘enterprise approach’ to the marketing of a lifestyle via DIY Mechandising, music videos, innovative digital campaigns, filmmaking, green sponsorships, real world & virtual community building based on what they like to experience in life and taste. The experience is what sticks.Read More
Rey FlemingsStipple, Founder & CEORey Flemings is a proven technology entrepreneur with deep roots in the music industry. He currently serves as co-founder and CEO of Stipple, the leader in image-based advertising and e-commerce. Stipple’s unique technology enables images on Facebook, Twitter and across the Internet and mobile devices to connect back to their original owners, enabling real-time distribution of media and commerce through photos.Read More
Scott FryxellCopper, CEO, FounderScott Fryxell is a software engineer, musician, and the founder of Copper, Inc. He’s been creating web apps in the Bay Area since 1998 and has worked with Kosmix, Flixster, Real Networks, and other companies. Scott set out three years ago to help solve the revenue problem for artists by building Copper, an online service that makes it as easy for fans to tip artists as it is to find them on the web.Follow on Twitter: @copper_is
Josh GabrielGabriel & Dresden / Mixman Technologies, Inventor/Writer/Producer/DJJosh has been moving people with music for over 20 years now on both on the artist technology side of the industry. As an artist, he is 1/2 of Gabriel & Dresden, the award winning EDM production/DJ duo. The two have been going strong for 12 years now and in the process racked up 19 #1 Billboard remixes, were voted Best American DJs & Producers as well as reaching #11 on the UK pop charts with their song “As the Rush Comes” as the group Motorcycle.Read More
Alexis GilesDJZ, Biz Dev
“Jay-Z’s DJ” Young Guru Canceled.
Larry GoldbergTuneWiki, CEO and PresidentLarry is an executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years’ experience in the entertainment and digital media industries. As the CEO of TuneWiki, Larry has taken the company’s industry leading database of legally licensed scrolling lyrics and built an engaging music social network that features lyrics as the centerpiece of personal expression. Music fans can now use TuneWiki to create and share Lyric Art — a combination of lyrics, photos and commentary that is shared both within the TuneWiki network and on other social platforms – while listening to their favorite tunes. Read More
Ean GoldenDJ Tech Tools, FounderEan Golden is the leading innovator in a new age of djing that is sweeping the world. In 2007, He founded the first site focused on digital djs and controllers: DjTechTools.com. This global hub is now the community center for millions of djs that are learning to perform and become artists with dj software. Not just an innovator online, he has designed some of the most popular dj hardware in the last 3 years and created the controllerism movement, a modern twist on turntablism. Follow Ean on Twitter: @djtechtools
Seth GoldsteinDJZ, Co-founder and CEOSeth Goldstein is co-founder and CEO of DJZ, a new media company focused on electronic dance music and DJ culture.
Brian GruberShowGo.tv, Founder and CEOBrian Gruber is a thirty year new media veteran. He was the first head of marketing for C-SPAN, where he launched C-SPAN II, with the largest subscriber base ever for a cable network at the time. Gruber directed marketing for the largest urban divisions of four major cable television companies, and was the first head of marketing for FOXTEL, which became Australia’s dominant cable television company during his stay.Read More
Li-at Karpel GurwiczConduit, Mobile Marketing DirectorLi-at Karpel Gurwicz is Conduit Mobile’s marketing director business unit, responsible for leading marketing strategy and managing strategic partnerships with names like Warner Bros., SoundCloud, and BandPage.
Kurt HansonRAIN: Radio and Internet Newsletter, Publisher; AccuRadio, CEOKurt Hanson is publisher of the daily web-based newsletter called “RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter” and is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the field of new delivery mechanisms for radio.
