Robert Burns Nixon is a broadly accomplished business leader based in San Francisco, with a track record spanning decades and several industries. He is particularly focused on combining technology, entrepreneurship, and creativity to drive economic development and innovation eco-systems in key markets. As CFO and Executive Board of Directors at SFFAMA INC, he has helped to spearhead some of the city's most notable events and initiatives, including the annual San Francisco Fashion Week and the RETAILTECH Summit. As a former Director and consultant for major global firms such as Sony Corporation and LVMH Group, Nixon brings deep expertise in areas such as international trade, utility markets, and aesthetic investments, as well as consumer electronics, business technology, and embedded systems optimization. He is also classically trained in music, fine arts, and culinary arts, and has a background in theoretical chess.