With more than 3 decades of pushing boundaries in the music & digital entertainment industries, Dick Wingate is currently President, Artist & Entertainment Services, Crowdmix USA. Launching in Q2 2016, Crowdmix is a social music platform that lets you discover music through friends and friends through music.

Previously he was Principal at DEV Advisors, providing consultation to service providers, app developers, & content owners, in business development, licensing, distribution, investment strategy & strategic partnerships. His clients included Songza, CUR Media, Cava Capital, BAMM.tv, MyMusicCloud and Music X-Ray

He also serves as Chairman of BHI Music Group and has served as President, Media Development & Chief Content Officer for Nellymoser Inc, an early provider of rich media mobile application services, running content, licensing and biz dev strategy, and completing deals with media companies such as Sony, Warner Music, MTV, AT&T, Virgin Mobile & ABC.

Wingate helped pioneer the digital music business from its infancy as SVP, Content Dev., at Liquid Audio, Inc, playing an integral role in a 1999 IPO. He was responsible for all music licensing, label relations, affiliate mgmt & content mktg.

His in-depth experience in the recording industry includes positions as SVP, Marketing, Arista Records (BMG); SVP, A&R PolyGram Records; Dir. Talent Acquisition, Epic Records; & Dir.,Product Mgmt, Columbia Records. He has been integrally involved with the careers of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello & Aimee Mann.

He has spoken at industry events incl Digital Hollywood, CTIA, SXSW, Billboard Live, CDO Summit, Jupiter Plug-In, CMJ, Midem, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, Business Week and has been featured in the Sunday NY Times Business section, the front page of LA Times as well as quoted in the Wall St. Journal, Time Mag, USA Today, the NY Times Mag & Billboard Mag.

Ken is an angel investor and business advisor for digital music business startups, through his company Digital Daruma, with a specific focus on artist and b2b music and media service companies. He is also an experienced music business executive, focusing on business development, strategy and fundraising for the companies he works with. His past experience includes 25 years in financial services trading, asset management and senior management positions. He is also an experienced musician, and currently plays bass in the band Fifth of Bourbon. Lastly, he is involved in a number of music foundations and academic organizations, including currently co-chairing the New York Area Advisory Board of Little Kids Rock, and advisory board positions at New York University, Berklee College of Music, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Tim Quirk, Founder and CEO of Freeform, has spent the past 15 years helping build groundbreaking digital music services. He was part of the initial team at listen.com that launched Rhapsody, the first on demand music subscription service, in 2001, and was most recently Head of Global Content Programming for Google Play. He spent much of the 80’s and 90’s as the singer and lyricist for Too Much Joy.