Seth Schachner

Managing Director, Strat Americas; Former Senior Digital Business Executive at Sony Music, Microsoft, Liberty Media, Viacom

Seth is Managing Director of Strat Americas, a Los Angeles-based consultancy that provides strategic guidance and helps clients with media and technology partnerships. Seth is an experienced business development executive who spent eleven years with Sony Music, where he held senior digital leadership roles in Latin America and for Sony’s Jive Records label in North America.

Previously, Seth held business development roles with Microsoft, Liberty Media, Viacom, and Universal Music. Seth was one of AOL’s first business development executives, overseeing partnerships with the American music industry.

Seth is a graduate of Columbia University in New York, where he earned a BA from Columbia College and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a frequent commentator on television and radio and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine’s Business School and joined the Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University.