Speaker Bio Pages: Tech Conference 2021

Victor Harwood
President
Digital Hollywood
During the past twenty five years Victor Harwood has developed and produced over two hundred leading conferences and events for artists, professionals and top executives. Mr. Harwood is considered a leading authority on the convergence of the entertainment and technology industries, founding and organizing such conferences as Digital Hollywood (25 years), Digital Hollywood produced the technology/entertainment conferences at CES (22 years), NASA's International Business in Space Conference, CNN's Politics 2008: The Media Conference on the Election of the President, Media Summit New York (15 Years - Partnered with BusinessWeek - McGraw Hill - S&P), Building Blocks (Partnered with CES), Advertising 2.0 (Partnered with Ad Age), Digital Hollywood Europe in London (Partnered with the UK Government), the Entertainment Globalization Initiative, Multimedia Expo, Production East at Lincoln Center and the New York Writers Conference. In 1987 Mr. Harwood produced the first HTTP: Conference in the world and 1990, he coined the now ubiquitous expression "The Digital Revolution."

Mike Hammer
President
Arnold Palmer Assoc

Grant Michaelson
VP Business Affairs
Disney Branded Television
Grant Michaelson, Vice President, Business Affairs, Disney Branded Television: As vice president of business affairs at Disney Channels Worldwide, Michaelson has a background in entertainment litigation and has moved from entertainment law firms to his current in-house position with Disney, where he works in the realms of Disney +, Disney Channel, and Disney XD. Michaelson will discuss his journey with intellectual property in the entertainment industry, and will describe the intellectual property foundations of Disney and the intellectual property careers in law within Disney's legal affairs department.

Chris Corcoran,
Chief Content Officer and Founding Partner
Cadence13
Chris Corcoran, Chief Content Officer and Founding Partner, Cadence13: One of the most creative thinkers and leaders in the industry, Corcoran leads all partner acquisition and content development across all of Cadence13’s programming division.

Since Corcoran joined the company in May 2015, Cadence13—a leading premium podcast company that is part of Entercom’s Podcast Network—has partnered with some of the most influential creators and brands, including: Crooked Media, goop, theSkimm, Unsolved Mysteries, You Must Remember This, Jemele Hill, Rachel Hollis, Karina Longworth, Lauren Conrad, Andrew Yang, Kevin Durant, Emma Chamberlain, David Dobrik, Tony Kornheiser, Jon Meacham, Charli and Dixie D’Amelio, TenderfootTV, Ben Reiter, David Plouffe, Elle Fanning, The Dolan Twins, Kobe Bryant, JJ Redick, Leon Neyfakh, Headspace, People, Deepak Chopra, CJ McCollum, Gretchen Rubin, James Andrew Miller, Market Snacks and many more.

Corcoran’s vision led to the creation of Ramble, a podcast network of some of the most influential digital stars in the world. Corcoran is also the Creator and Executive Producer of the Peabody-nominated C13 Originals studio, home to such critically acclaimed podcast documentaries as It Was Said; Gangster Capitalism; Long May They Run; Once Upon a Time...in the Valley; Relative Unknown; Hope, Through History; and The Edge, an investigative documentary on the Houston Astros. Corcoran created and developed the concept for C13 Features—a pioneering podcast feature studio focused on creating a wide-ranging slate of compelling feature-length fictionalized stories of all genres that appeal to a wide audience—and will serve as executive producer for all productions/features and lead the new studio.

Corcoran was named a “Power Player of Podcasting” by Business Insider in February 2020. Cadence13 was named one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019.”

Beth Clearfield
SVP Digital Strategy and Franchise Business Management, Digital Strategy & Franchise Business Management
BBC Studios Americas
Beth Clearfield, SVP, Digital Strategy and Franchise Business Management, VOD US Overheads, BBC Studios - Americas: Beth Clearfield is responsible for the development of new digital markets for BBC programs and has a central role in determining business development activities for BBC Studios – Americas (FKA BBC Worldwide – North America), as well as shaping content strategy for the region and managing the P&L for the company’s transactional businesses. She also serves as BBC Studios’ Global Account Director for Amazon, guiding the company’s strategy in relation to this key client and leading global sales and commissioning activities. Clearfield was previously responsible for all digital distribution for BBC Studios – Americas, managed program supply for BBC AMERICA, and oversaw a department that served as the central program information resource for all BBC Studios sales teams in North and Latin America. A 20-year veteran of BBC Studios – Americas, Clearfield’s accomplishments include the company’s first deals with clients such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, iTunes, Microsoft, Google, Vudu, Yahoo!, AOL, Fullscreen, and iN Demand. She was instrumental in the development of BritBox (BBC Studios’ joint venture OTT service with ITV Studios) and worked on the conception of BBC AMERICA as well as BBC Studios’ joint venture channels in Canada and Latin America. Clearfield graduated magna cum laude from Yale with a degree in Economics and Political Science and also studied at the Yale School of Drama and at NYU.

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Mamzelle Adolphine

TraceItService

Calvin Anderson

Calvin Anderson

President

New Tri State Defender

Brenda Andrews

Publisher

New Journal and Guide

Amelia Ashley-Ward

Amelia Ashley-Ward

Publisher

Sun Reporter Publishing Co.

Ed Atkins

Managing Partner

VIvid Creative Services

Rashid Bahati

Plan B Agency

Angela Ball

NBCUniversal

Denise Barnes

Publisher

The Washington Informer

Violeta Barrett

Violeta Barrett

Manager

Church Medical Offices

Juernene Bass

AFRO American Newspapers

Nicole Batey

Assistant

AFRO American Newspapers

Michele Beatty

VP of Advertising & Business Development

South Florida Times

Robert Beatty

Publisher

South Florida Times LLC

Remmington Belford

Communications Director

Rep. Yvette D. Clarke

Raymond Bell

CEO

the hope project

Mollie Belt

Publisher/CEO

Corinth Communications, dba The Dallas Examiner

Chris Bennett

CEO

The Seattle Medium Newspaper

SANDRA BLACKWELL

SANDRA BLACKWELL

PUBLISHER

Westchester County Press

SANDRA BLACKWELL

SANDRA BLACKWELL

PUBLISHER

WESTCHESTER COUNTY PRESS

Lauren Bond

Project Manager

BondGirl Ent

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