Noah Kerner
A New York City native, Noah Kerner, began his career as a DJ at 14, spinning in nightclubs across the country, performing as stage DJ for artists like Jennifer Lopez, and appearing on The Today Show and The Tonight Show. In college, frustrated by the lack of access to DJ gear and Hip Hop culture, Noah founded the first online hip hop portal, which led to a position managing online marketing for the VH1 Group one year out of school.
After a short stint inside the walls of corporate America, Noah co-founded the business invention shop, noise, with the mission of transforming the way brands engage young adults. Among its many creations, noise has developed Facebook's first application, the first credit card to reward responsibility for Chase, the first white label Amazon store, and an open platform for vitaminwater that has led to the co-creation of their newest product. The company has been featured twice on 60 Minutes as the place "to go to if you want to influence the choices of that fickle, unpredictable 20-something demographic." At 27, recognizing an opportunity at the intersection of music and branding, Noah launched his third company Soundproof in partnership with the world's top music manager, Irving Azoff. Soundproof signed music producers like Quincy Jones, Babyface and David Foster to exclusive deals for original commercial music production. At 29, Noah's first book, Chasing Cool, was published by Simon & Schuster. Co-authored with creative visionary and co-CEO of Barneys, the book's examination of business and popular culture is furnished with insights from 70 of today's business visionaries ranging from Clive Davis and Bob Pittman to Ian Schrager and Tom Ford. Chasing Cool has been featured in such media as NPR, CBS News, Forbes, WWD, The Financial Times, Vanity Fair, GQ and was highlighted as one of Advertising Age's "Top 10 Books You Should Have Read" in 2007. Noah was one of Billboard Magazine's "Top 30 Under 30" most influential business and entertainment executives. He has keynoted conferences for Old Navy, Moet Hennessy, Fairchild Publications, and eBay; contributed editorial to Advertising Age and Departures Magazine; and was most recently elected to the Boards of Russell Simmons' Global Grind. Noah is a graduate of Cornell University where he studied Economics and Psychology.
What he presents:
Branding
Marketing
Social Media
Product Development
Intergenerational Issues