Speakers
Victor Hamburger
Senior Marketing Manager
victor.hamburger@whartoncenter.com
517.353.1982 x132
Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Victor Hamburger is in his sixth season leading the marketing efforts at Wharton Center and has been working in the industry for the past 13 years. Victor is currently Co-chair of the Broadway Leagues Road Marketing Committee and oversees marketing and promotions for Wharton Center’s four venues and all of its presentations including 15 weeks of Broadway, and over 200 other concerts, dance, jazz, classical, world music, theatre and family performances each season. While at Wharton Center, Victor has led efforts creating Wharton Center’s eClub that reaches millions of patrons annually and has created unique partnerships with Broadway Channel and public radio outlets throughout Michigan.
Chris Szalaj
Business Intelligence Manager
cszalaj@tpac.org
615.782.4050
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
505 Deaderick Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Chris Szalaj has been the Business Intelligence Manager at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center since 2007, where he manages and coordinates digital media strategy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and Music from Tennessee State University, and is a member of several Nashville area technology organizations. Chris recently was asked to serve on the Nashville Technology Council’s Business Intelligence sub-committee, and regularly participates in events with Digital Nashville. He has consulted with local non-proft organizations such as the Vanderbilt University, Nashville Jazz Workshop and the Nashville Ballet on optimizing and refining their digital footprint and developing new consumer relationships using emerging interactive and social media.
Sean Zehnder
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
seanzehnder@gmail.com
847.909.4843 mobile
Socialesque
socialesque.com
Sean Zehnder is CTO of Socialesque, the first consulting firm specializing in measuring engagement. An award-winning software designer and developer, Sean brings a wealth of technical experience to the task of collecting, querying, and visualizing complex data sets. The data mining and visualization technologies he has developed help marketers speed the convergence of their creative ideas toward engaging content with a proven ROI.
Also a contributing member to the session as well as special thanks for designing this website.
Mike Davis
Graphics and Web Coordinatoor
mike.davis@whartoncenter.com
517.353.1982 x148
Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Mike Davis is in his third year working for Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Taking on the role of graphic designer and web master he has brought a creative edge and innovative design and technological sense to Wharton Center. A graduate of Michigan State University with a B.F.A. in Studio Art, he first worked for a small Lansing based graphic and web design firm. Now working on as many different projects for Wharton Center such as the eClub, designing and developing whartoncenter.com and designing most of the print collateral. Mike has recently started his own design and web firm, M Davis Design, that he works at in his spare time.
M. Davis Design
(517) 803-2295
mike@mdavisdesign.com
