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