Artist services and daily deals platform Hello Music, is stepping up its game with a major senior team expansion that includes the hiring of music industry and consumer product veterans Rick Camino as President; Will Urban as VP Programming/Business Development; and Bob Glaser, VP of Business Operations. Co-founder Zack Zalon remains chairman of Hello Music and the managing partner of lead investor Elevator Labs. Bios of the new executive team:
Rick Camino, President: Prior to Hello Music, Rick built and managed
global consumer entertainment brands at Capitol Records / EMI for
thirteen years where he worked with marquee media properties such as
The Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo
Starr, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, Steve Miller Band, Bob Seger,
Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner, and the estates of Frank Sinatra and Dean
Martin. In addition to creating new growth stories for established
brands, Rick has also represented up-and-coming talent as an artist
manager and has dedicated his career to helping musicians. Rick is an
entrepreneur and has also held various executive roles at Disney
Consumer Products and apparel retailer, The Gap.
Will Urban, Vice President of Programming/Business Development: Will
began his career as a professional musician while also composing music
for television and film. Artists with whom Will has worked include
Adrian Belew, Squeeze, The English Beat, TLC, The Smithereens, Goo Goo
Dolls and Alanis Morrissette. Previous business roles include serving
as vice president of Internet music startup MP3.com and software firm
eLiberation. Throughout his career, Will has worked with numerous
companies such as Napster, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Apple, focusing
on product, marketing and business development.
Bob Glaser, Vice President of Business Operations: A serial
entrepreneur with over twenty-five years in business operations,
consumer services, retail and fulfillment, Bob was previously the
founder and owner of the Glaser Group, a company formed to assist
consumer goods brands, entertainment and events operators, with
strategic, operational and product development needs. He was also a
managing partner of Fresh Ice Hockey, a new web and mobile platform
for aspiring athletes. Clients and customers throughout Bob's career
have included Wal-Mart, Target, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Stores,
Warner Brothers Studio Stores, CVS and Walgreens.
