Sr. Vp And General Manager
Brentwood, Tn
Operations, Business Affairs, Creative Services, A&R Post Production, Sales, Finance- Oversight of all financial, administrative and operational issues including profitability analysis, Marketing & Promotion spend, production spend and participating in numerous company-wide reorganizations; aggressively managed bottom line for consistent profitability in a challenging business climate and declining market.- Direct oversight of the Label Finance, Label Sales, Operations, Creative Services and A&R Post Production departments with direct staff management of 20+ and indirect of 50+ more.- Participated in M&A negotiations to acquire labels or create JV partnerships with third parties.- Daily interaction with Business Affairs on all issues including signing of every artist on label including TobyMac, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Tomlin, Switchfoot, David Crowder, Avalon, etc.- Drove relationship with sales/distribution division to maximize profitability on new releases and create sales from deep catalog of titles and masters.- Managed label sales growth from $19.9m to over $48.6m with EBITDA of up to $11.4m, while overall company sales grew from $19.9m to over $105.9m.- During tenure, the Company earned more than 123 Gold & Platinum album certifications, 170 Dove Awards, 20 Grammy Awards and was named Billboard Christian Label of the Year for thirteen 13 years. "I had the privilege of working with David for 20 years and watched him grow from an exceptional controller to a trustworthy, reliable and creative general manager. The size, innovative spirit and unified management of our company allowed David to develop across all disciplines of the business preparing him, in my humble opinion, for any challenge or opportunity given him in the future." - Bill Hearn, CEO, Capitol Christian Music Group