Dave HaynesSoundCloud, VP Business DevelopmentDave Haynes is VP Business Development for SoundCloud, the leading audio platform that allows anyone to capture, record and share their sounds over the web. With over a decade’s experience in the music industry, Dave currently works at the forefront of the latest trends in digital music.Read More
Will HenshallFocus@will, CEO / FounderWill has achieved notable global success both as a musical/visual artist and as a technical inventor. In 1987, he founded the British pop soul band Londonbeat and had two Billboard #1 hit records, “I’ve Been Thinking About You” (91) and “Come Back” (95). He founded Rocket Network, a Paul Allen/Cisco-funded San Francisco company, in 1995 and created the professional audio media transfer system, DigiDelivery. He sold the company to Avid/Digidesign in 2003. He is now Founder/CEO of Focus@will, the first ever music service that helps focus and productivity on demand when working, studying, writing and reading. Follow Will on Twitter: @focusatwill
Ian HogarthSongkick, CEO & Co-FounderIan is the co-founder and CEO of Songkick.com. Songkick makes it incredibly easy to keep track of when your favourite artists come to town with the most comprehensive database of concerts in the world. Songkick has grown to become the second most trafficked concert site in the world after Ticketmaster with almost 7 million monthly unique visitors and leading applications for Android, iPhone and Spotify. In 2012 Songkick created Detour to enable fans to crowdfund shows in new markets, launching campaigns with artists including Andrew Bird and Hot Chip. Songkick is backed by Y Combinator, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital. Follow Ian on Twitter: @soundboy
Jon IrwinRhapsody, PresidentJon Irwin serves as Rhapsody International’s top executive. He joined Rhapsody America in 2009, serving as the venture’s chief operating officer and chief of staff before planning and overseeing the company’s spinoff into a standalone company.Read More
Ethan KaplanLive Nation Labs, VP of ProductEthan Kaplan is the VP of Product for LiveNation. He is a co-founder of LiveNation Labs, a division of the company responsible for “disruption from within” and creating new mobile and web experiences for users and customers. Prior to LiveNation, he was the SVP of Technology for Warner Music Group and Warner Bros. Records.Read More
Philip KaplanFandalism, FounderPhilip Kaplan is the founder of Fandalism, a social network for musicians. Fandalism launched in January 2012 and has 500,000 members. Philip was previously founder & CEO of AdBrite, an internet advertising company with $30M+ annual revenue. He founded and sold several other companies including TinyLetter (acquired by MailChimp in 2011) and tech blog Fuckedcompany.com. Read More
Robert KayeMusicBrainz, Mayhem & Chaos Coordinator
Robert is the founder and lead developer for MusicBrainz, and President and Executive Director of the MetaBrainz Foundation, the non-profit organization that pays the bills for MusicBrainz. After studying Computer Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo he joined Xing Technology where he was part of the MP3 team and served as the development manager for the AudioCatalyst project. While at EMusic, Robert worked on the Zinf (formerly FreeAmp) and Obsequeiuem projects, in addition to working on MusicBrainz.Read More
Zoë KeatingComposer/PerformerZoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is known for both her use of technology – which she uses to sample her cello onstage – and for her DIY ethic which has resulted in the sale of over 50,000 copies of her self-released albums and a devoted social media following.Read More
David KingConsultantDavid King was introduced to the world of music licensing back in 2000 as part of the team that created the Rhapsody music service, where he was responsible for the content management and licensing systems. Four years later he moved to OD2 in Bristol, where he learned about the complexities of licensing music across borders. Most recently, he was a Group Product Manager at Google for 6 years where he created and managed YouTube’s Content ID platform. Read More
Jordan KurlandZeitgeist Artist Management, LTD, Founder and Owner / Noise Pop Industries, Co-ownerJordan Kurland is the founder and owner of Zeitgeist Artist Management, LTD. Formed in 1999, with offices in San Francisco and Manhattan, Zeitgeist focuses on cultivating long-term careers for independently minded artists. The company’s roster includes Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, She & Him, The Head and the Heart, Bob Mould (ex-Husker Du and Sugar), New Pornographers, AC Newman, Surfer Blood, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, MS MR, Rogue Wave, and Kathleen Hanna (ex-Bikini Kill and Le Tigre).Read More
Paul LamereThe Echo Nest, Director of Developer PlatformPaul is the Director of Developer Platform for The Echo Nest, a music intelligence company located in Boston MA. Paul is interested in using data about music to help listeners explore for and discover new music. Paul spends his spare time attending Music Hack Days where he creates hacks such as the ‘Infinite Jukebox’, ‘Boil The Frog’, ‘Six Degrees of Black Sabbath’ and ‘Bohemiam Rhapsichord’. Follow Paul on Twitter: @plamere
Carter LarenMOX, Founder/CEOAs self-described “radical individualist,” Carter is currently the CEO and co-founder of MOX, which is what music television would be if it launched in 2013. MOX will be launching its beta site, mox.tv, at the upcoming Winter Music Conference in Miami. Before MOX, Carter was focused on his small fund, Inara Ventures, through which he both invests in and advises seed-stage startups. In his dwindling spare time, he continues to serve on the boards of Creative Allies, a crowd-sourced design solution for the music industry, and OhMiBod, a next-generation sex toy company that can be summed-up using its slogan, “feel the music.”Read More
Mike LaSalleShamrock Capital Advisors, PartnerMike LaSalle is a Partner at Shamrock Capital Advisors with over 10 years of media, entertainment, and communications investment experience. Mike currently serves as a director of Isolation Network (INgroovesFontana parent company), Mojiva, and Harlem Globetrotters International. Previously, he served on the board of Media Storm and Modern Luxury Media before Shamrock exited these investments. Mike was also on the leadership council for the Los Angeles Posse Foundation and Los Angeles Chapter of the Notre Dame Alumni Association and co-founder of the Southern California Association of Private Equity Investors. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2000, Mike was an investment banker at the mergers and acquisitions boutique, Putnam Lovell Securities.
