Sr. Artists & Repertoire/Music Affairs, Sony Interactive Entertainment America
Global Head of Programming & Content Strategy, Amazon Music
Alex Patsavas
Founder, Chop Shop Music Supervision
SVP, Music Creative, NBCUniversal Television
Music Supervisor, Neophonic
Creative Content Consultant
Founding Partner, Peter Law Group
Global Vice President A&R, Warner Music Group
Controller, BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra & BBC Asian Network
Co-Founder & CEO, Dot Blockchain Media
CEO, Ingrooves
Director, BBC Radio
Vice President, Trailer Park
Head of Music, BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
Founder, JEM Music
Chairman & CEO, Atlantic Records Group
Owner, Realsongs (Grammy, Emmy & Golden Globe Award-Winning Songwriter)
Manager/Head of US Creative & Business Affairs, EKKO Music Rights US
Eesean Bolden
Sr. VP, A&R, Warner Bros. Records
Director, Creative, BMG
U.S. Editor, Music Week
President, Go! Music Services
President, Maverick
Ian Montone
Founder, Monotone, Inc.
Chief Publishing Executive, Concord Music
Vice President, Music, Creative & Business Affairs, Starz
Shareholder & Founder, LA Entertainment Practice, Greenberg Traurig LLC
Chairman & CEO, Global Media & Entertainment, Pollack Media Group
Senior Consultant, Meisel Music, Germany
Head of Digital Marketing & Strategy, Friends At Work
VP, Concerts, ICM Partners
President & Chief Operating Officer, peermusic
Creative Director,Music, FOX Broadcasting Company
President & CEO, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Founder & CEO, Black Box
Chief Operating Officer, Times Music (India)
Producer/Director/Actor (Mad Men, CSI, Bones, Terminator 3)
Editor, Music Week
Melinda Newman
West Coast Editor, Billboard
British Consul General in Los Angeles
Executive Vice President & Head of Universal Music Group & Brands
Global Head of Touring, United Talent Agency
DJ KCSN Los Angeles, Broadcast Journalist & Curator
Agent, Earth to Peter
President of A&R, Atlantic Records
Sr. Talent Producer, Fremantle Media North America (American Idol, America's Got Talent)
Assistant Editor, Rock Paper Scissors
Sr. Vice President, Film Music, Universal Pictures
Founder & CEO, Mobilium Global
Publisher, The Music Business Registry
Partner, Hit The Ground Running (HTGR) & Founding Partner, Pusher
Sr. VP Creative, Kobalt Music
Sanken Sandqvist
Managing Director, BMG Scandinavia
Music Supervisor (Tolkien, The King of Thieves, Guerilla)
Sat Bisla
President & Founder, A&R Worldwide
Songwriter/Producer (The Weeknd, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry)
Global Lead, Business Development & Partner Management, Ford Motor Co.
Simon Katz
Sr. Director A&R/Staff Producer, Republic Records
Sr. Vice President Creative/A&R, Reservoir
Worldwide Executive of Music & Marketing, EA Games
GM Creative & Acquisitions, Kobalt Music Publishing
Film Producer (Enchanted, S.A.L.T., Premonition)
Founder, TM Talent Management
Co-President & Co-Owner, Mom+Pop Music
Founder & Publisher, Music Business Worldwide
Senior Executive, Paradigm Talent Agency
Owner/Producer, Tracey Trench Productions
Head of Music, FREEFORM
Sr. Director A&R, peermusic
Executive Vice President, Republic Records
Global Sector Leader, Media Entertainment/Sr. Client Partner, Korn Ferry
President, US Repertoire & Marketing, BMG
ALEX LUKE
Global Head of Programming and Content Strategy, Amazon Music
Alex Luke is global head of programming and content strategy for Amazon Music, reporting to Steve Boom,VP of Amazon Music. Alex has extensive experience in digital music, radio broadcasting, A&R, and venture capital. Prior to joining Amazon in 2017, Alex was a founding member of the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, The Valley Fund, managing developing investments in digital media and entertainment. From 2011 – 2013, Alex was executive VP of A&R at EMI Music, where he managed artists and repertoire for North America. In this role, Alex signed Capital Cities to Capitol Records, and focused on the rosters of Capitol, Virgin and Astralwerks Records in Los Angeles with a diverse roster of artists including Katy Perry, David Guetta, and Beastie Boys.
From 2003 – 2011, Alex was director of music programming and label relations globally for Apple, after serving as VP of music programming and label relations at Napster, where he transitioned the service to a legal streaming and download platform. As a broadcaster, Alex programmed Q101 in Chicago and KPNT in St. Louis, and has served as an air talent at numerous stations including KDGE Dallas and KROQ in Los Angeles. KDGE, KPNT and Q101 all hit record high ratings during his tenure.