William Mackey

Wonders who will meet the not-unassuming asking price of $3.3m for the unassuming house in Braunau, where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889.

West Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Male

About

As a volunteer member of WWUH Radio 91.3 FM, a public alternative radio station operated as a community service by the University of Hartford, William Mackey serves on the staff of the Classical Music Department. He was the producer and host of "What You Will" -- the Friday edition of "Evening Classics" -- from May 2003 until May 2007. His program was focused on modern and contemporary chamber music, as well as music for solo instrument and voice. During the course of these more than 200 broadcasts, virtually all of the major string quartet cycles composed in the twentieth-century were played on WWUH Radio. There is probably no other music program on radio that can make a similar claim in the exploration of this engaging and sometimes challenging music.

Among William Mackey's primary interests is the evolving impact of Web 2.0 -- the changing ways in which software developers and end-users use the web as a platform -- more particularly in seeking ways to exploit such features in developing and transacting business internationally. It is also this interest in Web 2.0 that brings him to Virb and the opportunities this platform offers to meet and network with a diverse range of interesting people from the world of contemporary classical music.

Outside of his business career, William Mackey enjoys a widely varied assortment of activities and pursuits. He is active in a number of civic organizations, including the Harvard Business School Club of Connecticut, Harvard Club of Northern Connecticut, President's College at the University of Hartford, World Affairs Council, and MIT Enterprise Forum.