Music Industry
My USP
I have many years of experience in executive positions in international companies and corporations, as well as being self-employed
Over the course of almost three decades, I have amassed a vast array of expertise at various levels in the fields of publishing, recorded music, and collecting music rights society. I cover the entire range of music rights
I would like to make this experience available to you in the following areas
Interim Management
Occasionally, you just need someone to lend a hand. I provide assistance to bridge unanticipated vacancies, e.g. due to maternity leave; in the case of temporary additional personnel expenses, e.g. due to restructuring or integration phases
Project Management
Product Owner
Scrum Master
In project management (waterfall & agile), I take over the project management lead for you or help your project lead.
Are you looking for a Product Owner or a Scrum Master?
Consulting
Sometimes, you may need someone to give you advice. Are you looking for someone with extensive experience who is also able to look at the problem from a different perspective?
Interim Management
- Administration/rights management of music rights ( publishing, recorded, mechanicals, neighboring rights, third-party licences)
- Royalty accounting
- Inbound audit
- Bridging critical operational line functions
- Service as a business - general administrative support at peak times
- Process optimization and digitization
- Process management
- Restructuring/acquisitions
- IT transformation
- Reorganization in production levels/ outsourching
Project Management
- Takeover of project management lead or project management (waterfall & agile) in development or enhancement of music industry-specific systems/tools
- Support as agile coach/scrum master
- Support as an external product owner for one-off projects
- Post-M&A integration support
- Data integration of new catalogs (e.g. creation of integration project plans, evaluation of the existing data in the legacy systems, data preparation and entry, determination of accounting cut-off periods & test phases, interaction and communication with the relevant departments, etc.)
- Project reorganization/restructuring
- Special projects on top of normal business activities, e.g. sustainability, ESG, fairness, etc.
Consulting
- International rights exploitation and collection
- Process digitization (e2e, 1touch royalty processing) and optimization (SLA)
- Consolidation and centralization of service processes
- Process management
- Establishment of shared service centers
- Development and implementation of EDI processes
- Development of a web-based customer portal (customer self-service)
- Service As A Business - "Service is not part of the business - service is the business"
- Operational implementation and support of mergers and acquisitions
- Suddenly sold and now? Consulting acquired companies on dealing with crises and changes (change management) in a volatile job market environment.
- Agile is not just for IT people - application of agile methods in the company