BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Spearheaded by Founder and CEO Nizer Saunders, Brooklyn Tech Week (https://www.brooklyntechweek.org) is a five-day gathering of growth companies, tech startups, investors, policy makers, data scientists, gamers, and educators, converging to share best practices and big discoveries in tech. Under the tagline "Tech Expansion 2020 — The Impact of Brooklyn's Tech & Creative Ecosystem", this year's festival — from Wednesday, November 6, 2019 to Sunday, November 10, 2019 — encompasses immersive learning, big connections, and events geared for entrepreneurs to gain access to resources, capital, networking, and partnership development.
Sponsors of Brooklyn Tech Week include NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn Law School, CareerDevs Computer Science University, BKLYN Commons, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and Chainhaus.
Startups receive a world-class accelerated learning experience from successful tech leaders sharing insight on growth, scalability, culture, venture funding, additional funding resources, and much more. Driven by the mission of the festival, media personality and technology maven Shefik (https://shefik.info) will moderate a panel titled "New Business of Music and Tech", where he will navigate discussion points on the convergence of the industries of music and technology.
The panel will be held on Friday, November 8, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET, at the headquarters of National Grid, 1 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201. Festival sponsor National Grid is an international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. Tickets are available via Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-tech-week-startup-econ-2020-tickets-68230436071.
Scheduled panelists to engage with Shefik consist of the following:
Ina Burke
Senior Vice President, Original Content Entertainment Enterprises
iHeartMedia
https://www.iheartmedia.com
Ina Burke oversees the creation of original and branded short form video content and programs iHeartRadio's YouTube and Snapchat Discover channels, using interviews with recording artists, original sketches with iHeartRadio talent, and more. Burke's team reflects the evolving state of short form digital content and includes hybrid roles that require creatives to be experts in technology, innovation, and production. She has over 15 years of experience in production and content strategy.
Jason Hadshian
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
[istandard]
https://istandardproducers.com
Jason Hadshian is the manager for music producer and 2-time Grammy Award Winner Focus (Dr. Dre, Eminem, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne); Seven Corners Music Publishing / BMG; and singer-songwriter Kaydence (Ariana Grande, Justine Skye, Teyana Taylor, Nelly). Hadshian is also the author of the book "How I Left My Job and Made It in The Music Industry". He consults small businesses and coordinates over 100 events in 36 markets for music producers via his company [istandard].
Daniel Dewar
Founder
Paperchain
https://paperchain.io
In 2017, Daniel Dewar founded Paperchain, a Techstars company, on a mission to build a faster revenue recognition and payments platform for the digital media industry through a new model of decentralized finance and programmable banking. After working in digital production, he headed up the marketing and strategy team at one of Australia's leading data and analytics agencies, leading the agency's transformation from a consultancy to a marketing and ad technology company.
"I am excited to 'talk tech' at the location of my birthplace: Brooklyn, New York," says Shefik. "The line-up of scheduled panelists alludes to an interesting afternoon of insightful and well-rounded discussion."
Shefik is celebrating over 20 years in the professional workforce. He began his career as an entertainment publicist, working with companies such as Motown Music Publishing, Island Black Music (Island Records), and Double XXposure, as well as high-profile recording artists, such as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee The Isley Brothers, 5-time Grammy Award winner Dionne Warwick, and Tony Award winner and 4-time Grammy Award nominee Melba Moore.
Shefik later expanded his skillset to technology, where he worked as Technical Producer at TIME magazine. Afterwards, he worked as Web Developer and Engineer at Condé Nast Digital (Vanity Fair, GQ, Wired), Vimeo, Columbia Law School (Columbia University), Publicis Modem (LG, Sanofi Pasteur), HUGE, and Penton Media, among others. Additionally, he has held senior-level positions at many celebrated brands, including IBM, NBCUniversal (CNBC, Syfy, Chiller), MTV World, Merck, Merriam-Webster, and Wolters Kluwer. Shefik currently serves as a Technical Lead at NBC Sports.
It is apparent that Shefik is on the cutting edge of multimedia, as he also serves as Executive Producer and Host of the nationally syndicated radio show and internationally syndicated video series, "Shefik presents Invocation" (https://invocation.co). He uses this media platform to amplify the voices and acknowledge the thought patterns of people across a variety of ages, ethnicities, occupations, creeds, and belief systems. The radio show is oftentimes aligned with Shefik's various philanthropic endeavors and alliances with non-profit organizations. As of this writing, "Shefik presents Invocation" has won over 35 industry awards (for audio, video, and website), many of which were awarded at the highest level.
Through various distribution agreements, Shefik produces accompanying video content, which can be viewed internationally on Amazon, in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, as well as via other notable outlets worldwide. The video content can also be viewed throughout the United States via a variety of outlets, inclusive of storefronts, medical offices, car dealerships, restaurants, salons, urgent care centers, pharmacies, malls, sports arenas, and more. Particularly, Shefik's video content can be viewed at heavily trafficked locations, such as the 10,000 seat Webster Bank Arena (Bridgeport, CT), the casino Mohegan Sun (Uncasville, CT), as well as select locations of Dunkin' Donuts.
As an award-winning videographer and producer, Shefik's work has been featured in television broadcasts and video productions for TIME magazine, The Washington Center, "Unsung" (TV One), Broadway World, and a major news station in New York City. Additionally, his photography has been featured in print and online publications, such as Daily Mail, Harvard Kennedy School Magazine, Playbill, and China Press.
Media Contacts
Shefik
All Knight Access
+1 (914) 548-5033
shefik@allknightaccess.com
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All Knight Access
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toni.knight@allknightaccess.com
Last Updated: May 30, 2021
