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A dynamic programming, talent buying and marketing leader with 30 years of experience in presenting live entertainment, Brian has worked with some of the largest brands in the entertainment industry - Live Nation Entertainment, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall as well as independent concert promoters and performing arts centers. His skills include entertainment marketing, talent buying, development of a diversified programming mix, contract negotiations, media buying, venue management, public relations, non-profit arts management, patron loyalty and dynamic pricing strategies.

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Brian began his career at Radio City Music Hall developing promotional and publicity campaigns for concerts and events at the “Showplace Of The Nation,” as well as special events including The Grammy Awards, The Tony Awards, The MTV Video Music Awards, and the North American debut of Riverdance – The Show. In 1999, Radio City Entertainment became part of the Madison Square Garden family and Brian began marketing events at The World’s Most Famous Arena, The Theatre at MSG and the legendary Beacon Theatre.

In 2004, Brian began working with legendary independent concert promoter John Scher’s Metropolitan Entertainment for eight years, working on hundreds of concerts and events throughout the northeast at various clubs, theatres, arenas, amphitheaters and stadiums. North American tours with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Bryan Adams, Def Leppard, INXS, Bob Weir & Ratdog, local concerts with Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Green Day, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tony Bennett, David Gilmour and the Tony Award winning Broadway engagement “Liza’s At The Palace” starring Liza Minnelli.

In late 2011, Brian was brought in to oversee the programming and marketing as Executive Producer for the State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey, an 1,800-seat performing arts center. His presence was felt immediately and the venue experienced unprecedented success, including the #1 ranking as Venues Today Magazine “2,000 seats or fewer” (2013) and the #19 ranking in Pollstar Magazine “Top 200 Theatres / Worldwide Ticket Sales” (2013). He revised the pricing and scaling of the venue to maximize revenue, increased patron loyalty, curated balanced and diverse seasons of multiple entertainment disciplines, and fostered a record-breaking Broadway Series with a 259% increase in attendance. His relationships with booking agents, artists, and managers brought star power including Crosby, Still & Nash, Harry Connick Jr., Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band, Jane's Addiction, Diana Ross, Chris Cornell, Sarah McLachlan, Jackson Brown and Jay Leno. He also took part in the 2017 Pollstar conference as a panelist on the topic “How Does My Venue Get That Show?”

Brian joined Live Nation Entertainment’s New York office in 2018 as Senior Talent buyer, where he secures talent for a broad portfolio of Live Nation venues, including The Theatre at Westbury (formerly known as the Westbury Music Fair), which just celebrated its most profitable year in venue history.

Since 2002, Brian has worked on a variety of freelance projects, including the development of booking and marketing strategies for performing arts centers, venues and festivals as well as various other entertainment-related projects.

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