About
Strategic Consultant. Music and media professional with over 17 years of rights management experience. Consults for business management firms and others looking to outsource royalty department services.
Royalty Hunter. Tracks down missing royalties for superstar talent. Helps maximize income streams.
Music Publisher. Licensing, administration, and creative.
Royalty Accountant. Expert in record label royalty accounting, statement preparation and analysis, desk audits, financial due diligence, and asset valuation.
Connector. Links buyers and sellers of music and media assets.
Work history
USA Media Rights, Inc., MOB (My Own Boss)
President & CEO of USA Media Rights, Inc.
Established in California in 2012. Our services reflect over 15 years of music, media and entertainment business experience. Our clients and partners currently include music and media companies, business management firms, record labels, artists, producers, songwriters, music publishers and production music libraries. We maximize opportunities for rights holders. We manage creative careers. We oversee clients' reporting and media rights obligations. We administer and monetize content.
AudioSynchMedia
Owner
A music licensing platform with quality music presented to music supervisors for licensing.
TheFirstExchange
Consultant
Music Acquisitions ∙ Sales Consortium ∙ Advocacy
Provident Financial Management, Director, Publishing & Royalties Dept.
Head of Department. Administered music catalogs for superstar artists and songwriters. Co-founded and ran independent publishing company and record label. Pro-actively placed songs in audio-visual media.
Administration, licensing, copyright, song placements, PRO registrations, desk audits, publishing catalog valuation, record label royalty accounting, digital distribution.
Lenard & Gonzalez LLP, Legal Assistant/Music Paralegal
Publishing administration, music clearance, synch/master use/mechanical licensing, contract drafting and negotiations, IPO legal due diligence.
MCA Records, Recording Administration Assistant
The job that brought me to LA
Education and qualifications
Berklee College of Music B.A., Professional Music / Music Business
Harvard University , Environmental Management
Bergen Teacher's College Certificate, Music
Universitetet i Bergen (UiB) Intermediate course, Comparative Politics, Philosophy, Logic
Norwegian Air Force Honorably Discharged, Air Force Academy
