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PandoraSenior Director, Music Royalties
Oct. 2015 - Mar. 2025Oakland, CAAs Director of Royalties at Pandora, I lead all royalty reporting operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency in a high-volume streaming environment.
* Spearheaded the development of Pandora’s royalty system, designed to process tens of billions of streams and distribute tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments every month.
* Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Finance, Engineering, and Content Licensing teams to ensure seamless integration of royalty-related requirements.
* Established a robust, SOX-compliant approval process for all royalty changes and obligations, enhancing financial controls and transparency.
* Managed strategic relationships with content partners and music organizations, fostering trust and operational excellence.
* Implemented an advanced music fraud detection and prevention framework to safeguard Pandora’s ecosystem.
* Responsible for final approval and distribution of Pandora’s royalty reports to licensing partners, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
* Served as the key liaison for all internal and external audits, as well as royalty-related inquiries.
* A member of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) Operations Advisory Committee.
RdioHead of Global Music Royalties
Jan. 2015 - Oct. 2015San Francisco Bay AreaResponsible for the day-to-day management of the Royalty Reporting department: * Managed all aspects of royalty reporting and payments for Rdio streaming services in 85 territories.
* Distributed over 21K monthly reports to over 200 organizations worldwide, including Music Labels, SoundExchange, PRO’s, Collecting Societies and other partners.
* Worked hand-in-hand with Content Licensing reviewing contract requirements, and translated those into engineering specs, ensuring proper implementation and compliance.
* Worked closely with Finance, Licensing, Legal, Content Ingestion, Business Development and Engineering departments.
* Oversaw prioritization and execution of all reporting-related tasks with various teams.
* Implemented new internal royalty and analytics dashboards for Finance and Accounting.
* Collaborated with engineering in the development of an automated global currency exchange platform.
* Provided audit support during certification of Company’s Annual Statement of Accounts, which were distributed to 60K+ publishers in the U.S.
Myspace MusicSr. Director, Royalties and Analytics
Mar. 2008 - Oct. 2014Beverly Hills, CAResponsible for the planning, implementation and management of MySpace Music royalties, BI and data analytics to support its music streaming services. * Led implementation of a scalable and robust data and royalties system, processing millions of streams (audio and video) and billions of ad impressions each month.
* Developed a foundational blueprint for mapping the music revenue ecosystem for the entire site.
* Managed user behavior and site advertising analytics to drive data-informed decisions.
* Key contributor to business growth, expanding from 4 major label partners in the U.S. to 16 content partners across 4 countries in under two years.
* Produced key social networking metrics for revenue forecasting, supporting sales, marketing strategies, and competitive landscape analysis.
* Streamlined reporting processes, reducing monthly data processing costs by 25%.
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