James Mowdy

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(He/Him) Opera Innovation. Where opera, technology, brand, culture and global innovation meet. Founded in May 2020, Opera Innovation began as a platform where opera-world entrepreneurs shared their ideas, initiatives and small businesses as the pandemic shuttered performance worldwide - we remain the only platform dedicated to exploring how tech, brand, culture and global innovation intersect with the operatic arts and the operatic experience.
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Biography

James Mowdy

Since founding #bspokebrands in 2011, we've used bold tactics and goal-focused strategy to tell unique and powerful brand stories across a variety of channels and experiences, working with clients like The Santa Fe Opera, University of California, San Francisco and the British American Business Council of San Francisco. In addition to #BrandStoryNow trainings at SF Conservatory and live #Operatawk interviews via Twitter, we launched #BrandTherapy in 2019 - confidential, in-person and remote guidance for small businesses, startups and the C-suite, delivering communications and strategy solutions to founders, teams and brands, including several 2020 Santa Fe Opera apprentices, noted opera composers, directors and leaders. Founded in May 2020, #OperaInnovation is where opera meets technology, brand, culture & global innovation. We’re building a new space where outside business and opera professionals meet, mix and collaborate, expanding the art form beyond traditional silos, advocating for improved opera-world best practices while creating broader, deeper understanding of and appreciation for opera in the business community and popular culture. Business of opera content, insights and bespoke events, with a new website launching this Spring.