Dani Deahl is a nimble music industry specialist in the intersection of music, technology, and culture. She’s got over 10 years of experience in developing content and digital-first initiatives with substantial returns, along with uncovering on-trend opportunities that resonate with the intersection of entertainment and technology. She’s also host and producer of The Verge’s YouTube series “The Future of Music.” And she’s well known as a dot-connector with longstanding rapport among key players in music, big tech, and policy. And she’s Vice President of the Recording Academy Chicago chapter, a DJ, music producer, and experienced public speaker.

Vickie Nauman returns in the host’s seat and is well known to the WHO KNEW audience. She’s an expert in music tech and has worked with and for several of the industry’s most successful companies including licensing and product for one of the first legal digital services MusicNet, strategic partnerships for connected device manufacturer Sonos, started and ran the US business for global music platform 7digital, among others. She built one of the first DMCA-compliant services at taste-making station KEXP in Seattle.

Both of these rockstar music execs have worn several very cool hats in the industry and are easily the smartest people in any room they enter. Best of all, they are our guests on The Smartest People In The Room on Tuesday, March 30 at 2:00 pm ET.