HOWIE SINGER, PhD
Vice President of Technology, Warner Music Group
As the Vice President of Technology for Warner Music, he leads the recently created Digital Technology Group, which supports technical aspects of WMG's on-line music and new media initiatives. In addition, he oversees systems, networks, and other infrastructure related technology for WMG's global information technology team. Singer joined WMG from Rightscom, Limited, where he served as a senior consultant, providing business strategy and technical expertise to major media companies, technology providers, and other enterprises working with e-commerce and digital rights management. Prior to his work at Rightscom, Limited, from 1999 to 2001, he served as senior vice president, marketing and product strategy at Reciprocal, where he was involved in the implementation of services for secure digital distribution of media. During his tenure at Reciprocal, the company served more than 100 clients and processed millions of transactions for the sale and distribution of protected content. In 1997, he co-founded a2b music and held the position of CTO, where he led the development of a secure digital distribution service for the music industry. Before a2b music, Singer spent 20 years at AT&T, where he held technical and business positions on product development teams responsible for the production of speakerphones, cellular phones, smart cards and videogame peripherals. He is a frequent speaker at music industry and Internet related conferences. Singer holds more than a dozen U.S. patents in video processing, consumer electronics and multimedia. He holds a BS degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a PhD in operations research from Cornell University.