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Andrew Recinos weaves together a talk about the human brain, history and technology, and the essential nature of arts and culture

How to Think Like a Human

Andrew Recinos

President & CEO, Tessitura

How to Think Like a Human

11/14/2018

28 min

Text. Textiles. Technology. 

How did the human brain change as humanity moved through each of these developments, and what was the role of culture? 

In this talk, Tessitura Network President Andrew Recinos explores how we slowly changed the way we use our brains, and the long, complicated history that resulted. How, he asks, can those of us working in arts and culture weave creativity back into humanity? 

“What is the vitamin that your community needs to prevent their creative scurvy?”

Andrew delivered this talk to 500 attendees from more than 60 arts and cultural organisations at the 2018 Tessitura European Conference in Manchester, UK in November 2018.

Andrew Recinos

Andrew Recinos

President & CEO
Tessitura

Andrew Recinos is the President & CEO of Tessitura Network.

Recinos brings a unique skillset to the position, having held roles as business leader, arts administrator, technologist, and musician over a three-decade professional career.

He began his affiliation with Tessitura in 2002, working as an implementation contractor for new Tessitura members. In 2009 he became the Product Manager for the Tessitura Next Generation project, serving as a key member of the leadership team for the largest technology effort since the company’s founding. In 2012, Andrew was named Executive Vice President and in 2017, President of Tessitura Network, working closely with Co-Founder and CEO Jack Rubin. In 2020, with the planned retirement of Rubin on the horizon, the Tessitura Board of Directors unanimously named Recinos as President & CEO beginning January 1, 2021.

Prior to joining Tessitura, Andrew spent eight years as a member of the leadership team of Jacobson Consulting Applications (JCA), an independent technology company devoted the non-profit sector. His roles included management and technical consultant, project manager, and for several years the founding Managing Director of Products, where he oversaw the launch of several popular data analytics products including T-Stats and the Revenue Management Application.

From 1995 until 2002, Andrew served in a variety of roles in fundraising and technology at Carnegie Hall in New York City, including Director of the Friends of Carnegie Hall and Head of Systems for Development.

Andrew is a pianist, trumpet player and composer and has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Recinos served as the Resident Composer of the Godlight Theatre Company in New York City for a decade and was part of the artistic team awarded a Drama Desk Award in 2010.

He holds a master’s degree in Arts Administration from the O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and currently serves on the O’Neill School Distinguished Alumni Council. Andrew also serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Cultural Affairs and is a Board Member of ArtsFund. Andrew lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Peg and child Rowan.

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