It has been an honor to work with a passionate group of professionals to do the seemingly impossible in such a short period of time. In just 5 years, we’ve conceptualized, built, launched and expanded The Mechanical Licensing Collective to fulfill the mandate of the Music Modernization Act of 2018 and have paid out more than $3 Billion in royalties to music creators and rights-holders around the world.

I’ve had the honor of collaborating with some of the smartest people in the music rights sector to blend my passion for problem-solving, innovation and technology, education and advocacy to develop initiatives and industry-leading resources to empower music creators and other stakeholders to unlock black box royalties. I am grateful to be able to work fully within my passion and skillsets every day to affect change that directly impacts the livelihoods of music creators around the world.

In my role as Head of Third-Party Partnerships, I lead the Distributor Unmatched Recordings Portal (DURP) initiative connecting 114 music distributors in over 20 countries with one of the most important music rights datasets related to US digital streaming royalties, oversee a team across Latin America through the Radar initiative to locate and educate self-published songwriters and composers about their rights and entitlements in the US, and provide strategic support and guidance to the more than 500 companies around the world that access The MLC’s data through our data programs.

In 2020, The MLC was a developing concept. Today, we are a Music Business Association’s 2024 Impact Award for Technological Excellence recipient and a Fast Company’s 2025 Most Innovative Companies. And for my part, I was honored to be the recipient of a 2024 Bizzy Award for the Maestro of Metadata.

As I look ahead to the next 5 years of service, I’m looking forward to contributing to effect our mission to serve and pay our members the royalties they have earned.

Here’s to 5 years! 🥂