Sasha LeitmanStanford University, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Projects ManagerSasha Leitman is a musician, artist and inventor who is currently the projects manager at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University. She has been making musical instruments, new interfaces for musical expression and sound art installations for ten years. Previous projects include an adult-sized musical playground and various tape loop playing contraptions made out of bicycle parts and guitar effects pedals. Currently, she is working on a set of instruments designed for street performance in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf and acoustically resonant metal sculptures inspired by the shape of large ocean waves.
Jonathan LeoneThrillcall, Co-Founder, Head of Strategy & FinanceJonathan Leone manages Thrillcall’s operations, performs business development and oversees the company’s strategic decision-making. Jonathan led business development efforts at NBC Internet and Excite.com and helped to develop the Comcast High-Speed Internet Portal.Read More
Kevin LewandowskiDiscogs, Founder & CEOKevin Lewandowski is the Founder and CEO of Discogs, a community-built music database and marketplace. Kevin started Discogs in 2000 as a hobby project, combining his interests in DJ’ing, programming, and open source. Since then the Discogs catalog has grown to almost 4 million recordings, allowing millions of people to research, discover, and buy & sell music.
Andrew MagerSpotify, Hacker AdvocateMoved from San Francisco to New York City to help build a developer community around the Spotify Platform. Follow Andrew on Twitter: @mager
Larry MarcusWalden Venture Capital, Managing DirectorLarry’s focus is digital media and consumer services. He was named to the 2012 Billboard Power 100 and Twitter 140. Larry was a founding investor in Pandora (NYSE: P) in early 2004 when Walden
led the rebirth round to focus the company on launching a consumer-facing
service and was a Director from 2004 through it’s IPO. Read More
Mike MasnickFloor64, CEO/ Techdirt, FounderMike is the visionary behind Floor64, building up the core idea into reality and recruiting the management team. In addition to providing the strategic direction for the company, Mike oversees all editorial aspects of the Floor64’s public and customer sites. Mike’s insight into the realms of business and technology are the basis for his frequent posts to the award winning Techdirt blog. The widely followed, often quoted blog was launched in 1997 and remains one of the top destinations online for discussions on the future of media, business models and policy. Mike is a sought after conference keynote speaker, and regular does executive briefings with C-level execs.Read More
Matt MasonBitTorrent, Inc., Vice President, MarketingMatt Mason currently serves as Vice President of Marketing at BitTorrent, Inc. a creator of advanced, innovative technologies designed to efficiently deliver large files across the Internet. BitTorrent currently boasts over 170 million active monthly users.
