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President & CEO, Abt Associates | Mission-Focused, Inclusive Leader | Passionately Working Toward Equity for All

I run the world's largest community of Music Managers with over 1000 members representing artists, songwriters and producers in the UK with global businesses. We educate, innovate and advocate. Focused on campaigning for a fairer more transparent music industry that operates in the interest of artists and their fans. Proud of the work of FanFair Alliance.Specialties: Policy and Public Affairs, UK, US and EU Government Relations, Communications strategy, Stakeholder Relations, EU policy, Trade Policy, Supply Chain Management, International Project Management.

Mr. ElSawy has been the Chief Executive of Noblis since October 2007 and serves as the President responsible for the general management and strategic direction of its overall scientific, technical, financial, and administrative activities. He was elected to the Noblis, Inc. (Noblis) Board of Trustees in 2007. Mr. ElSawy has extensive experience leading organizations and developing innovative solutions to some of the most complex challenges facing public sector enterprises in the following domains: national security, transportation, health, and the environment. His work experience includes research and development, complex engineering of information and telecommunications systems, modeling and simulation, enterprise transformation using cloud and high performance computing, program management and acquisition of large scale systems. He has also earned an international reputation as a leader in aviation; informing domestic and international aviation policy. Under his leadership as President & CEO, Noblis was selected several times as a Top Employer by the Washington Post, selected as one of the “50 Best Small and Mid-size Companies to Work for in America,” and named one of the “World’s Most Ethical” companies by the Ethisphere Institute. Prior to joining Noblis, Mr. ElSawy was a Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development of The MITRE Corporation. Mr. ElSawy served for seven years as the Director of the Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) for the FAA. Mr. ElSawy holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Georgetown University, a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from The George Washington University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University. In 2009, Mr. ElSawy was named EcoCEO by SmartCEO magazine and was named to the Washingtonian Tech Titan list multiple times. In 2012, he was elected to the George Washington University Engineering Hall of Fame and in 2016 he was selected to the Wash100 by Executive Mosaic. Mr. ElSawy currently serves as a Board Member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), and a Board of Trustees member of George Washington University.

Steven Omick is a President/CEO at RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE and is based in New York City, New York. He has worked as President/CEO at Rincon Research; Pres:Applied Communication Sciences at Vencore, Inc.; and President at Vencore Labs. Steven studied at New Mexico State University between 1981 and 1987.

Ed Merrow is the Founder and CEO of Independent Project Analysis, Inc. (IPA), the global industry leader in quantitative analysis and benchmarking of project management systems. After receiving his degrees from Dartmouth College and Princeton University, Merrow began his career as an Assistant Professor at University of California Los Angeles, followed by 14 years as a research scientist at The Rand Corporation where he directed the Energy Research Program. He is a recognized expert on the development and commercialization of new process technologies and management of large and complex projects. His recent books include his critically acclaimed Industrial Megaprojects (John Wiley 2011) and Leading Complex Projects (John Wiley 2018). Ed’s current major research effort centers on a quantitative analysis of how contracting strategies and delivery systems shape project results. That will result in a new book on the subject in late 2019.IPA evaluates projects and project delivery systems primarily for industrial companies in oil, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, minerals, and power and infrastructure. IPA’s clients are worldwide. IPA also maintains the largest projects research organization in the world with a full-time staff of over 40 inter-disciplinary researchers studying how to better develop and execute capital projects.