KEYNOTE: "What a Difference Makes Today” Tony D. Alexander, MADE IN MEMPHIS ENTERTAINMENT LL
Keynote Speaker:
Tony D. Alexander, President and Co-Founder of MADE IN MEMPHIS ENTERTAINMENT LL
Tony D. Alexander is Co-Founder, President, and Managing Director of Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME) LLC. In this role, he oversees all operations at MIME’s vast family of companies, including recording studio 4U Recording, music distributor Beatroot Music, sync catalog Heavy Hitters Music , independent music publishing company MIME Publishing, and independent record label MIME Records. These entities all work together toward Alexander’s vision to develop and promote diverse talent on both the creative and business sides of the music business while re-establishing Memphis as a key music industry hub with global reach.
Alexander is also a veteran business executive with over 20 years of experience developing and implementing corporate strategies and leading a disparate group of companies. Wherever he has worked, Alexander has been committed to ensuring improved finances, heightened productivity, and enhanced strategic outcomes. He is a serial entrepreneur who founded, co-founded, or was an early employee at six different businesses in various industries that were successfully acquired (NuAge Technologies Inc., The Gwenet Group LLC, Alveolus Inc., WeCom Systems Inc., OptimumPath LLC, H-Power Inc.).
As a registered patent attorney, Alexander understands innovation and regulation. He has focused his legal practice on client counseling in all aspects of procuring, licensing, and enforcing patents, trademarks, and copyrights, with significant experience in trade dress and trade secret matters. His background broadly encompasses intellectual property, technology transfer, venture capital, and regulatory compliance, with an emphasis on emerging companies.
Alexander is also an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, where he teaches Food & Drug Law, Patent Law, Entertainment Law, and Trademark Law. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). His work has been featured in publications such as The National Law Journal, Nature Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Compliance Monitor, Billboard Magazine, Music Week, South Carolina, Business Journal, and In Business Magazine.
Alexander is a magna cum laude graduate of Morehouse College. He also holds both a Master of Science and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A committed community activist who serves as Senior Pastor of a growing Memphis congregation, Tony has been married to his best friend, Dr. Gwendolyn Alexander, for 27 years. They have three children — 15-year-old Natalie, 13-year-old Philip, and 10-year-old Memphis Paige — and reside in Memphis, TN.