Kathleen McMahonSoundHoundVice President, Sales & MarketingKathleen McMahon got her feet wet in mobile by diving right in where it started the hottest – in Tokyo – while those in Silicon Valley were still in the dawning days of the Internet era. She then moved to Europe, which was still a beat ahead of U.S. in terms of mobile, to continue mobile innovation, joining Shazam in its early days and growing it into one of the most recognized global mobile services. Read More
Keith McMillenKMI, Founder / PresidentPresently Keith operates KMI which has created the QuNeo and QuNexus controllers. Keith has been an innovator in audio and music technology for nearly 30 years and has been working his entire adult life on one single problem – how to play live interactive music in an ensemble using extended instruments moderated by computer intelligence. The Kronos Quartet has used his K-Bow Bluetooth sensor bows to perform the 1st truly interactive string performance in 2011.Read More
Arte MerrittMobile Monday Silicon Valley, DirectorArte Merritt is a serial entrepreneur who has more than 12 years mobile experience in roles ranging from founder/CEO to product management, business development, and hands-on technical roles.
MoldoverArtistIf technology and music are your life, brace yourself — Moldover is about to reformat your soul. Hailed by over 1,000,000 YouTube viewers as “The Godfather of Controllerism”, Moldover is a new breed of music icon. Combining the charisma of a rock star, the mad genius of a basement inventor, and the radical inclusiveness of the DIY internet generation, Moldover is “literally throwing away the rule book and reinventing the wheel” (Remix Magazine). Witness his balls-to-the-wall live show at a club, experience one of his jambox multiplayer instruments at a festival, or pick up and play the “light theremin” packaging of his debut album and understand why the next paradigm for music is a one-man-brand called Moldover. Follow Moldover on Twitter: @moldover
Mark MontgomeryFLO {thinkery}, FounderMark Montgomery is a pioneer in the e-commerce and business to consumer marketing space. Over the past 15 years, he has worked with hundreds of entertainment and corporate clients, including names like Sony, Kanye West, Keith Urban, RIM/Blackberry, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam, Best Buy, Gnarls Barkley, Rascal Flatts, and General Motors to name a few.Read More
Karen MoonKaren Moon is co-founder and CEO of a stealth startup. She has over a decade of retail experience working directly with retailers, department stores and designers. Previously she founded StyleMusée a visual portal to discover social media content by taste preference. Read More
Hany NadaGGV Capital, Co-founder and PartnerHany Nada is a founding partner of GGV Capital and has worked as a long-term partner with more than 150 companies over the past decade to build companies that can succeed in today’s global marketplace. He is a trusted resource to public and private company CEOs and management teams on global market development, customer introductions and M&A/IPO guidance across US and Asian markets. Hany has also been recognized as a member of the 2012 Venture Capital 100 by Always-On.Read More
Before entering the venture capital business, Hany spent ten years on Wall Street as a top-ranked research analyst at Piper Jaffray focusing on Internet software and infrastructure. Hany is a graduate of the University of Minnesota where he earned a B.S. in economics and a B.A. in political science.
Vickie Nauman7digital, President – North AmericaVickie Nauman specializes in digital media and content strategy, the intersection of technology and music, and international business development. Vickie is President – North America for 7digital, and most recently led the global content strategy and partnerships for Sonos, the wireless digital music system for the home, and ran the consultancy CrossBorderWorks. Prior work includes creating the online strategy and service for boutique Seattle music station KEXP, content development for RealNetworks/MusicNet, and marketing for the National Public Radio Network and Procter and Gamble. She has a broad network and experience in Europe, China and North America, and earned a 2006 MBA through the London School of Economics, New York University, and HEC-Paris, in the collaborative executive program TRIUM.
Jon NiermannFarWest Entertainment, CEOJon Niermann built his entertainment career of over 20 years with Disney and Electronic Arts prior to starting his own production company FarWest Entertainment. Niermann spent 15 years with the Walt Disney Company culminating as President of The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific. He was President of EA Asia from 2003-2010 spearheading all of EA’s business across the region and leading the company into the digital world of online gaming.Read More
Scott PerrySperry Media, FounderScott Perry runs marketing & consulting firm SPERRY MEDIA; clients include Hasbro, Nokia, Fox, MTV, Comedy Central, Focus Features, nearly every single US record label, and numerous tech startups. Perry’s focus in recent years has been to help companies leverage the power of visual content to grow a wider reach and stronger sales, which lead to the buildout of the world’s #1 resource for celebrity Instagram & Twitter pics, THEYPOSTED.COM. Follow Scott on Twitter: @scottperry
Ian PortIan S. Port is the Music Editor of SF Weekly, where he covers and critiques the Bay Area’s vibrant music scene. He has interviewed Iggy Pop, written unflattering words about Bob Dylan, and once attended four Metallica concerts in a single week. Ian’s writing has also appeared in RollingStone.com, the Village Voice, LA Weekly, Vogue Japan, and numerous other publications. He earned a B.A. from the Urban Studies and Planning program at UC San Diego, where he became convinced that sprawl is bad for local music. Follow Ian on Twitter: @iPORT
Brad PrendergastSoundExchange, Inc., Senior Counsel, Licensing & EnforcementBrad Prendergast is senior counsel for licensing and enforcement matters at SoundExchange, Inc., the non-profit collective designated by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board to administer the statutory license in Sections 112 and 114 of the U.S. Copyright Act for the digital audio transmissions of sound recordings. In that capacity, he works with webcasters and other services to ensure their compliance with the statutory license and the implementing federal regulations. Prior to joining SoundExchange, he worked on trademark and copyright matters for Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Virginia School of Law.
