Dick Wingate

With more than 40 years of experience in the music and interactive industries, Wingate helped pioneer the digital music business from its infancy as SVP, Content Development at Liquid Audio, Inc, playing an integral role in their 1999 IPO and negotiating the first digital distribution licenses from the major record labels. He subsequently served as President, Media Development & Chief Content Officer for Nellymoser, an early leader in streaming mobile application services for music and media companies. He has held senior A&R and marketing positions at Arista, PolyGram, Columbia and Epic Records and was integrally involved in the early careers of Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann, Peter Tosh, Garland Jeffreys, Eddy Grant, Sarah McLachlan and many others. He has spoken at dozens of industry conferences and been quoted in the Wall St Journal, the NY Times, Billboard, Time Magazine, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times and NY Times Magazine.