Jacob Marshall is a Partner and Head of Strategic Partnerships at Quantum Spin Studios. Jacob holds an Interdisciplinary Studies degree in Aesthetic Theory. In 2000, Jacob co-created the band MAE (Multisensory Aesthetic Experience). MAE have sold over 500,000 albums worldwide and performed over 1600 concerts on 5 continents.Beginning in 2011, he worked to help launch and produce the first four Global Citizen Festivals which collectively brought 240,000 music fans to New York's Central Park between 2012 & 2015. In 2016, Jacob conceived, produced and performed, the world’s first large scale collective virtual reality concert experience from inside Jerusalem’s 3000 year-old Tower of David to close the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit.In 2019, he was awarded the Spirit of Windrider Award at Sundance Film Festival, released a VR multisensory experience with Tribeca Film Institute, and had an original musical composition world premier in Carnegie Hall with the UN Chamber Music Society and members of the NY Philharmonic.As an interdisciplinary creator and connector his focus is on multisensory aesthetic experiences. He and his partner Hae-jin founded EMBC, a multisensory art community and studio lab.Jacob serves as a longtime member of the advisory board for Future of Story Telling (FoST) where he helped to launch and serve as board member of the social impact initiative "FoST for Good" in partnership with HP and Facebook. He also served for 5 years (2011-2016) as the Cultural Curator for the Wedgwood Circle Institute, and as an ongoing artist mentor at the New Museum's Art + Tech incubator NEWINC (2013-2022). He is an advisor to J Balvin’s mental health platform Oye, and the Experience Design Certificate Program by Odyssey Works. He is also an advisory board member to TED Audacious Prize winner Project CETI with Dr David Gruber, which is attempting the first comprehensive inter-species communication using advanced AI to translate whale songs into human language. Jacob is also a professor at the College of Extraordinary Experiences in Poland.He’s presented or performed at the United Nations General Assembly 2017, Cannes Lions, multiple Forbes Under 30 Summits, multiple Future of Storytelling Summits & Festivals, New Museum’s NEWINC, Yale University, Nexus Global Youth Summit and many more.