Biography
As Media Audits International’s Senior Vice President of Digital & Broadcast Services, Richard oversees the growth and management of the firm’s services in the Digital and Broadcast sectors, which include contract compliance and revenue management work for gaming publishers, the major film studios, sports leagues and eBook and audiobook publishers across all major digital distribution platforms. In this role, he interfaces with over 25 content owner clients and provides guidance regarding achieving transparency in payment data, maximizing the value of audited data and the management of underlying audit rights.
Prior to MAI, Richard was a founder, CFO and head of Distribution for Vme Media, a Spanish-language network sold in 2013 after reaching 72 million US TV households, and worked for LIN Television, Travelport Software Services (a Cendant company sold to Blackstone), Citigroup Latin America and National Geographic Ventures. He is a former Board member and Chairman of The Media Financial Management Association (www.mediafinance.org), received his MBA from The Wharton School, bachelor’s degree from Emory University and is a CFA Charterholder. He resides in Connecticut.