Dave Haynes

Current

Business Development at SoundCloud

Past

Consultant at RoyaltyShare
Senior Account Manager at Broad Street Digital
Account Management and UK Operations at finetunes

Founder at ClickGroove.com
Director at Inspirit Music Ltd

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Education

University of Wales, Swansea

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Connections

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Industry

Online Media

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Dave Haynes’s Summary

Online music media specialist focused on the changing business models and new technologies in the present and future digital music ecosystem.

Dave Haynes’s Specialties:

business development, label and client relations, strong network, identifying new opportunities, deal maker, in-depth knowledege of online music market and social media, blogger, early adopter.

Dave Haynes’s Experience

Business Development

SoundCloud

(Internet industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year)

establishing London-based office and presence for SoundCloud. Primarily focused on business development, partner relations and marketing.
Consultant

RoyaltyShare

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

August 2008 — October 2008 (3 months)

Helped manage an acquisition process and maintain key client relationships whilst RoyaltyShare established themselves as a key player in the UK market for digital music distribution and royalty accounting services.
Senior Account Manager

Broad Street Digital

(Online Media industry)

January 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 8 months)

Primarily responsible for management of new and existing labels, content aggregators and other clients using the Rightsrouter digital distribution software. Also worked with key licensees in both online and mobile channels.
Account Management and UK Operations

finetunes

(Online Media industry)

April 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 9 months)

Ran UK office for Hamburg-based digital music distributor Finetunes GmbH. Role included licensing and negotiating new business with UK based licensors and licensees as well as developing and maintaining these relationships.
Founder

ClickGroove.com

(Online Media industry)

September 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 4 months)

Founder of ClickGroove.com an online music specialist store selling MP3 downloads. Also developed sister-site ClickProduce.com targeted at producers & musicians. Websites acquired in 2007 by SE13 Downloads as one of the sites in their portfolio (XpressBeats.com, DJ Magazine, Gaydar Downloads etc).
Director

Inspirit Music Ltd

(Music industry)

September 2001 — August 2004 (3 years)

Independent music company with record labels (Inspirt Music, Uno Recordings and Specimen A), studio and local vinyl store. High level and hands-on role included a wide range of responsiblities associated with running a successful multi-faceted music company. Developed strong negotiation skills and business acumen.