This year's Speed Mentoring sessions will feature five specialty categories. Detailed bios are available on the event Web page.
The first is the ever popular Studio Production category with David Kahne, Mark Rubel, Chris Mara, Craig Schumacher, Glenn Lorbecki, Pat McMakin, Drew Waters, Barry Rudolph, Kevin Killen and Todd Whitelock. This category will be separated into Group 1 and Group 2.
The second is the Sound for Picture category where we try to mix it up with different areas of expertise. Mentors include Eric Johnson (Trailblazer Studios), Leslie Mona-Mathus (ABC News), Jamie Baker (Foley), Bill Higley (ADR), Jun Mizumachi (CuttingRoom) and Rick Senechal (Microsoft).
The third is the Gaming category with G.A.N.G. members Tom Salta (HALO, Red Steel), Gina Zdanowicz (Bioshock2, XCOM), Scott Selfon (Microsoft ATG) and Randy Coppinger (Disney).
The fourth is the Live Sound category with Danny Leake (Stevie Wonder), James Lawrenson (Foster the People), Erik Zobler (George Duke), Jeri Palumbo (NBC, ESPN) and Rick Camp (JLo).
Last but not least, representing New York's Broadway productions, Peter Hylenski (King Kong, After Midnight, Motown) heads up the Theatrical Sound category with experts Nevin Steinberg (Far From Heaven, Cinderella), Kai Harada (First Date, Follies) and Simon Matthews (Spider-Man, King Kong).