Rachel ProffittWSGRRachel Proffitt is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she practices corporate and securities law. Rachel represents public and private clients, as well as venture capital and investment banking firms and other institutional investors, across a broad range of industries. Her practice covers a broad range of general corporate and complex transactional matters, including venture capital transactions, public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, and public-company disclosure and corporate governance.Read More
• J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Member, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review; Member, Hastings Security Law Society
• B.A., English, University of California, Los Angeles
Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, University Honors Program
Jeffrey RabhanThe Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, ChairJeffrey Rabhan has worked in virtually all areas of the music industry and has helped guide the careers of international superstars across all genres of popular music, from Kelly Clarkson to Lil’ Kim, Michelle Branch to DMX and Jermaine Dupri. His clients have garnered more than a dozen Grammy Awards, sold more than one hundred million records, and generated over one billion dollars in global receipts.Read More
Alexander RandonAlexandernaut, Electrical Engineer / iOS Developer / Computer MusicianAlexander Randon (aka. Alexandernaut) recently created Arpeggionome Pro, a new iPad MIDI controller designed to control complex musical patterns. Rated “Most Creative MIDI App” by iPadMusic.com, Arpeggionome Pro is currently a top selling music app in over 40 countries. In addition, Alexander designs hardware controllers and composes music with custom music software. He’s based in San Francisco and will be speaking on the New Musical Instruments panel. Follow Alexander on Twitter: @alexandernaut
Steve RennieRen Management, Personal Manager, INCUBUSMr. Rennie has worked in the music business for over 30 years. He has a broad range of experience as a concert promoter, record executive, internet entrepreneur, and artist manager. He has also been deeply involved in the intersection of music and technology since the earliest days of the internet. Mr. Rennie has been the personal manager for multi-platinum rock band Incubus for the last 13 years and has guided them from the day they got signed to a record deal to being a hugely successful worldwide record selling and concert attraction. Read More
Joel ResnicowLive Nation LabsJoel Resnicow is a digital media entrepreneur and intrapreneur. Joel founded and was CEO of Rexly, a social music startup, which was recently acquired by Live Nation Entertainment, where he is currently leading mobile product development. Prior to Rexly, he worked in product management and analytics at ABC Digital. Joel holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University. He is a devotee of New Orleans Jazz Fest, and a very amateur guitarist. Follow Joel on Twitter: @resnicow
Jaime RobinsonPereira O’Dell, Executive Creative Director14 years ago, Jaime fumbled her way into a copywriter internship at the unorthodox NYC boutique shop, Mad Dogs and Englishmen. What followed was a love for messing with format, surprising audiences and telling stories that get the consumer’s imagination going. Having “done time” at both traditional and digital agencies (including TBWA\Chiat\Day, SF and EVB), Jaime’s work for clients like adidas, Levi’s, Ask.com, Ray-Ban, and Haribo Gummi Bears spans across almost every kind of media – from multimillion dollar effects spots to OOH to custom rock songs for soccer teams. However, it is her most recent work for LEGO and the Intel/Toshiba Social Film projects (“Inside”, “The Beauty Inside”) that get her really excited about what tomorrow holds. She bets it will be pretty exciting.Read More
Alexis RodichBandsintown, Director, Artist ServicesAlexis Rodich is the Director of Artist Services at Bandsintown, the leading concert notification and recommendation application for live music fans and artists. Rodich joined the company in 2009 as part of its founding team to lead Bandsintown’s marketing and business development initiatives. Under her leadership, she has grown the Bandsintown Artist Platform to service over 120K artists including top touring artists such as Rihanna, Skrillex and Maroon 5. She has also brokered a number of strategic partnerships with all four major labels, many independent labels and management companies. Read More
