Brent Durst Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Advisor to CEO, CTO and CFO | Napster, Inc. Nashville, TNProvide consultative services focused on auditing cloud spend and implementation of Cloud Governance and FinOps best practices across engineering, finance and product teams.Board of Directors | MaxSet Worldwide, Inc. Seattle, WADuring my tenure on the board of directors at MaxSet Worldwide, Inc., Iserved as an advisor, providing insights and guidance on strategy, productdevelopment, and cloud architecture and security. Notably, I played apivotal role in the company being awarded the highly prestigious AFWERXsmall business innovative research grant by the United States Air Force,showcasing our commitment to innovation and excellence.Sony Music Entertainment, Seattle, WA; New York, NYAs an independent consultant at Sony Music Entertainment, I led thedevelopment and execution of a comprehensive cloud strategy for migratingon-premises workloads to a cloud-based infrastructure. This involvedbuilding and managing a global cloud operations team, comprising solutionarchitects, DevOps engineers, business analysts, and project managers. Ifostered cross-functional collaboration across security, IT, operations,networking, and development teams to ensure seamless integration andalignment with organizational objectives.Some key achievements include:Devising and implementing a cloud strategy that connected US and Frankfurtdata centers to AWS via Direct Connect, supporting regional officesglobally.Realizing annual IT infrastructure services savings of over $2 millionthrough strategic migration to AWS.Managing an AWS Enterprise Support Team, laying the foundation for a robustCloud Governance Practice.Directing the implementation of automated solutions using Ansible, therebyenhancing deployment efficiency and ensuring compliance.Contributing to the decommissioning of on-premises infrastructure, leadingto significant IT footprint optimization.

New York, Us

DDEX is a consortium that I'm proud to be part of, comprising top-tier mediacompanies, music licensing organizations, digital service providers, andtechnical intermediaries. Our collective focus is on establishing digitalsupply chain standards for audio and video subscription services.At DDEX, we're at the forefront of developing messaging formats that poweressential aspects of content licensing, delivery, and sales reporting forsome of the biggest names in the industry. Our standards are instrumental inenabling seamless operations for platforms like iTunes, Napster, Spotify,Pandora, and over 50 other global music services.By collaborating with industry leaders and leveraging our expertise, DDEXcontinues to play a pivotal role in shaping the digital landscape, ensuringefficiency, transparency, and interoperability across the digital supplychain for audio and video content.

Auburn, Wa, Us

In my role, I oversee pre-sales activities for cloud solutions,collaborating closely with our sales teams to ensure that our strategiesalign with the unique objectives and challenges of our clients. My focus ison translating complex client needs into actionable cloud and infrastructurestrategies through consultative discovery and solution architecture.I play a pivotal role in facilitating account planning and partner teamselling, drawing on my expertise to lead on-site client engagements anddrive the adoption of our solutions. Additionally, I actively contribute topipeline development by identifying and nurturing potential revenueopportunities while staying attuned to industry trends and clientrequirements.One of my key achievements was spearheading the CoPilot program, whichestablished strategic engagements with prominent customers such as AmericanFamily Insurance and Sutter Homes Winery. Through this initiative, Ifostered long-term relationships while also seizing immediate revenueopportunities.I also take pride in developing a robust pipeline that has generated over $2million in revenue, including a significant AI development and trainingopportunity valued at over $1 million with Alamo College District.Furthermore, my strategic relationship-building and deep industry knowledgeled to the successful facilitation of a $1.7 million Staff Augmentation dealwith a major insurance carrier.Lastly, I played an integral role in finalizing the Microsoft Service DeskUnified Support offering, ensuring competitive pricing and operationalreadiness for high-profile opportunities with companies like NiSource andAmeren Utilities.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Technical and sales consultant for cloud computing, caching, and IP delivery services. Deployed a wide range of services on a unified global digital distribution and on-demand computing service using a combination of internally developed solutions, licensed technologies, and vendor services. • Negotiated and managed corporate vendor contracts with AKAMAI, Level3, Limelight, and Signiant. • Supported 200+ properties totaling $60 million annually.• Consulted on event driven projects: 2008 Olympics, Mark Burnett Rock Star

Redmond, Washington, Us

As a part of my role, I managed catalog, database, and live site operationsfor prominent Microsoft products including MSN, Zune, and Xbox. Thisencompassed overseeing data integrations with a multitude of contentpartners, ensuring seamless operations and optimal performance.One of the key responsibilities I undertook was coordinating advertising andmerchandising campaigns across various platforms, including web and mobiledevices, to enhance user engagement and drive revenue growth.Here are some of the service features I managed:Handling a petabyte of content, necessitating robust infrastructure andefficient management systems.Facilitating ingestion and royalty accounting processes for thousands ofcontent partners, ensuring accuracy and transparency in financialtransactions.Managing catalogs across multiple territories, catering to diverse audiencesand regional preferences.Overseeing user account management, ensuring a seamless and personalizedexperience for our users.Facilitating content delivery worldwide through various channels, includingdownloads, streams, or as part of a subscription service.

Managed catalog and database operations for leading on-line music subscription service. Oversaw licensing and acquisition initiatives. Developed long term competitive strategies to address industry trends, data integrity, and accuracy of metadata and encoded files.• Created the most comprehensive offering of new release and back catalog tail content to date.• Worked closely with editorial and music producers to create rich programming.• Oversaw metadata processing, data importing, file encoding, file post processing, and archiving.

Developed overall content management strategy for an online music download service. • Oversaw design, deployment and operations of content licensing and acquisition initiatives. • Coordinated with IT, legal, product, and business development to meet defined business goals.• Built a competitive catalog with minimal resources.

Built the largest catalog of legally licensed digital music in early 2000. Planned and implemented the process to acquire, digitize and store a catalog of 2 million audio tracks. Oversaw encoding and metadata operations.• Completed on tight timeline in 8 months. • Outsourced extensively to a third-party encoder, led the team that completed the project.

Arlington, Va, Us

Established project documentation standards for a team of producers and project managers. Oversaw the implementation of WebLogic for publishing and managing community discussions. Managed resource allocation and production budgets for 7 business units. Directed outbound marketing campaigns.

Managed manufacturing and inventory for educational programs containing books, videos, CDs, toys, board games and other ancillary items. Managed complex schedules for manufacturing in the U.S. and Asia, as well as assembly of pieces into kits for distribution to schools. Prepared budgets and resource allocation grids for large-scale packaging development and multimedia manufacturing projects valued at more than $2.0 million annually. Provided design direction between internal product teams and external designers/production artists.