Dave Stewart is the creator and chairman of Weapons of Mass Entertainment, an idea factory dubbed a media firm for the future world by the Los Angeles Times. His career as a multimedia entrepreneur spans more than 25 years and more than 100 million album sales. Stewart has collaborated with some of the best, including Bono, Mick Jagger, Gwen Stefani, Sinead O'Connor, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan, and has won best songwriter and best producer four times, as well as multiple Grammy and Life Time Achievement Awards. Stewart, who Dylan describes as a daring innovator, was just named one of Fast Company Magazine's 100 Most Innovative Individuals in Business. Stewart is a well-known public speaker who advises businesses on creativity and innovation on a regular basis.

He is a significant counselor to Nokia, where he has the title of change agent, and has pioneered a number of game-changing enterprises in the entertainment business. Stewart is a talented photographer and videographer Read More chevron_right

Dave Stewart is the creator and chairman of Weapons of Mass Entertainment, an idea factory dubbed a media firm for the future world by the Los Angeles Times. His career as a multimedia entrepreneur spans more than 25 years and more than 100 million album sales. Stewart has collaborated with some of the best, including Bono, Mick Jagger, Gwen Stefani, Sinead O'Connor, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan, and has won best songwriter and best producer four times, as well as multiple Grammy and Life Time Achievement Awards. Stewart, who Dylan describes as a daring innovator, was just named one of Fast Company Magazine's 100 Most Innovative Individuals in Business. Stewart is a well-known public speaker who advises businesses on creativity and innovation on a regular basis.

He is a significant counselor to Nokia, where he has the title of change agent, and has pioneered a number of game-changing enterprises in the entertainment business. Stewart is a talented photographer and videographer who also knows how to mix a good vodka martini. Punk Marketing: Get Off Your Ass and Join the Revolution is co-authored by Mark Simmons, a branding guru, pioneer, and co-author of Punk Marketing: Get Off Your Ass and Join the Revolution. He has worked for Coca-Cola as a senior global marketer, run advertising firms in the UK and the US, served as an adviser to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection, and is the co-founder of useless.org, a social company dedicated to helping people use less and give more during the last two decades.

Mark is a frequent speaker on the topics of creativity, marketing, and branding at conferences. He is a firm believer in the power of ideas to transform business and society, and he works with organizations all around the world to put this belief into effect. Mark can be found on Twitter at @markjcsimmons.