Eamon Harkin

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About Eamon Harkin

A senior executive with domestic and international experience in technology, the music industry & entrepreneurial pursuits. Blending creative and strategic thinking, operational attention to detail and strong business acumen with extensive industry experience and cultural knowledge to execute for immediate impact and ongoing success of a wide variety of operations & businesses. In 2009, together with business partner Justin Carter, founded New Release and Mister Saturday Night as platforms for New York-based cultural events and a now internationally recognized record label and touring DJ duo. With the subsequent inception and launch of Mister Sunday, a hugely successful daytime, outdoor, all ages community-oriented music event, major presence was gained for their unique brands within the competitive cultural landscape of New York. In 2014 New Release announced an initiative to give back 10% of all net profits to the Robin Hood Foundation, a poverty fighting organization in New York. Over the past five years, these events and music endeavors have gained attention across diverse press outlets, such as New York Times, New York Magazine, Fast Company, Pitchfork, Vogue & The Guardian. In the summer of 2015 they opened Nowadays, a 21k square foot outdoor & indoor food/beverage and music community space in Ridgewood Queens. The New York Times called it an 'all outdoor urban oasis'. Nowadays aims to continue to continue to grow the community and philanthropic focus of their other events. Previous corporate experience as a technology executive leader at Director level, progressing through domestic and global roles across a wide variety of technology disciplines over a 15-year period at Barclays Bank. Heading organizations with up to 200+ employees, led the strategy and execution of major initiatives to continuously advance technology services in support of business needs while driving significant cost reduction & competitive advantage.