For over 25 years David Hazan has worked in the entertainment industry where he has held a number of senior positions at top music and media companies, most recently as Head of North America for Midem, a leading industry event serving the global music community.

Over the course of his career, he has consulted 25+ tech, brand, media, event and festival clients including Omnispace360, Audioshake, .DOTMUSIC, Qrates, AEG Network Live, Audible Reality, Audio Design Desk, Cirque Eloize, Microsoft, Xlrator Media, Festicket, Ottawa Bluesfest, CID Entertainment, Putumayo World Music, TVT, found.ee, Stay22, LiveMusicStage, Shout! Factory, Mobile Backstage, GigSalad, as well as the O’Cannabiz, GrowUp and Canadian Music Week conferences, where he produced multiple panels, events and hackathons.

David’s deep music marketing experience includes senior positions held at The Orchard, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Vh1/MTV Networks, Putumayo World Music, and Wind-up Records where, as Executive VP of Sales and Marketing, he created and directed the marketing and release campaigns for multi-platinum Grammy winners Evanescence as well as for Creed, Seether and Finger 11 among others.

He is a frequent speaker, interviewer and moderator at leading industry events around the world including IEG, SXSW, MusicBiz, Amplify, Canadian Music Week, Midem, Mondo NYC, Indie Week, Screen x Screen, SF Music Tech, and MU:CON among others.

David has also held senior positions at leading experiential marketing agencies such as US Concepts/MKTG; UG Strategies; and EMCI/Rockbill, where he ran their London office.

David lives in Nyack, NY with his family.