Edward Aten

Edward Aten's work experience includes founding and being the CEO of various successful companies. Edward founded Swift.fm in 2009, a social distribution service for musicians, which was later acquired in 2012. In 2013, they founded Merchbar, which is now the world's leading retailer of official music merchandise and works with artists such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Ed Sheeran. Edward is also Spotify's worldwide merchandise partner and powers fan discovery through the Merchbar. Before their entrepreneurial ventures, they worked as a Senior Account Director at Eveo, Inc. from 2007 to 2011, and as a Manager of Business Systems at Certus International from 2003 to 2007.

Edward Aten obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Business, with a focus on Marketing and Management, from the University of New Hampshire. Edward attended the university from 1999 to 2003.