Schwartz, Lori H.

As a leading advisor and speaker in marketing and tech innovation, Lori collaborates with top creative and strategic executives of multiple brands, tech and content companies to ensure their understanding of emerging business models while designing unique experiences to create engagement.

She is a CNN Technology Contributor and a frequent speaker at major industry events & private companies. She’s a former Governor, for the Television Academy's Emerging Media Programming Group and recipient of the Lucy Hood Digerati Award for her contributions to the Television Academy. 

Her StoryTech initiative, which  facilitates communication between storytellers and technology companies, curates trends briefings, show floor tours and unique exhibitor discussions at major events such as @NAB, @CES and @Liveworx to name a few.

Previously, Lori was Chief Technology Catalyst for McCann Worldgroup, NA, where she was responsible for driving technology innovation at one of the world’s largest marketing communications companies. She was the principal to launch the highly regarded IPG MediaLAB.

She has been profiled as one of the “30 Executives Shaping the Evolution of Media & Technology” by Variety and “100 People to Have Lunch with” by MediaPost Publications.

Lori launched Digital Hollywood’s ‘Women’s Entertainment & Technology Mentor Program’ and is part of the innovative team behind The Infinity Festival, Los Angeles' newest festival focused on 'StoryTelling Enabled By Technology'.

Lori is Los Angeles based and is Mom to the fabulous Sadie Bee, her favorite gig.