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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

➢ Provide strategic and technical guidance on all Royalty, Copyright and Licensing administration for Concord’s Recorded Music, Music Publishing and Theatricals businesses throughout the world.➢ Oversee client relations strategy and teams➢ Provide oversight of global income tracking teams➢ Lead acquisition onboarding and integration, including deals > $300 Million > 140k assets➢ Primary business sponsor for technology documentation/evaluation project for Publishing

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

➢ Lead role in commercializing new digital technology and artificial intelligence to manage “big data” and complex royalty and residuals payments for the music and entertainment industry.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

➢ Brought this music tech platform startup from concept to market in less than 7 months - with a selection 10x larger than its nearest competitor. ➢ Built business development/sales teams and implemented targeted branding/marketing strategy to facilitate immediate market penetration.➢ Relocated head office and operations from LA to Nashville.➢ Integrated technology, content, data, community and expertise to aid the discovery, comparison and licensing of music for accompanying… Show more ➢ Brought this music tech platform startup from concept to market in less than 7 months - with a selection 10x larger than its nearest competitor. ➢ Built business development/sales teams and implemented targeted branding/marketing strategy to facilitate immediate market penetration.➢ Relocated head office and operations from LA to Nashville.➢ Integrated technology, content, data, community and expertise to aid the discovery, comparison and licensing of music for accompanying moving picture. Show less

Franklin, Tn

President of North America Classical Company, Inc. and its 6 subsidiaries.➢ Focussed on expanding revenue streams and ensuring sustainability through new services and partnerships, streamlining operations and reducing costs, and commercializing new technologies.➢ $50M NA P&L responsibility for $100M global record label, distributor, licensor and retailer. Managed 6 companies with total staff of 180 in CD/DVD product distribution, and global digital distribution… Show more President of North America Classical Company, Inc. and its 6 subsidiaries.➢ Focussed on expanding revenue streams and ensuring sustainability through new services and partnerships, streamlining operations and reducing costs, and commercializing new technologies.➢ $50M NA P&L responsibility for $100M global record label, distributor, licensor and retailer. Managed 6 companies with total staff of 180 in CD/DVD product distribution, and global digital distribution. Subsidiaries:Naxos Rights US, Inc.➢ Grew NA licensing sales to advertising industry into key revenue driver, expanding untapped market to grow sales 800% in 3 years, and capturing 2 Super Bowl ads in 2016 and 2017.Naxos Digital Services US, Inc.➢ Greatly expanded NaxosMusicLibrary product suite from 200K tracks to 2.25M tracks and $8M in revenues by aggressive contract solicitation, signing 4 major labels and negotiating contract for Smithsonian Folkways catalogue.Naxos of America, Inc.➢ Increased physical product distribution profits across NA during each of 4 years despite declining physical media sales by enhancing fulfillment and logistics services, re-negotiating over 200 distribution contracts, and acquiring partner labels while downsizing physical product distribution staff and operations.➢ Applied AI technology to create accurate classical metadata, automating 90% of work formerly done by in-house team of 5, cutting costs by 60%.Naxos of Canada, Ltd.➢ Brought Canada distribution business to profitability for first time in 15 years by moving all support functions to Nashville office and downsizing Canada staff.ArkivMusic, Inc.➢ Negotiated deal to purchase company from Steinway and launched ArkivJazz.com in Q117➢ Created unCLASSIFIED -the world's leading playlisting brand for classical musicAriadne Music Resources, Inc.➢ Grew royalty administration revenues 20x during tenureOversaw wholly-owned back office operation of 60+ employees in Manila, Philippines Show less

Franklin, Tn

➢ Responsible for launching Suite 28 Records as a Nashville-based independent label with recordings that combine genres, drawing influences from classical, jazz, and world music. Suite 28 Records engages in providing label services, merchandising, marketing, PR, publicity, social media activities for its artists.

Franklin, Tn

➢ Led team of 20 across 3 departments with matrix oversight of 60 staff in managing legal issues worldwide and reducing legal exposure. CFO role for NA operations. ➢ Led global corporate restructuring realizing overall savings of $5.25M by relocating all intellectual property to US and creating new companies to minimize tax burden. Conducted legal/financial due diligence, negotiated legal and financing agreements.➢ Negotiated and documented acquisition of numerous record labels and… Show more ➢ Led team of 20 across 3 departments with matrix oversight of 60 staff in managing legal issues worldwide and reducing legal exposure. CFO role for NA operations. ➢ Led global corporate restructuring realizing overall savings of $5.25M by relocating all intellectual property to US and creating new companies to minimize tax burden. Conducted legal/financial due diligence, negotiated legal and financing agreements.➢ Negotiated and documented acquisition of numerous record labels and businesses. Show less

Franklin, Tn

➢ Grew physical distribution business 300% and digital distribution business by 500% in 5 yrs. ➢ Expanded distribution partnerships from 35 labels in 2007 to 350+ by 2012 through energetic prospecting of hundreds of classical labels and aggressive negotiation for customized contracts.➢ Built operations and finance teams to accommodate growth and viability. ➢ Integrated leading edge technology for all systems.

Wallenstein, On, Canada

➢ Grew production by over 400% while integrating stricter safety and quality control standards➢ Managed staff of 100 across multiple departments including manufacturing, fleet/transportation, and capital expansion. ➢ Assumed general contractor role in major mill expansion, saving $1M on new, state-of-art facility, and leading successful transition that allowed increase of sales by 30% during construction while maintaining quality standards.➢ Restructured transportation to support… Show more ➢ Grew production by over 400% while integrating stricter safety and quality control standards➢ Managed staff of 100 across multiple departments including manufacturing, fleet/transportation, and capital expansion. ➢ Assumed general contractor role in major mill expansion, saving $1M on new, state-of-art facility, and leading successful transition that allowed increase of sales by 30% during construction while maintaining quality standards.➢ Restructured transportation to support centralized production, driving creation of customized, flexible equipment that increased average truck payload by 45% over 10 years, keeping delivery costs constant despite massive fuel price increases. Show less

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Activities and Societies: Law Review

Honors Bachelor Of Business Administration - B.B.A., Finance

Certificate, Executive Leadership Development