Jason Walker
Vice President/General Manager, Audio-Visual Services
Jason Walker joined Music Reports in 1997 and currently
serves
as the Vice President/General Manager of its Audio-Visual
Services group. At Music Reports, Jason leads strategy,
planning, and operations for its audio-visual business
verticals
and is 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 frequent
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.
William B. Colitre, Esq.
Vice President & General Counsel
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 division.
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.
He 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).
He 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 Lecturer at
USC
Gould School of Law, teaching Music Law in Practice.
Mike Shanley
Vice President/General Manager, Audio Services
Michael Shanley is the Vice President, GM Audio Services at
Music Reports. He has more than 15 years' experience
implementing enterprise level software solutions in the
music
and intellectual property rights business sector, and
currently
leads the development of Songdex®, the world's largest
independent relational database of music copyright and
business
information. Songdex® contains detailed relational data
about
tens of millions of songs and recordings, covering virtually
all
of the commercially significant music in existence.
Shanley began at Music Reports in 2004 as Senior Software
Developer, and was later Director of IT Business
Development.
Throughout his time at Music Reports, Shanley has led all
engineer staffing and resource allocations; managed software
processes for more than 450 clients; acted as the main
architect
in the creation and implementation of software processes
currently utilized by Microsoft, Apple, SiriusXM, Amazon,
SoundCloud, and more; and has helped navigate Music Reports'
IT-centric approach to music rights administration, setting
the
standard for technological innovation in the music industry
today.
Prior to Music Reports, Shanley started and ran a consulting
company focused on physical distribution ecosystems. He
attended
University of Albany, SUNY, and has been a longtime music
lover
and guitarist.
Yoram Namir
Vice President, IT
Yoram Namir joined Music Reports in 2012 and currently
serves as
Vice President of IT, strategically setting the direction of
the
technology organization, leading product development, and
directing client integration. Providing technical and
business
expertise, he advises Music Reports clients on domestic and
international royalty administration systems and processes.
A seasoned technology leader with over 2 decades of
experience
spearheading product, system, and infrastructure development
and
operations, Mr. Namir oversees the design and implementation
of
Music Reports' suite of innovative solutions, including the
company's flagship products (Cuetrak™, Songdex®, Trackdex),
to
support brands like Amazon, Microsoft, Spotify, and Netflix.
Prior to joining Music Reports, Mr. Namir held various roles
in
IT Operations, Product Development, and Product Management.
He
has a deep understanding of creating powerful,
client-focused
SaaS/PaaS applications, and a track record of building
highly
successful domestic and offshore teams around performance
and
scalability.