Ty RobertsGracenote, Co-founder, Chief Technology OfficerTy helped co-found Gracenote when his company ION merged with CDDB in the late 1990s. He is credited with producing the industry’s first interactive music experience on CD for artists like Brian Eno and David Bowie. Connected to practically everyone in the business, from music labels and artists to technologists, Ty is a frequent speaker at music and TV industry conferences and events. Follow Ty on Twitter: @rocknty
Karl Rogersirocke, Co-founder and CEOIROCKE.COM is the #1 source for live streaming concerts worldwide. For music fans, IROCKE offers the quickest and simplest way to discover and attend live digital concerts with friends. For artists and brands, IROCKE provides a powerful and customizable platform for distributing and promoting live digital performances and appearances worldwide.Read More
Jacqueline SabecOliver & Sabec P.C., PartnerJacqueline is a partner in the law firm Oliver & Sabec P.C. where she advises recording and performing artists, legacy acts, songwriters, producers, record labels, filmmakers, digital media companies, executives and visionary entrepreneurs in all aspects of the entertainment industry. Her experience includes handling the business affairs and personal management of four Grammy Award winning recording artists, executive producing rock ‘n’ roll documentaries and albums, and studying and performing as a classically trained musician. She is happily involved in the San Francisco and Marin music, art, and nonprofit communities and serves on the board of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation.
Marc ScarpaSimplynew, Director and Executive ProducerMarc Scarpa is a veteran Director and Executive Producer of live participatory media.
His most recent credits include The X-Factor’s Pepsi Digital Pre-Show and Second Screen Experience, The Global Citizen Festival, Incubus HQ Live, GRAMMY LIVE!, Earth Day Network’s Earth Day Live! Concert on the National Mall (2008-2012) and MySpace LIVE!. In 2011, he launched VidBlogger Nation, the first participatory media television channel in association with Comcast’s X-Finity On Demand.Read More
Vanessa Hope SchneiderEventbrite, Senior Public Relations ManagerVanessa generates media coverage of Eventbrite and its customers. She believes that the best way to tell Eventbrite’s story is to tell the stories of all of the people who use it. Before working at Eventbrite, Vanessa lived in New York City and worked in the book publishing industry. She managed the publicity campaigns for several New York Times Bestsellers, including Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern and The Drunkard’s Walk by CalTech professor Leonard Mlodinow. She is a graduate of Columbia University, where she studied English and Creative Writing. Follow Vanessa on Twitter: @VHSchneider
Jaunique SealeySocial Media Marketing, Brand Development, Digital Media Distribution, Attorney, EngineerJaunique Sealey has rapidly emerged as one of the most sought-after thought leaders in the space of social media marketing, brand development and digital media distribution. As an attorney and engineer, she has worked with numerous blue-chip entertainment companies including Infospace Mobile, specializing in mobile content distribution and partnerships, and Universal Music Group, where she negotiated groundbreaking deals to pair content with emerging platforms involving companies such as Microsoft, Google, VEVO, Apple, Lala, TuneCore, Netflix and Muve Music, amongst many others. As a marketing and business strategist, she has worked with world-renowned clients and iconic brands such as Lady Gaga, Mindless Behavior, Greyson Chance, Sony Pictures, and Barneys New York, including leading the digital marketing agency of record supporting the epic rollout of online promotions in connection with the album release of Born This Way.Read More
Asya SheinFusicology, Founder and PublisherAsya Shein is the Founder and Publisher of Fusicology.com, the Source for Progressive music & culture providing event listings and promotion in over 25 markets in the US and Canada; An online marketer, community builder and lover of soulful music & technology. 
