Karl Groeger
Karl Groeger Jr. is the President and CEO of both Looney Tunes Record Store in West Babylon and Brookvale Records. Karl Jr. started working at his father’s record store at the age of 6 years old and has never looked back. Looney Tunes was opened in 1971 by Karl Groeger Sr. In 1988 Karl Jr. […]
Jennifer Freund
Jennifer Freund is the founder and CEO of print and packaging company, Corporate ImpressionsLA, Inc. Freund serves as President of its two divisions: ImpressionsLA, printers of business and marketing materials, and DoradoPkg – Music Packaging, providing the music industry with quality album cover printing, CD and vinyl record packaging products. In 2003 ImpressionsLA became the […]
Mark Honne
1990: Started a career in music by becoming a House Music & Hip Hop buyer for a decade defining record store WAVE in Roppongi, Tokyo. 1992: Became a floor manager of Virgin Mega Stores Japan 1994: Accepted a position of a chief label director for Cutting Edge, a subsidiary of Avex Inc., and was in […]
Steve Sheldon
Steve Sheldon has spent virtually his entire professional life in manufacturing for the entertainment industry. He started his career in the music business in the print shop at Rainbo Records while attending college in 1971. As the years progressed he played many roles at Rainbo. He was named CEO / General Manager in 1986 and […]
Michal Štěrba
CEO of GZ Media, the world largest vinyl pressing plant. Working for the company over 14 years. Started in procurement then joined customer service team, since 2007 member of company management as Commercial Director, in 2013 promoted to CEO position. Leads company with more than 1600 employees and USD 110m revenues. Stands behind company expansion […]
Sean Mosher-Smith
Before starting his companies theConspiracy and Echo Designlab, Sean Mosher-Smith served as Vice President/Creative Director for Virgin and Capitol Records, overseeing all artist global imaging, packaging and branding and creative direction for both Labels rosters. Throughout his 20+ year career, Sean has worked with numerous notable artists including Iggy Pop, Lenny Kravitz, ThirtySecondsToMars, Rolling Stones, […]
Gail Marowitz
Gail Marowitz is a New York based designer and creative director. After overseeing design at various record labels for more than 25 years, she left the major label system in 2012 to start her own design studio, The Visual Strategist. Since the studio’s inception, Gail has designed vinyl for a diverse roster of musicians including […]
Don MacInnis
In 1983, a temp agency sent Don MacInnis to Record Technology Inc. (RTI) on a three-day assignment and he never left. He and his wife purchased the company from founder Bill Bauer in March of 1992. RTI has grown into an around-the-clock operation producing over four million units per year while maintaining it’s reputation as […]
Ben Blackwell
Born and raised on the tony streets of Detroit, Michigan, Ben Blackwell has been a reluctant participant in the overhyped underground rock and roll community (both as a performer in the Dirtbombs and on the label-side in his work through Third Man and his own imprint Cass Records) since 1999, literally half his life. He miraculously won Rolling Stone’s 2004 […]
Greg Parkin
Greg Parkin has been a music industry veteran for over 25 years. Beginning as a touring musician, Greg managed global tours with his various bands. Eventually a student of engineering, Greg was hired at Capitol Records in 2001, where he went to to become Vice President of Capitol Studios, Mastering, and EMI Archives for ten […]
