Growing up in Sydney, Australia in a household of music, Leon Zervos was exposed to every conceivable genre of music beginning with Salsa, Samba, Rock, Jazz, and Mediterranean styles. At the age of eight, he began sitting in on drums in his father's nightclub and on weekends, musicians would drop by the house for jam sessions. Perhaps that explains why he has gone on to become one of the world's most versatile mastering engineers. From Aerosmith to Anastacia, Maroon 5 to Tito Puente, Leon is equally at home. Leon began his career in 1983 at the prestigious EMI Studios Sydney. By the late 1980s he had established himself as the top engineer in Australia, mastering worldwide hits for artists such as INXS, Keith Urban and Midnight Oil. In 1993, restless for a new challenge, Leon moved to New York, where in a few short years, he established himself with a string of hits, including 'NSYNC, Aerosmith, Mobb Deep, Big Pun, Dream Theater, Eddie Palmieri, Santana and The Black Crowes. In 2003 Leon joined Sterling Sound, where his new, state-of-the-art stereo/surround mastering room won the 2004 Tech Award for studio design. Leon has mastered projects for Avril Lavigne, Rihanna, Duran Duran, Ben Folds and Citizen Cope as well as plenty of 5.1 projects such as Collective Soul, Three Days Grace and Branford Marsalis. He most recently mastered Kerli's "Love Is Dead", One Block Radius, the Academy-Award nominated soundtrack "Enchanted" as well as the latest Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis' "Two Men with the Blues". Leon lives in Manhattan with his wife Melissa and their young daughter.