Ed Traversari, M.B.A.

Professor Ed Traversari has more than 30 years of live entertainment management expertise including being partner in the local Pittsburgh concert promotion company, DiCesare Engler Productions. DiCesare Engler produced concerts at the Stanley Theatre (which they later sold to the Cultural District to become The Benedum Center), the Syria Mosque, A.J. Palumbo Center, Mellon Arena and Heinz Field among others. His duties at DiCesare Engler included talent buyer, director of marketing, production manager and general manager of the Chevrolet Amphitheatre at Station Square. In 1999, DiCesare Engler Productions was purchased by SFX Entertainment, which was later sold to Clear Channel Entertainment and most recently spun off to Live Nation, the largest producer of live entertainment events in the United States. In addition to teaching, Traversari consults on various projects including working with PBS-TV producers TJ Lubinsky and Henry DeLuca producing concerts for PBS television, and producing culture festivals at Sandcastle. Traversari has been interviewed by KDKA radio and KDKA-TV and was featured as guest on the PCNC show “Night Talk.”

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Phone: 412-392-8016

Point Park University
201 Wood Street
School of Business/SAEM Program
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
United States


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