Andrew Byrnes has spent over two decades helping organizations move from ideation to impact through legal expertise, government relations and public policy acumen, operational excellence, and partnership development.
Andrew is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel at PresenceLearning, a venture-backed company democratizing access to life changing care for students nationwide. From 2013 to 2015, he served as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, America’s innovation agency, overseeing agency operations, public policy efforts, and engagement with the global innovation community. After leaving the Obama Administration, Andrew was an executive at Shuddle, a pioneering ridesharing-for-kids service. Prior to his government service, he represented technology companies and inventors as a Silicon Valley-based attorney at several major law firms, including as a partner in Covington and Burling, LLP.
Andrew has also been involved in philanthropic and political endeavors, including working with Full Circle Fund and Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc., and holding numerous political leadership positions. In addition, he produced the international award-winning feature length documentary, “The Power of Two,” about the importance of organ donation and transplantation.
A graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School, Andrew lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Isabel.
Omar led all global brand marketing and advertising efforts at Beat Electronics. He applied his extensive marketing expertise across brand development, advertising, retail experience, entertainment / sports marketing, and digital marketing. A strategic marketing professional with +15 years of experience in global marketing and a proven track record of success, Johnson created deep consumer connections with the brand.
Johnson has driven explosive growth in the category through groundbreaking campaigns including #ShowYourColor Solo Campaign, Powerbeats starring LeBron James and The Pills featuring Chris Rock and Eminem. He strategically and successfully made Beats the headphone of choice to the best musicians and the best athletes in sports.
Under Johnson’s tenure, the business grew from $180 million to a $1.1 billion dollar global icon and category leader. Beats is the #1 premium headphone in N. America, UK, France, Germany, S. Korea and Singapore.
Before Beat Electronics, Johnson led innovative marketing programs for international brands including Nike, Coca-Cola and Campbell Soup. As an advertising lead at Nike, Johnson produced some of Nike's most memorable TV commercials including "Rise," starring LeBron James, "All Together Now," featuring Kobe Bryant and "The Most Valuable Puppets".
Johnson also built the Nike+ sports music platform, establishing Nike’s first revenue-generating relationship with record labels. Johnson and his team created an industry-first sports music program with Universal, Interscope, Sony, Capitol, Def Jam and more than 25 independent labels. This collaboration sold +5 Million tracks and deepened the connection between music and sports.
