Aubrey Powell
In 1967 Pink Floyd: Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Syd Barrett (shortly to be replaced by David Gilmour), needed an album cover. Storm Thorgerson – an old school friend from Cambridge – offered to help out and design an idea for their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets. This was the birth of […]
Rainer Maillard
Rainer Maillard is a producer, an engineer and general manager of Emil Berliner Studios. As a recording engineer, he has won four GRAMMY Awards. He works with well-known artists, such as Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón and Lang Lang. The Emil Berliner Studios are taking an almost retro-futuristic approach: in addition to state-of-the-art analogue and high-end […]
Gator Russo
Gator Russo specializes in streamlining startup operations for rapid growth and scale. A huge music fan himself, he jumped on the opportunity to work in the music industry and launch Gold Rush Vinyl. Prior to joining Gold Rush as the Director of Operations, Gator worked to grow an Austin startup to $100MM+ in annual revenue. […]
Lori Hines
Lori Hines is a Partner of Welcome to 1979 Industries, an electroplating business started in 2016. She is owner of LHines Consulting, including business development, strategic planning and financial guidance. Lori has 28 years of manufacturing operational and financial experience, including senior management roles (CFO, SVP & executive director) with Cummins Inc., Schneider Electric, Carlex […]
Jeff Powell
Jeff has been recording, mixing and producing records for more than 30 years – working with a who’s who of musical legends, from Bob Dylan and B.B. King to Glyn Johns and Eddie Kramer. Powell served as staff assistant engineer, then engineer/ mixer and finally producer at Memphis’ legendary Ardent Studios from ’89-’97. He has […]
Dan Melnick
Dan Melnick is President at Reverb LP, Reverb.com’s marketplace for buying and selling records. A record collector of more than 20 years, Dan wanted to create an easier and more cost-efficient option for buying and selling records online. Using what they learned while building music gear marketplace Reverb.com, Dan and his team created a platform […]
Maribeth Poalson
Maribeth Poalson grew up in Indianapolis. She had no idea her career path would end up in print packaging. Being a part of the artistic process of album art never entered her mind. After receiving an Arvin record player for her 16th birthday along with the Aretha Franklin album, I Never Loved A Man The […]
Bryan Burkert
Bryan Burkert is proprietor of the Sound Garden Record Store (SGrecordshop.com), former Solid-Gold Dancer and owner of Baltimore’s most groovy taverns: The Rockwell & Sir Duke.
Lilly Smith
Lilly Smith is the editor of Design Observer, published by AIGA and recognized as one of the most prestigious online publications in the design industry today. Lilly has also spearheaded content strategy for AIGA’s sites, including editorial direction of its design+ music program among others. A savvy writer and editor, she creates timely, informative, and insightful […]
Marcus Cohen
Marcus Cohen is Sr. Vice President, Anti-Counterfeiting Investigations and Enforcement, with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In this position Marcus supervises the investigation and enforcement activities for the RIAA targeting the manufacture, distribution and sale of unauthorized sound recordings in physical formats.
