Our Team

    Built by world-class engineers, music executives, and AI pioneers.

    Arsh Shah
    Arsh Shah
    CEO
    IP lawyer, legal technologist, and ex-artist manager with 10+ years across music, law, and AI. HBS, Computable Contracts at Stanford CodeX, Media Law at Cambridge, Computational Law at MIT. Ex–Sidley Austin. Led AI ethics at Australia's Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet.
    Ada Zhao
    Ada Zhao
    Finance/Operations
    25+ years in finance, investments, and software. Deep experience in banking, asset management, IPOs, and M&A. Managed multi-million dollar budgets and cross-functional teams in both public and private companies.
    Jesse Buddington
    Jesse Buddington
    Product
    15+ years at the intersection of machine learning and music, with deep subject expertise in copyright law and music data. Co-founder of Loudr (acquired by Spotify), where he designed and built global rights management and licensing systems.
    Jason Jordan
    Jason Jordan
    Business Development
    30+ years in A&R, labels, publishing, and distribution. Co-founder of earthprogram, early Synchtank investor, ex-Managing Director at ONErpm North America.
    Badia Daamash
    Badia Daamash
    Engineering
    14+ years building and leading engineering teams, developing large-scale systems, and delivering robust software. Former Senior Engineering Manager at Art19 (Amazon Music) and Bees by AB InBev, with deep expertise in platform and API design. He is currently leading a team of 4 ML engineers and data engineers.
    Mauricio Rivera
    Mauricio Rivera
    Regional Manager, Latin America
    20+ years in the entertainment industry as a Polyglot Artist, Musical Producer, and IP lawyer. Touring operations for Romeo Santos, Daddy Yankee, Natti Natasha, Ozuna, and others, specialized in international marketing and promotional campaigns across Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile. Board member of SAYCO and SGAE, expertise in copyright, rights management, and Latin, European and American music Market Management.
    Cooper Barnes
    Cooper Barnes
    Client Liaison & Metadata Delivery Manager
    10+ years at Sony Music Entertainment working as a Copyright Analyst, handling rights management, licensing and label operations for Legacy Records including high-profile artists including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Paul Simon. Oversaw clearance process for physical and digital releases for Legacy Records and Premium Content. Extensive experience in publishing rights management, metadata and royalty payments.