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Dedicated to live, interactive, music, and film events.

Our experience has earned us the respect of the industry and award recognition, such as over 30 nominations to Best of Austin.

Luis Zapata

CEO, M.A.

Luis was born in Lima, Peru. He earned his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. Having worked in the music industry since 1994, Luis spent time at record labels – ranging from blues to metal – working with seminal artists, from Grey Ghost to Metallica. He introduced Rock en Español to Central Texas, creating the Latino Rock Alliance. His deep roots extend into all parts of the music and event production industry.

Currently his interest focuses on integrating all aspects of modern technology into each event with a passion for realizing his goals of creating a more sustainable world through SEM’s green productions.

Luis supports scholarships and the Luis Zapata Collection at UT Libraries.

Eliana Rios

Marketing & Business Coordinator

Eliana is an experienced executive in commercial and marketing areas in Latin America and the USA. She has a background in Business Administration, and a dual MS Marketing (Esan, Peru) / MS in Marketing Intelligence (ESIC, Spain). Eliana has forged various ideas for projects related to industrial marketing such as CRM program implementation, customer loyalty, and lead generation at their previous workplaces. As an independent consultant, Eliana has implemented successful marketing plans focused in inbound marketing and social media for peruvian companies.

Alex Goff

Graphic Designer

Alex Goff is a rock musician that majored in Music Business at Austin Community College and has since been working for Special Events Live taking pictures for events, managing this website, and editing social media presence regularly.