Projects

Led the assessment of catalog activity and royalty statements provided by a European Collection Management Organization (CMO) to let them know if SX thinks they have been paid properly.

Led the creation of a functional report that identities a set of unmatched and unclaimed results from the Mechanical Licensing Collective’s (MLC) Bulk Data Feed to be claimed for a large independent music publisher’s repertoire against the $424 million provided by Digital Streaming Platforms (DSP) from the Music Modernization Act.

Built a software that identifies the rights ownership and administrative publishing agreements for a set of musical works that enabled a large venture capital firm to identify the recordings connected to their musical works catalog.

Led the development of a business intelligence dashboard for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Future of Work (FoW) Initiative that provided key insights for where and how government employees were working to provide cost-saving opportunities for the state.

Led a C-Suite discussion with the leadership of a large global record label conglomerate around the value proposition of creating Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) for their artists that enabled them to better manage the exchange of royalty payments via the blockchain.

Led the creation of an “artist-centered design” approach for a large global record label conglomerate that enabled them to build a customer-centric support desk to answer their artists’ questions around royalty payouts and accounting.

Led discussions with a large music streaming platform on how to amortize and capitalize their new and existing Podcasting assets and implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool to better manage the digital rights of their non-audio assets that enabled the platform to elevate their bottom line for key business units.

Led the development of a proof of concept for a permissioned blockchain solution with a Large Media & Entertainment Conglomerate to manage the exchange of royalty payments via the rights and entitlements of independent artist contracts that enabled the company to better attract and retain recording artists for their record label.

Led the design of a proof of concept for an end-to-end cloud-based service platform to facilitate label adjacent services for large computer manufacturers’ music streaming platform that enabled the platform to identify areas where they could improve their service offerings over the next decade.

Led the provision of a comprehensive data strategy to capture audience engagement data and e-Commerce services for a large global record label conglomerate that enabled their marketing team to bring their artists closer to key customers.

Led the commercial due diligence (CDD) efforts of a capital raise for a small music licensing start-up from Ireland that enabled acquisition by a large global investment firm.

Advised on the capital raise of an acquisition for a large music publisher around alternative approaches for advance recoupment, black market revenue, and royalty accounting that enabled the publisher to get acquired for more than $300 million.

Led trainings and tutorials for the new CFO of a large global music publisher that helped the CFO to identify areas where the publisher could improve upon challenges to the current music industry business model.

Led discussions with C-Suite of a large global video game publisher around how to incorporate virtual live concert events into their eSports platforms that allowed them to improve gaming aperture and player experience.

Built a real-time artificial intelligence software platform for a large global live event company that captures data from fan impressions during live performances and makes real-time recommendations to artists on how to customize their live experiences.

Led the design, development, and sale of a fully integrated Digital-Out-Of-Home (DOOH) advertising software to a large global venue management company that was featured at the 2022 Super Bowl in Los Angeles, CA.

Led a cross-functional team of analysts to conduct a market research study that enabled a large cloud service provider to successfully launch their DeepComposer hardware and software products.

Built a dashboard that identified key trends and business development opportunities for a large global consulting firm’s music industry practice that enabled them to secure additional investment for new service offerings.

Advised on a project with the U.S. Copyright Office that redesigned the User Experience of their Electronic Copyright Office (eCO) system to enable users to better track and verify rights ownership information for musical works and songwriter lyrics.

Led the creation of a proof of concept for a Machine Learning-based Search Engine for Patent Examiners that uses the data and insights are gathered from the filing process to provide them with approval or denial recommendations that has aided a 4% increase in patent application submissions since the start of COVID-19.

Created an independent record label that helped independent artists discover and develop their talents through access to music distribution with Sony Music and The Orchard, worldwide publishing administration to secure synchronization and mechanical licensing revenues, and the ability to maintain full ownership of their publishing.

Led a Las Vegas-based label in the drafting and negotiation of artists’ publishing contracts, mediated negotiations with label vendors, and managed the release of over two dozen artists’ records that yielded tens of thousands in revenue and produced millions of digital downloads and streams for label artists.

Advised the creation of an agency-wide prototype submission campaign for implementing Robotics Process Automation (RPA) at a large law enforcement government agency that was successfully launched and implemented by their Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Led a team of developers that enhanced business intelligence reporting for security clearance adjudications for a law enforcement government agency by maintaining the agile ceremonies, crowdsourcing best practices, gathering reporting requirements, troubleshooting user-facing issues, and providing quality assurance.

Advised the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer (CIO) on how to better implement source code policy that enabled them to expand their approved-products list and adopt open-source software platforms.

Designed video tutorials for how to install mobile application updates for the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Information Services Agency (DISA) that enabled soldiers, sailors, and marines around the world to receive better mobile cyber protection and functionality.

Led an audit of over 4000 global data centers for the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Information Officer (CIO) that improved the allocation of over $4 billion annually in IT expenditures.

Led the testing and publishing of a SharePoint site for the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of Legislative Affairs (OASD-LA) to track global congressional travel for members, staff, and military liaisons that improved correspondence and policy negotiations between the executive and legislative branches.

Led product integration sessions with a small microfinance team to enable their regulatory approvals with the Bank of Tanzania and the Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA).

Led a team of consultants that delivered an IT Modernization Strategy and Implementation Roadmap for the Government National Mortgage Association’s (Ginnie Mae) 10-Year Strategic Plan that modernized their lending programs, enhanced their counterparty risk management, and fostered better data quality.

Led the formation of weekly White House reports containing updates on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, World Trade Organization (WTO) activities, and Tech Company Global Earnings that provided insight to the President of the United States on global competitiveness and compliance with international intellectual property standards.

Advised on the legal implications of and gathered evidence for internal Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations for the United Nations’ Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) that helped to safeguard the delivery of humanitarian assistance to more than 5 million Palestinian refugees.

Advised the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) on developing key performance indicators that enabled them to meet government-wide cyber goals, transform their workforce, and better manage their data centers.

Led an assessment for the U.S. Department of State’s (DoS) Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) that enabled them to improve compliance with Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) data center reforms.

Led strategic communications for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) International Trade Administration (ITA) on how the U.S. Commercial Service can promote stronger U.S. exports that enabled more small businesses to facilitate memorandums of understanding with the agency.

Led the establishment of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to streamline security procedures, IT requests, and meeting approvals for civilian employees of the U.S. Department of State’s (DoS) Bureau of Consular Affairs that enabled greater enterprise-wide cyber encryption of the agency’s visa and passport data.

Led the creation of the U.S. Department of State’s (DoS) first intern events programming that led to the facilitation of dozens of events with high-level officials attended by hundreds of the Department’s interns each fall and spring semester since 2012.