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Brian Sirgutz
Senior Vice President, Social Impact AOL/Huffington Post Media Group
Brian Sirgutz is the Senior Vice President of Social Impact at AOL/ Huffington Post Media Group, where he leads all aspects of its global Impact content and engagement strategy; overseeing the Impact, Green, Good News, Global Motherhood and Education sections and developing new Impact business and product development innovations on the AOL/Huffington Post’s platform; The Huffington Post has the largest platform on the web dedicated to social issues where Brian has pioneered using content as a means for large scale global, social change.
Prior to this he was the President of Causecast, a pioneering firm specializing in cause marketing technology platforms, during which he co-founded and led the launch of the HuffPost’s award-winning Impact and Education verticals. In his earlier career in the digital entertainment industry, Brian was a partner with Shawn Fanning, the founder of Napster at NoN Records and President of Elementree Records. Brian was also the manager of recording artist Aaliyah’s estate and non-profit foundation after her passing and the Director of New Media for Wu-Wear. He holds a Bachelor of the Arts degree from the Gallatin School at New York University.
In 2012, Brian was a keynote speaker at SXSW, sharing the stage with Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter and presented "Content as means for social change"
Brian is speaks often to his work during 9/11 as a recovery worker and how that has led to his belief in ones personal story can help change the world. Brian sits on the boards of several non profits including, We Advance and the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation.
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