About
FABIAN ALSULTANY, Impresario
A first-generation American of Iraqi and Cuban decent, Fabian Alsultany has spent his life bridging gaps. Dubbed by Billboard Magazine as the “world music impresario,” Fabian Alsultany is a producer, entrepreneur, futurist, and dj.
He has produced and guided the creation of countless albums and concerts since the early 1990s, launched the live events division for Putumayo World Music, represented music industry legend Chris Blackwell (Bob Marley/U2) as Director of A&R and Festivals at Palm Pictures, and founded Uprise Management & Productions where he represented a stable of world music stars, branded festivals, and was the talent buyer of legendary nightclub SOB’s. As the creator of GlobeSonic Sound System, a traveling DJ collective that fuses traditional music from the Middle East, India, Latin America, and Africa with modern electronica, he has brought the evolving sounds of international music to global audiences. His works as manager, producer, representative and dj have taken him throughout the world.
Alsultany’s private ventures include establishing Uprise Works, a group of creative business professionals who provide creative marketing & strategic consulting for individuals, musicians, record labels, festivals and companies. Another venture is a full service international music company, GlobeSonic Entertainment that focuses primarily on producing groundbreaking tours, shows and festivals in the entertainment and wellness industries. Alsultany is also a partner in Kinetic Management, Inc. an artist management company specializing in the representation of artists, producers and composers from both the United States and the Indian subcontinent. Another passion of Alsultany involves a company, Agua Prana, which concentrates on the sale of a new water regeneration technology to governments around the world.
Alsultany is a board member of The North American World Music Coalition, the United Nations International Day of Peace steering committee and on other various philanthropic and socially conscious organizations.
BERYL JACOBSON, Lead Strategist
Beryl Jacobson’s work as a designer, producer, developer, consultant, and entrepeneur is drawn from 20 years of creative work in both for and not-for-profit companies. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Conservation & Resource Studies in an interdisciplinary major titled “Re-defining Environmentalism”. His expertise has grown out of his life long passions and experiences in Eco Design and all things with ecological and sustainable integrity, many years as a musician, traveling the globe to learn, work and play, serving as executive producer and director on short films and now designing and producing large websites, business backend infrastructures and new media marketing strategies with his company, Mozaik Media.
Mozaik Media has proven itself as a New Media organization able to dynamically communicate, strategize, create, design and deliver with and for the most successful companies, festival events, organizers, corporations, NGO’s and non profit organizations on the planet, as well as for incredible start up companies with visionary ideas.
In 2004, Beryl Jacobson, also co-founded EQ Media, which includes Ashland’s The Mobius, Mobius Productions, and the social network and production company EQ.TV (Equilibrium Television), building it’s online presence to over a million impression a year. His software and design program skills excel in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, and many other new media tools he uses to help others express themselves, interact and engage. He has also added to his skills the use of all smart phone platforms for productivity and marketing, including Palm, Nokia, Blackberry and the iPhone.
ANGELA HUFFSTUTLER, Managing Director
Angela Huffstutler, co-founder and Managing Director of Uprise Works, is a creative professional whose experience encompasses a diverse mixture of marketing, public broadcasting, administration and multi-media design across many industries. A native of Austin, Texas, Angela earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Texas and took advantage of the close proximity to Latin America where she spent a lot of time traveling, living and becoming fluent in its language and culture. This led her to delve into many other cultures and naturally to work with a variety of entities such as Putumayo World Music, NPR, Persian Arts Festival, and GlobeSonic Entertainment.
As the former radio director at a leading independent record label, Putumayo World Music, Angela brings a wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to music, events and marketing. While at Putumayo she successfully managed radio promotion of their catalog, new releases and artist or branded tours in addition to producing and marketing their internationally syndicated radio show. She gained wide exposure for artists, the label and its strategic partners through thinking outside the box and forging scores of relationships. Angela has worked with a range of other syndicated programs such as Jimi Hendrix Live at Monterey: American Landing, NPR’s Latino USA, Pulse of the Planet, Science Diaries, Symphony Space Live, Heat and other special series.
She has also worked in real estate, with independent artists, health and wellness providers, content providers and non-profits that have provided opportunities to build on her knowledge of market trends, strategic planning, and leadership. In 2005, Angela co-founded the Persian Arts Festival, a not-for-profit, arts and cultural organization, where, as executive director, her ambitious drive and dedication has created a thriving, unprecedented festival of its kind that highlights the voices and visionaries of Persian art and culture.
Angela provides marketing and design expertise, intellectual leadership, strong project management skills, a broad understanding of global popular culture, and an ability to find innovative solutions to marketing challenges of any size and scope.