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Austin, Tx, Us

Launched independent music publishing company affiliated with BMI, handling personal catalog of compositions. Produced three feature length commercial CD releases by the artists Balfa Toujours, Charivari and Charles Thibodeaux. Staff coordinator for the Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week.

Austin, Texas Area

Design and execute services for music policy consultancy, including survey design, social change methodology research, data analysis, modeling of concepts, development of recommendations and authoring reports.

Guided Austin-area music and theater venues through SBA’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant application and compliance process, securing over $1.3m in much-needed relief for local creative businesses hit hard by the pandemic.

Austin, Texas Area

Recruited as a private-sector veteran to develop a long-term strategic plan for Austin’s commercial music industry, a diverse ecosystem which currently drives over $1.8bil in local economic impact. A key recommendation of the 2015 Austin Music Census, this analysis required extensive research, a unique design and deep strategic analysis. Conducted over 60 interviews of business leaders and participated in various conferences such as the North American Music Cities Summit and the RHI’s Sociable City Leadership Summit. Intensive collaboration with various City staff culminated in a presentation of recommendations to City management’s executive leadership.

Austin, Texas Area

Executive in charge of all Ray Benson’s corporate operations (doing business as Asleep at the Wheel, Bismeaux Productions, Studio & Records), including all HR, finance, marketing, information systems and operations of 18-person S Corp. Manage third-party service providers such as accounting, risk management, sales (agency) and legal. Highlights include:- Engineered 100% increase in gross annual revenues of 40-year-old organization, resulting in New York Times 2007 feature, “A Band Struts Again, Under an M.B.A. Baton.” - Co-founded Bismeaux Records, supervising domestic and international releases by "Willie and the Wheel" (Willie Nelson and AATW), Ray Benson, Texas Tornados, Leon Rausch, Carolyn Wonderland, Asleep at the Wheel, Aaron Behrens and Jason Roberts. - Developed and managed private equity partnership, raising over $400k in outside investment to support album marketing campaigns. - Orchestrated 2 year process for release of "Still The King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills" album, most notably the contractual negotiations for 22 featured guest artists.- Artist management for Asleep at the Wheel, Ray Benson, Carolyn Wonderland, Raul Malo, Wheeler Brothers, Texas Tornados & Aaron Behrens and the Midnight Stroll. - Co-founded and produced A Ride With Bob : The Bob Wills Musical, called by The New York Post “the greatest night in Texas,“ profiled by NPR and CBS Sunday Morning. Raised $1M in underwriting, resulting in sold out performances at Kennedy Center, and 70,000 paid tickets in 19 cities. Tour management of 34 personnel. - Co-produced "Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas," raising over $750,000 in one evening for victims of 2011 wild fires.

Developed key financial and operational recommendations for this high growth new media marketing firm. Built cash flow model, conducted activity analysis and designed process flow maps. Installed accounts receivable collection system that decreased working capital by 20%. Presented final recommendations in two installments: one to entire company staff and one to senior management.

Nominated for a Grammy Award for the 1993 recording Trace of Time. Transformed a regional ensemble into a seasoned international touring act which enjoyed recognition most notably in PBS's Great Performances and Robert Duvall's The Apostle and was reviewed as "the best of the genre's past, present and future" by Musician and "Cajun music's most likely to succeed" by Billboard. Generated compound annual growth of 28% over five years while engaged in 700+ concert, festival, special event, dance and club performances in North America, Europe and Japan. Negotiated three contracts with independent record labels and supervised five album projects, including pre-production, recording, design, marketing and promotion, resulting in 95,000 unit sales. Administered all business affairs including accounting, payroll, contracts, insurance, and financing. Collaborated in creative musical development as band's bassist, vocalist, producer, fiddler and composer.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Social Anthropology

Mba, Entrepreneurship