Ben Cockerham Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

Responsible for Meta’s integrations with the media industry supply chains, enabling billions of dollars of license implementation and monetization. -Scope included product/engineering for music publishing, scaled global operations team for content ingestion and management, and data analysis/insights on the utilization and management of premium content -Enabled a full DSP-scale music product, including ingestion and operationalization of recordings and publishing -Industries included record labels globally (audio and video), music publishers/societies globally, movie/TV studios, Meta-funded creators, stock image houses, and other non-music CMOs

Greater New York City Area

Nyc

Built multiple products to enable scaled rights management of copyright and trademark, and managed the development and operational implementation. Raised funding from Autodesk, Correlation Ventures, and others. -Product conception, development, management of PMs and engineering teams -Database development and schema creation for multiple rights databases (music, trademark, branded content). Strategy for data acquisition -Creation and scaling of ops processes for collection and management of data; design/development of tooling -Acquired by Facebook in 2017 in order to operationalize global music licenses

Nyc

Developed YouTube’s music publishing monetization systems and simultaneously ran operations for the RightsFlow acquisition to enable billions of dollars in music ad inventory. -Designed rights management products and tooling for publishing identification, monetization, revenue tracking, backpay liquidation, and catalog management -Ran a 50+ person global team encompassing product, engineering, and operations, and focused on enabling ad revenue through rights clearance

RightsFlow is a leading provider of mechanical licensing services and royalty payment technology for online music services, record companies, distributors and artists. The RightsFlow technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for both licensees and licensors. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary licensing technology and extensive database allow us to license content, render accounting, and pay royalties on behalf of clients quickly and accurately, ensuring that rights-holders are paid for the use of their work. RightsFlow currently serves over 9,500 clients obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major/independent and artist controlled works. Clients include [PIAS], Muzak, Amie Street, Kontor New Media, The Orchard, INgrooves, Hoodiny, CAM, Zebralution, E1 Canada Distribution, IODA, Cooking Vinyl, CD Baby, Disc Makers, & X5 Music Group.

At The Orchard, Ben served as Director of Global Operations for the Music Services division. He was instrumental in the division’s conception and realization, and served as the day to day manager over the business areas of Film, TV, Advertising, and Interactive Synchronization, Publishing Administration, Mechanical Licensing, Ringtone/Ringback licensing, Neighboring Rights Collections, and Special Licensing Services. With Patrick Sullivan, he started and managed operations in over 10 territories around the globe. Beyond the management and operations of the division, he developed and implemented a variety of innovative licensing arrangements that offered new revenue models and a chance for artists to increase exposure across international borders.