J SiderBandPage, CEO & FounderJ is the Founder & CEO of BandPage, which is the leading service for musicians to manage their presence across the web. He was recently named to both Forbes and Billboard’s 30 Under 30 in 2011. J is a veteran in the business of managing bands and venues around the country. This experience opened his eyes to the practical needs of the music community in the digital era, and the lack of a solution. Out of this realization J founded BandPage to provide an honest, social tool to help musicians navigate the web. Follow J on Twitter: @JSider and @BandPage
Malthe SigurdssonRdio, VP, ProductBorn & raised in Denmark, Malthe started out in advertising and migrated to product and design as a Creative Director at Skype in London. He has since moved to the Bay Area, where he’s currently VP, Product at Rdio, the social music service. Follow Malthe on Twitter: @malthe
Jason SperlingSkills Events, CEO & FounderJason Sperling handles talent buying, marketing and production design for Skills Events. The name SKILLS is synonymous with the best electronic music events in Northern California since 1997. Focusing on Arena style dance events, Skills brings quality world-class performers with a state of the art production experience for its attendees and has hosted many of the leading dance musicians in the world. Read More
The Future of Skills is NOW.
Joe SumnerVyclone, Co-founder & CCOJoe conceived the Vyclone concept, and his experiences as a live performer and producer were fundamental in its creation and design. As a young musician who grew up immersed in the music scene, he worked with Photek, Juliette Lewis, Steve Naïve, and Elvis Costello, and supported Snoop Dogg, Bruce Springsteen, The Killers, The Police, and Squeeze among others. After receiving his degree at Richmond College, London in Environmental Science, Joe worked and toured globally as a singer, songwriter, bassist and producer. His extensive contacts and relationships at all levels of the music industry position Vyclone at the intersection where the tech space, social media and music merge. Follow Joe on Twitter: @Joevyclone
Chris TholenBandPage, CTO & VP, EngineeringChris has a unique perspective of building a technology company from scratch, learning to plan for massive scale early on, and how the availability of high quality APIs have changed the software business to allow companies to specialize much further than before. Just as important, he has significant experience in how to scale an engineering team and culture.Read More
David ThompsonUstream, SVP MarketingDavid Thompson has more than 20 years of both startup and established software company experience. Prior to his current position, David was the CEO and co-founder of SaaS marketing company Genius.com, where he grew the company to more than 70 employees, achieved over 2,000 percent revenue growth and raised more than $45 million in venture capital from top tier venture capital firms such as Accel and MDV. Earlier, David served as the chief marketing officer of WebEx, where he named and launched the company, positioned it as a leading business brand and managed award-winning branding campaigns and IPO communications. Follow David on Twitter: @davidrthompson
Kristin ThomsonFuture of Music Coalition, ConsultantKristin Thomson is a community organizer, social policy researcher, entrepreneur and musician. She recently co-authored Arts Organizations and Digital Technologies, a report released by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. She also co-directs Future of Music Coalition’s Artist Revenue Streams research project, which is examining changes in musicians’ sources of income. Read More
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Shane TobinThe Echo Nest, Director of Strategic PartnershipsShane Tobin is Director of Strategic Partnerships at The Echo Nest, a music intelligence company that powers smarter music applications for a wide range of customers — including Spotify, Vevo, Rdio, MOG, Clear Channel (iHeartRadio), MTV, Nokia, EMI and a community of over 18,000 independent app developers. Read More
Shane has been known to play golf, snowboard, travel with his camera and frequent the city of New Orleans as much as possible.
Mark TrammellSonos, Director of UX ResearchMark Trammell designs things and studies how people use them — most recently for President Obama’s re-election campaign. Prior to that, Trammell was senior design researcher at Twitter focusing on how people learn Twitter, #NewTwitter, photos, and search. His work includes tenures with Twitter, Digg, PayPal, the Web Standards Project Educational Task Force, the University of Florida, and the United States Navy and coauthoring two books on Web standards. His facial hair has been named Best Beard in Tech, Best Beard of SXSW 2011, and is champion of the @BrianWilson38 Beard Bracket.
