Phil Sant

Phil is responsible for technology strategy, vision and key industry relationships at Stage. Phil is an industry authority in cloud computing architectures and has been a prolific builder of cloud platforms since the early 90s.

In 2003, Phil founded Omnifone the digital music pioneer recently sold to a silicon valley tech giant. Omnifone’s cloud-native music platform hosted 56m tracks from rightsholders globally and powered services from Sony, Samsung, Vodafone, SiriusXM and Spotify. Over the last 14 years, Phil has amassed an unrivalled understanding of the end-to-end workings of the digital music industry. As music royalties approach a decisive FinTech-like modernisation, Phil uniquely possesses the expertise, passion and tenacity needed to navigate the transformation

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