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Jason Walker

CEO

Jason Walker joined Music Reports in 1997 and currently serves as CEO. At Music Reports, Jason has led strategy, planning, and operations for its audio-visual business verticals and has been responsible for all facets of the Company's copyright research and Per Program License operations.

Jason was the lead developer of Cuetrak, the Company's cue sheet management and analytics platform, which has reimagined how broadcasters, cable networks, and OTT services track and analyze music in audio-visual programming. He is a frequently published author, speaker on industry panels, and has testified about diverse music licensing issues as a recognized expert in the space.

Prior to joining Music Reports, Jason taught music history classes at the University of Southern California. He has also worked as a music supervisor in the film industry and has toured the United States as a professional musician.

Jason earned a master's degree in music from the University of Southern California, as well as an MBA in finance and in management and a bachelor's degree in music from the University of La Verne, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society.

Bill Colitre

COO

Bill Colitre joined Music Reports® in 2006. He serves as counsel to the company, strategic consultant to its clients, and head of the company's Licensing Group. As part of the Music Reports team, he has contributed advice and/or systems development for most of the subscription music services ever launched in the United States, participated in precedent-setting performance rights and Copyright Royalty Board proceedings, developed the company's Royalty Services division, and expanded the company's operations beyond the United States.

Bill is a named inventor of the company's sound recording data matching patent (US Pat. No. 10157434). He began his career at Loeb & Loeb LLP and later served as counsel to CBS Paramount Network Television. He has served leading artists (Diana Ross, Rob Thomas, Tenacious D), publishers (Warner/Chappell, Leiber & Stoller), labels (Universal Music Group, Ruthless Records), digital distributors (CD Baby, INgrooves, Believe), music services (Sirius XM, SoundCloud, Pandora), producers (Netflix, HBO), and consumer products companies (American Greetings, QVC).

Bill is a graduate of UC San Diego and Loyola Law School, where he earned the American Jurisprudence Award in Copyright. He is a member of the Copyright Society of the USA and a former Lecturer at USC Gould School of Law, teaching Music Law in Practice.

Aaron Partington

CTO

Aaron Partington rejoined Music Reports® in 2022. He leads product strategy and implementation across the Company and serves as the connection point between Music Reports' customer and internal technology teams, transforming and translating business objectives into technical requirements and functional, scalable products.

Aaron has held a series of senior technology and product roles at SoundExchange, BMI and Music Reports (where he started his music business career in 1993) and has spearheaded numerous successful initiatives related to the architectural design, development and implementation of software systems and processes in support of synchronization, mechanical, public performance and neighboring rights in the USA, Canada and Europe.

Prior to pivoting to a Computer Science and Music Licensing career path, Aaron majored in Political Science at the University of Southern California.