Paul Q. Kolderie
Paul Q. Kolderie’s credits as a producer and engineer include Radiohead, Hole, The Pixies, Lou Reed, Uncle Tupelo, Morphine, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and many others. He won a Grammy in 2007 for his work on Irma Thomas’ “After the Rain” and since then has been busy mixing new records by The Virgins, The Lemonheads, Portugal the Man, Irma Thomas and The Briggs; and working on soundtracks for the films “The Red Baron” and “Big Sur” from his home base at Camp Street Studios in Cambridge, MA. His expertise is in Artist Relations. http://www.campstreetstudios.com/
Alfred Tolle
CEO Tolle Media, Munich Germany. Alfred has successfully led and founded several companies. He has a strong track record of developing and implementing corporate strategies. From 2006-2008, Mr. Tolle served as founding CEO of German based internet start-up, HOBNOX. Prior to that, Mr. Tolle was CEO of Lycos Inc. where he had responsibility for all business operations, P&L, organization and personnel. Before joining Lycos, Mr. Tolle was Vice President for the Pacific Rim and Southeast Asia at BOL.com where he oversaw all the e-commerce activities in the region. His expertise is in Corporate Strategy, Sales and Business Expansion. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/7/751/605
Jake Guralnick
Jake is co-founder of 2 Jakes Management which he founded with Stiff Records (Elvis Costello, Graham Parker) impresario, Jake Riviera. Jake Guralnick manages Nick Lowe, Linda Thompson, Los Straightjackets, King Wilkie, Martha Scanlan and Ollabelle. In addition to overseeing the careers of the above Jake was nominated for a Grammy as a producer of legendary blues musician, Eddy Clearwater’s album, Rock-N-Roll City. Before this, Jake founded the Rounder Records imprint label, Upstart Records. His expertise is in Artist Relations, Strategic Music Industry Partnerships, Marketing and Business Development. www.myspace.com/2jakesmanagement
Mark Kates
As founder of Fenway Recordings, Mark manages one of the biggest acts in the world right now - MGMT as well as Mission Of Burma, The Cribs, Doves and others. Prior to starting his own management company Mark served as President of the Beastie Boys‘ record label, Grand Royal Records where he oversaw the recording careers of (among others) Luscious Jackson, Sean Lennon and At The Drive In. Before heading up Grand Royal, Mark served as an A&R person for Geffen Records working directly with Sonic Youth, Nirvana and many, many others. His expertise is in Artist Relations and Business Development. http://www.fenwayrecordings.com/
Justin Bingham
Justin Bingham has been rocking the boat in the technology sector for the better part of the last decade. He has founded and led multiple technology startups, developing products still in use today by multiple Fortune 500 organizations. As the co-founder and CTO of JWB Technology Group, which specializes in delivering technology from concept to production, Justin works with a myriad of small and large clients across a range of technologies and markets. Of particular note is Justin’s extensive background architecting and implementing social media platforms and distributed payment systems. Much to the dismay of his neighbors, Justin has been a music junkie since he discovered MTV one day after kindergarten, and spends way too much time mixing any vinyl he can get his hands on.
Chip Rives
Chip Rives has over 20 years of experience in sports and entertainment marketing, having been at some of the top agencies in the business throughout his career. In addition to being the CEO of TRP Sports and Entertainment and to producing the Boston Music Awards for the past 6 years, Chip has also created programs and negotiated sponsorships with Volkswagon, John Hancock, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League and Major League Soccer. Chip is the Chairman of the Ad Club of Boston and serves on the board of First Night Boston and Believe In Kids. He also writes country music in his spare time. His expertise is in Marketing, Sales and Business Development. http://www.trpmarketing.com/
