Contact

For all event related inquiries, please send email to:
brian [at] sfmusictech [dot goes here] com

Production Team

Brian Zisk - Executive Producer

Brian Zisk is a serial entrepreneur and technology industry consultant specializing in digital media, web broadcasting and distribution technologies. Brian is a co-founder of Collecta, the ultra-hot realtime search engine. Additionally, Brian is a Co-Founder and Technologies Director of the Future of Music Coalition and a Board Member and/or Strategic Advisor for a wide variety of tech companies and non-profits. Brian was previously a founder of The Green Witch Internet Radio which was sold to CMGI (NASDAQ: CMGI) at the turn of the millennium. He is active in many influential computer-mediated forums, is quoted and published extensively in the media, frequently appears on panels and at industry events domestically and abroad, and is an expert at frenzy whipping, brand awareness, and in creating new business models. He is married to Shoshana Zisk.

Shoshana Zisk - Co-Producer

Shoshana Zisk is an entertainment lawyer with a wide range of experience in the music industry. Her recent industry experience includes Interim Chief Operating Officer for In Ticketing, Business & Legal Affairs for George Clinton and his musical groups Parliament, Funkadelic and The P-Funk Allstars, and General Manager of Clinton's independent record label The C Kunspyruzy. Her previous positions include Business & Legal Affairs at BMG U.S. Latin, the Copyright Department at Motown, and A&R Administration for Island Records. Shoshana is currently the CEO of Kiddie Village, which creates award-winning childrens videos and music. She is a member of the California, New York, and Florida Bars. She earned a bachelor degree in Classical Piano Performance and Juris Doctorate (cum Laude) from the University of Miami.

Shoshana recently was the Pianist for "Rent: The Musical" performed by the Royal Underground Theater Company, and will be serving as Musical Director for their upcoming season.

 

Cassandra Phillipps - Production Manager Founder, WebWallflower Events, LLC Cassandra has been a startup event producer for over two years, working on and producing numerous conferences, including Inside Social Apps, Girls in Tech: Catalyst Conference, Finance4Founders, SF MusicTech Summit, SF Beta, SNAP Summit, and many more. She is the creator and producer of FailCon, the first conference ever to openly discuss entrepreneurial failures and what we can learn from them, hailed by NBC, NPR, KQED, and Wired Magazine as an incredible success! Before moving to the start-up industry, she served as a stage manager at various theaters around the country, including the American Conservatory Theater, Chicago Court, Marin Theater Company, and Aurora. Cassandra has a B.A in Human Development from the University of Chicago. In her (rare) free time, she enjoys board games, comic books, and building costumes for various parties and events.

 

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