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Owen Geronimo

Owen Geronimo is the CMO of The Academy of Fashion Arts and Sciences (Los Angeles) and a Fashion Scout for LVMH Prize (Paris), emerging fashion designer competition.

current Advisory Board at Fashion Tech Alliance in Milan, and a former advisory board at SXSW Accelerator and currently a GQ Insider. A bona fide fashion image consultant/wardrobe stylist that often works with retailers such as: Bloomingdale's; Saks Fifth Avenue; Saks Off FifthMacy's; JNBY. As a brand influencer, he reps the following brands: Heisel (New York); ISM (San Francisco); Selfnation Jeans (Zurich/Berlin); Motochic (Silicon Valley); and Sony FES (San Francisco) to name a few. As a fashion photographerhe has covered event photography for Rebecca Minkoff, Mario Testino; Vogue; Ports 1961; Banana RepublicBetabrandWarby Parker; Eddie Bauer; Academy of the Arts University; California College of the Arts; and more. 

Geronimo is the founder of San Francisco Fashion And Merchants Alliance, Inc. (SFFaMA), a 501c3 education and economic development non-profit corporation supporting fashion, design and technology start-ups, entrepreneurs and communities - the largest fashion industry organization in California with over 20,000 members nationwide and active industry partners. He is the Executive Director of the annual San Francisco Fashion Week™ showcasing innovative and emerging designers, innovative brands and sponsors, and a full schedule of events and workshops featuring fashion, design and technology entrepreneurs, retailers and public projects. 

Additionally, Owen is the founder of Fashion+Tech Media LLC that produces the following event series : WearTechConRetail Tech SummitDisrupt Fashion Hackathon. He held a position as an advisory board at SXSW Accelerator for three years and currently a GQ Insider. 

Owen has won several awards including the coveted ‘Best Producer of 2010, 2011 and 2012, 2013’ at the annual San Francisco Fashion Awards ™. He produced the homage runway show "Gaulterize Yourselfduring Jean Paul Gaultier's exhibit at DeYoung Museum for the relaunch of their Friday event series.