I am ...
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... a Senior Consultant…
… with Rightscom Ltd., a London-based consultancy where I am advising clients in the music industry on rights management solutions. Core to this work is an appropriate handling of semantics -- especially when the boundaries of individual media industries are becoming more and more blurred.
... the chief technology officer…
… of DDEX, which is setting XML-based communication standards for online media industries. DDEX’ B2B standards are widely used in the music industry today, helping to fill many MP3 players.
... a standards nerd…
… having being involved in MPEG, SDMI (where I chaired the Functional Requirements Working Group) DAVIC, AES, OPIMA, TV Anytime and, now, DDEX. For my work at MPEG I have received “ISO/IEC Certificates of Appreciation”.
... a Visiting Lecturer …
… at the University for Popular Music and Music Business where I teach the future generation of music managers about metadata and digital rights management (DRM). I have also authored quite a number of articles, and co-edited the first interdisciplinary book, on DRM.
... a train nerd ...
... building a model train layout.
... the father...
... of a wonderful daughter and husband of a wonderful wife and