Matt UrmyArtist Growth,CEOMatt Urmy has already demonstrated effectiveness as an executor for Artist Growth by forging partnerships & inking deals with several of the leading Institutions in the industry. He is a musician, teacher and data management analyst who designed database analysis for international clinical studies in Oncology Research @ HCA in Nashville. He brings a diverse and extensive career in the arts, healthcare, and education to his role as CEO. His background in healthcare data management informed much of his insight into the design of the platform. Urmy has a Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry and, prior to launching Artist Growth, recorded an album with the legendary Cowboy Jack Clement. Follow Matt on Twitter: @artistgrowth, @matturmy
Amanda WarnerMNDR“Pop music is a platform to say something. You don’t have to only talk about parties.” If New York-via-Bay Area noise artist Amanda Warner had to boil down the thinking behind MNDR — her synth-pop project with producer Peter Wade — that might be the her mantra. The first single on Feed Me Diamonds, MNDR’s first full-length album and Ultra Records debut (2012), is called “#1 in Heaven.” It’s about Patty Hearst. “It captures the moment when right and wrong are so clear and money and wealth and power don’t mean anything to you anymore,” Warner says of the relentlessly catchy track, which arrives January 17th with a video directed by Cody Critcheloe, a.k.a. Ssion. She could easily also be describing MNDR’s rise from the underground.Read More
Clark WarnerBeatport, Executive Creative DirectorAs Executive Creative Director, Clark Warner oversees the Beatport brand and voice. He joined the company in 2007 as Label Manager, and has since held such roles as Director of Content and VP of Music Services before assuming his current role in March of 2012. Under his watch, Beatport has become the world’s most recognizable non-artist dance music brand.Read More
Jeff WatsonWarner Bros Records, VP of Interactive MarketingSigned to Warner Bros Records in 1995 as an artist, I transitioned to an employee in the nascent digital marketing dept at WBR in 2002 after realizing that ‘per diem’ was Latin for 10 dollars & I might need to get a real job. Over the past 11 years at WBR, I’ve created extensive digital campaigns for acts like My Chemical Romance, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, Green Day, Regina Spektor, REM and countless others. Am obsessed with the challenge of translating raw consumer data into actionable ways to help someone learn more about their favorite band, and become an invested fan for life. My own record collection and music passion informs my daily decisions here at WBR. Also, I still think David Lee Roth is an unfettered genius. Don’t judge. Follow Jeff on Twitter: @iheartmissy
Max WeiselRelativeWaveMax Weisel (born 1991 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American software
engineer and digital artist. He is one of the few developers to release an iOS app that predates the release of Apple’s App Store.
He’s collaborated with avant garde artist Björk, to produce Biophilia, the first full-length app album. In addition his work has been featured in museums such as the New York Museum of Modern Art. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA where he runs a small software development company. Follow Max on Twitter: @mxweas
Brett WelchSwitchcam, CEOBrett Welch is CEO/Co-founder of Switchcam, a new video site for discovering and watching concert videos. In a previous life he co-founded ecommerce platform GoodBarry, acquired by Adobe in 2009. He is a software engineer, marketer, and loves to listening to everything from The Beatles to Skrillex. Follow Brett on Twitter: @brettw
Alex WhiteNext Big Sound, CEOAlex White co-founded Next Big Sound in 2008, while in his last semester at Northwestern University. The analytics service measures daily music consumption and purchase decisions around the globe. From Facebook fans to sales, Next Big Sound combines artist activity with context to help the modern music industry make decisions.
Emily WhiteWhitesmith Entertainment, Co-Founder, Artist ManagerEmily White is co-founder of Whitesmith Entertainment, a New York and Los Angeles management firm specializing in music comedy and sports. Whitesmith’s roster includes Brendan Benson, Hockey, Sydney Wayser, The Hush Sound, Urge Overkill, Eric Burdon, and The Autumn Defense. The firm’s comedy division, headed by Keri Smith Esguia has launched the careers of W. Kamau Bell, Sara Benincasa, Janine Brito, and Kevin Avery with Smith most recently executive producing Bell’s FX show, Totally Biased, along with Chris Rock. Additionally, White founded the company’s Sports management division following the 2012 Olympics with indie rock n roll swimmer and gold medalist, Anthony Ervin developing Ervin’s presence and brand with tactics rooted in modern music marketing. Read More
Brian ZiskSF MusicTech Summit, Executive ProducerBrian Zisk is a serial entrepreneur specializing in digital media, web broadcasting and distribution technologies. He is a founder of BuzzMakers, Inc., which produces the SF MusicTech Summit and the Future of Money & Technology Summit. He is a co-founder of the SF MusicTech Fund. Read more