Darren Briggs

About Darren Briggs

Over 30 years experience as an innovation leader in global music publishing rights admin, music products, music data & technology, audio recognition, global music industry standards, patents, startups, M&A, business strategy, & recording studio management. Founder, board member, strategist, market analyst, & senior advisor to enterprise & startup companies specializing in music rights, music data, music products, & music technologies.Inventor of industry changing patents acquired by Apple, Shazam, Broadcast Music Inc.(BMI), Griffin Technology (INCIPIO), & Ikorongo Technology that span global music rights audit & remuneration platforms, audio recognition technology, multi-channel broadcast monitoring hardware, social network collaboration, & geolocation technologies & methodologies that are foundational components of many of the world\'s most ubiquitous products, apps, & services enjoyed by billions of people every day.Extensive professional business, operational, and technical expertise administering the world\'s most valuable and popular music copyrights and sound recordings, including copyright, royalties, income tracking, licensing, & A&R.Expertise in defining & implementing CISAC & DDEX global music data standards, music data models, & SOP. An active contributor to music rights standards definition as a member of the DDEX Board of Directors, the CISAC Publisher Forum, and several CISAC working groups.Designer of enterprise-class, high transaction, multi-territorial music copyright & royalties administration, tracking & music metadata management platforms. Expertise in audio recognition / fingerprinting product design, operational integration, & technology implementation. Founded & led the music technology company that owned, developed, & patented the Shazam Entertainment audio recognition technologies.Creator of innovative methods, products, & technologies for AI music identification, metadata management, and remuneration.Extensive experience building & managing high performance teams including advanced technology engineers, software developers, data engineers, business intelligence analysts, global music rights administrators, income tracking analysts, & music metadata experts.Speaker at US Copyright Office, US Patent & Trademark Office, MIDEM, SXSW, MusicBiz, SF MusicTech, Digital Media East/West, California Copyright Conference, Production Music Conference, Vanderbilt University, and more.

Experience

1. Strategic Advisor

   AllTrack Performing Rights

   Jan 2023 — Present · Nashville, TN, US

   Strategic Advisor for Global Music Rights, Music Data & Standards Compliance.

Education

• Vanderbilt University

  BS, Mathematics

• Berlin School of Creative Leadership

  Master of Business Administration (MBA) (active thesis), Steinbeis-Hochschule-Berlin

Skills

• Technology Trends
• Music Publishing
• Mobile Applications
• Strategic Thinking
• Software Development
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Metadata Management
• Product Development
• Content Strategy
• Social Networking
• Music Licensing
• Start-Ups
• Team Leadership
• Digital Media
• Copyright Law
• Patents
• Business Development
• Executive Management
• Sound
• Digital Strategy
• Product Management
• Sdlc
• Social Media
• Mobile Devices
• Strategic Partnerships
• R&D
• Music Industry
• Enterprise Architecture
• New Business Development
• Whiskey Distilling
• Royalties
• New Media
• Music Information Retrieval
• Licensing
• Audio Recording
• Recording
• Digital Distribution
• Entertainment
• Analytics