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Elizabeth Matthews is Chief Executive Officer of ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP), a membership association of more than 800,000 US composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers of every kind of music. ASCAP licenses the public performance of its members' music, collects license fees, tracks performances and distributes to its members royalties based on their performances. Under her leadership, ASCAP has achieved record-breaking financial results, topping $1 billion in revenue for two consecutive years and driving record-high distributions of royalties to ASCAP songwriters, composers and music publishers.

Frank Vella is a business leader equipped to navigate ever-changing market conditions, keeping his company ahead of the crowd with a demonstrated ability to capitalize on emerging opportunities. Over the past 30 years, he has relied on his strength as an operator to help build a lineup of first-rate businesses, displaying time and again both the soft and hard skills needed to drive real shareholder value. As CEO of Information Builders, a leader in business intelligence (BI), analytics, and data management solutions, Mr. Vella leads a workforce of more than a thousand people operating on six continents. Hired as COO in 2017, he promptly led a successful transformation effort across product, marketing, and sales. Today, he continues to bolster the company’s leadership position, defining the role of data and analytics for many Fortune 500 companies, and takes pride in the teams he has assembled and the considerable value those teams create. Mr. Vella’s track record in both venture-backed growth companies and large multinational organizations is unmatched. After a 10-year stay at Microsoft, he joined Quest Software where, as Global Sales leader, he drove significant organic growth. Following that success, he went to then-startup Virtustream as COO and helped lead the company from pre-revenue to $100 million, setting the stage for a $1.2 billion exit. More recently, he ran Global Sales and Field Operations at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Software where he led strategic sales direction and reconfigured the go-to-market model. Prior to joining Information Builders, he oversaw an enterprise expansion and aggressive growth strategy as Chief Revenue Officer at BlueJeans Network.

Christian Briggs Dallas, Austin, LA Christian Briggs is the Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Cinsay, Inc. Christian Briggs was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but he moved to Dallas in 1981. During his high school years, he was introduced to his passion- collectibles. When Briggs first began collecting, he had only a few coins. However, overtime his interest in collecting grew, as did his collections. He is now a renowned dealer of a variety of different collectibles, as well as a Life Member of the American Numismatic Association. Although Briggs specializes in coins, he also has collections in other areas such as classic cars, books, historical documents and antiquities. Being well known in the collectibles industry, he has been requested to offer his opinions in publications, including The Calandra Report amongst others. In addition to collectibles, Briggs is a car enthusiast. He drove in “Gentlemen’s Series” racing throughout the 90s. In 2000, he won the title Ferrari Challenge North American Champion. Christian Briggs’ most recent business endeavor is Cinsay Inc., where he currently holds the title of President and CEO, as well as being a Board member. In 2007, Briggs noticed the emerging business opportunities in eCommerce. This caught his interest and eventually encouraged the creation of Cinsay Inc. Cinsay developed a software platform consisting of a content video player that drives viewers to a point of purchase. The player can “go viral,” and possibly have a dramatic impact on sales. Viewers will actively take part in sharing the video sharing content to others, thus, broadening the audience to consumers. The company currently has headquarters in Austin, Texas, with locations in Dallas and Los Angeles as well. Cinsay has an outstanding Board of Directors and staff of nearly 130, and the potential for infinite growth. Christian Briggs currently resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Julie, and their two beautiful children.