Speaker

Garry Williams

Head of Metaverse Advisory Department at Unit9

Garry’s experience spans both the technology and creative industries, having held senior positions at several post-production and recording studios including the world renowned AIR Studios. His love of creative technology pulled him into the world of extended reality, working at Disney-backed Jaunt and REWIND before joining UNIT9 where he continues to help brands capitalize on the latest immersive tech to tell their stories in groundbreaking ways.

Speaker

Federico Salvitti

SevenTrain Ventures Operating Partner and Chair of NYU Marketing Symposium

Federico is Partner & CMO of SevenTrain Ventures, a boutique venture development and special situations Investment firm; As a market maker, he leads revenue growth in Tech, Education and Insight Driven products & services with extensive global experience in E Sales Strategy & Enablement, Commercial Innovation, Digital Marketing, Marketing Management, Martech, Content, Operations and LMS.
Currently, he is a professor at NYU in Marketing, Data and Business Strategy.

Speaker

Stefano Marrone

Visual Storyteller

Stefano works at the intersection of creativity and technology, bridging the worlds of Marketing and Entertainment. Stefano was featured in the “100 Under 30” List by Forbes Italia, shortly after the successful sale of Nucco Brain, the comms agency he founded. He is a board member of the Unit9 Group and Non-Executive Director at Book on a Tree, a global storytelling hub servicing clients such as Disney and Penguin. He is also a Start-up advisor and mentor, supporting the Google for Start-ups initiative, as well as guest-lecturing in Marketing and Creative Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, UCL, and ESCP in London and NABA in Milan.

Speaker

Hannah Seckendorf

Experience Design Strategist

With a degree in cognitive neuroscience from Brown University, Hannah has harbored a lifelong obsession with how different technologies, spaces and mediums shape human emotion and perception. Growing up alongside the explosion of mobile and social media, she has seen first-hand how technology has shaped the collective consciousness of her generation. Having spent the past two years reimagining the design of online community at a tech startup, Hannah is perfectly positioned to continue exploring the future of the Metaverse.

Moderator

Gary Kreissman, MBA 1977

Founder, Group PRM

Gary Kreissman is a customer acquisition entrepreneur and marketing strategist, with a substantial track record of rapid revenue generation for clients in financial services, premium products and digital media.

Gary is Founder and Managing Partner of Group PRM, which develops and markets proprietary lead generation and conversion programs leveraging digital media, AI and neuroscience. He co-founded, managed and sold Precision Prospects Inc., a 7-figure revenue digital lead generation company.

Previously, Gary was SVP of Lipper Inc., the mutual fund information provider, where he created a digital data feed business and was instrumental in the sale of Lipper to Reuters. Earlier, he was CEO of ActDirect, the first database-driven couponing company. Gary has also held senior positions at ValPak, Remy Martin and Ogilvy & Mather.

Gary has an MBA from Harvard Business School (1977).