FRANK HANDY
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Music publishing leader with oversight of copyright administration, royalty operations, licensing, digital distribution, and catalog management. Partners with engineering, IT, legal, finance, and executive teams to improve workflows, implement systems, and support accurate global rights and royalty processing across 5.5 million copyrights and 40 offices.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
VP, Catalog Royalty Administration
Peermusic
Los Angeles, CA
10.2024 - Current
- Oversee royalty operations across 40 offices, covering 5.5 million copyrights and thousands of clients.
- Oversee YouTube CMS operations involving millions of publishing assets and claims.
- Partner with the COO on income-tracking initiatives focusing on The MLC, YouTube, and global copyright collection societies.
- Leading an implementation of an enterprise copyright management database in partnership with the engineering team and the CIO.
- Work with legal team to evaluate and analyze model licenses.
VP, Head of Operations & Administration
Position Music
Los Angeles, CA
03.2020 - 08.2024
- Led implementation of music distribution and royalty systems.
- Oversaw quarterly collection and distribution of millions of dollars in royalties and the review of 2,000+ royalty statements.
- Managed ingestion and global registration of thousands of copyrights, including Library of Congress registrations.
- Oversaw global distribution of sound recordings, metadata, and assets to dozens of endpoints.
- Directed licensing operations across synchronization, mechanical, and reproduction rights.
- Led a team of 11 full-time employees.
- Onboarded a third-party IT provider to improve productivity and cybersecurity.
- Partnered with Finance and executive leadership on catalog appraisals, acquisitions, signings, and recovery of missing royalties.
- Oversaw two YouTube content management systems, each containing tens of thousands of assets.
Head of Creator and Publisher Relations
AllTrack Performing Rights
Los Angeles, CA
06.2018 - 03.2020
- Project-managed development of a scalable songwriter and musical works registration system.
- Grew the songwriter and publisher roster from zero to more than 250 clients.
- Worked with Licensing to develop model licenses and establish rates.
- Partnered with the CEO to develop business opportunities and partnerships.
VP, Licensing & Copyright
SONGS Music Publishing
Los Angeles, CA
08.2011 - 03.2018
- Oversaw worldwide copyright department operations and all synchronization and mechanical licensing.
- Negotiated licensing contracts totaling tens of millions of dollars annually.
- Led catalog setup and ingestion, and managed the setup of agreements in the royalty system.
- Managed two YouTube content management systems.
- Led a team of four direct reports.
Education
Associate of Arts -
Musicians Institute
Los Angeles, CA01-2006
Associate of Science - Environmental Geology
Whatcom Community College
Bellingham, WA01-2001
Skills
- Publishing operations
- Copyright management
- Royalty processing
- Enterprise system deployment
- Digital distribution
- YouTube asset management
- Licensing operations
- Interdepartmental collaboration
- Royalty operations management
Personal Information
Title: MUSIC PUBLISHING & TECHNICAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE
Timeline
VP, Catalog Royalty Administration
Peermusic
10.2024 - Current
VP, Head of Operations & Administration
Position Music
03.2020 - 08.2024
Head of Creator and Publisher Relations
AllTrack Performing Rights
06.2018 - 03.2020
VP, Licensing & Copyright
SONGS Music Publishing
08.2011 - 03.2018
Associate of Arts -
Musicians Institute
Associate of Science - Environmental Geology
Whatcom Community College