About The Speaker
Nick Marinelli
Nick Marinelli is an event management and business operations consultant, with a focus on gaming events and the video game music community. As a 20 year as veteran of the anime and gaming event community, his community building efforts eventually led to him becoming the Executive Director of MAGFest, the Music And Gaming Festival. During his time with MAGFest, the organization grew from a single 500 person gathering to a multi-event non-profit boasting 25,000 attendees at the annual flagship event. Nick retired from his position at MAGFest in 2019, and he now manages his own consulting and events company, 118 Event Productions. Nick also runs Video Games In Concert, the world's first music booking agency focused on live performances of video game music.