The Smartest People In The Room®
Nick Sciorra and Emil Winebrand
Nick Sciorra is a seasoned media, entertainment and technology growth leader with 25 years of expertise as enterprise, fund and corporate development advisor, attorney and IP structuralist at the forefront of innovative business designs, monetization schematics and scaled platform growth strategies. Expert in complex Media-Tech IP transactions, Nick has a proven track record of revenue growth, valuation acceleration and strategic exits, through development of uniquely optimized properties and partnerships with MSG Ventures-The Sphere, The Walt Disney Company, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group-Global Digital Business, Verizon 5G Labs, and YouTube, as well as handling complex value development for Ariana Grande, Pharrell Williams, and The Wu-Tang Clan. Nick has served as Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Clive Davis Recorded Music Institute.
Emil Winebrand is a visionary problem-solver with over two decades of experience pushing the limits of technology. From leading teams in physics, electro-optics, and software engineering to his time in the IDF’s elite intelligence unit, Microsoft Surface, and Magic Leap, Emil has consistently delivered innovation. He holds both a Master’s and Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University and has been recognized with multiple awards for his contributions. As CEO and co-founder of insoundz, Emil is at the forefront of transforming enterprise audio experiences through generative AI.
The Smartest People In The Room® is a series of one-on-one conversations between music industry executives and personalities hosted by Tom Truitt, Managing Director of the Music & Live Entertainment practice. These hour long conversations draw an audience of hundreds and feature every type of global music industry executive, including agents, managers, attorneys, business managers, promoters, publishers, working musicians, songwriters. The audience is global, with strong concentration in music business centers like New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, London, Toronto, San Francisco, Austin and more.
