DAN STEINY NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Drawing from a proven track record of negotiating over a hundred content acquisition, distribution, and technology licenses, I’ve supported numerous startups and Fortune 500 companies in pioneering content-focused products and services.

✅ SoundHound.AI: Led content and data partnerships for SoundHound.AI, a trailblazer in the AI audio and music space (IPO during tenure).

✅ JBL & Google/YouTube Music: Orchestrated a multi-million global co-marketing partnership between JBL Smart Speakers and Google/YouTube Music, a first-of-kind for Harman International.

✅ Sony VAIO: Managed software partnerships and integration for Sony’s groundbreaking VAIO, the company’s first-ever consumer computer.

✅ Liquid Audio: Directed product management & business development for Liquid Audio, the first online platform legally selling digital music (IPO during tenure).

✅ MediaNet: Directed strategic partnership management for MediaNet, the first major label-owned digital music streaming company.

✅ Live365: Drove business development with Live365, a pioneer in pure-play streaming radio.

✅ PBS Home Video: Managed content partnerships with PBS Home Video under Pacific Arts, overseeing PBS’s first entry into the retail market (Pacific Arts was founded by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees fame).