Senior Leadership Team
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Eric Todd
For two decades, Eric has collaborated with Grammy and Clio-winning creatives and C-suite executives in strategic development, A&R, and creative capacities. A career highlight includes a recent UN 2030 SDG music initiative consultancy to engage Gen Z.
Music aspirations came to life in a move to NYC as a student with multiple artist development deals, including a career-changing pivotal connection with Julian Lennon, son-of-a-Beatle and jazz legend Chuck Mangione. Yet stardom was not in the cards. Focus shifted to the business side of music to develop a successful twenty-year consultancy.
Past clients/partners include Songtradr, Primary Wave, Lincoln Center, and advertising giant, WPP. Eric is a W&S Books published author, a former recording artist (REX Records), jazz composer, producer (notably, "Tickled Pink"), and artist manager to emerging jazz artist, Corinne.
Chairman of the Board
Phil Quartararo
Phil Q was personally recruited by Sir Richard Branson to run Virgin Records. He was President of Warner Music and EMI Marketing, as well as Senior VP Marketing of Island Records and credited with breaking U2 in the US. Phil has guided the success of the most iconic music artists of the last quarter century including Norah Jones, Josh Groban, Tom Petty, Green Day, Coldplay, REM, Blake Shelton, Janet Jackson, Lenny Kravitz, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, Ben Harper, Stevie Nicks, Wilco, and Keith Urban. Sadly, Phil recently passed on 11/22/23.
Chief Music Officer
Robert Cutarella
Bob is a multiple Grammy-winning producer and publisher credited with over 160 platinum albums as producer and publisher. He is the former Director of Talent Acquisition of Warner Chappell & MCA and VP A&R at SONY/HME under industry legend, John Hammond. A short list of artists and catalogs Bob worked with: MJ, Sir Elton John, Sting, Joss Stone, Metallica, Les Paul, Jule Styne, Goo Goo Dolls, Hall & Oates, Alisson Krauss, Keith Richards, Ashley Tisdale, and a recent 2020 hit with Ben Platt.
Vice Chairman of the Board
Jimmy O'Mahony
As Global CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, Jimmy was credited with the success of many iconic brands including Toyota, Sony, and Starbucks. He is also Vice-Chairman of Wilshire Axon and Founder of Filament and fixt.
Chief Music Supervisor
Al Risi
Award winning music supervisor and Founder/Head of Music Supervision of Groove Guild. Clients and partners include Google, SpaceX, Volkswagen, and Coca-Cola. He was Senior Creative Director of Primary Wave Entertainment & Artist Development Manager of Universal Music Group, where he was part of the team that developed the careers of Beck, Eminem, Weezer, Blink 182, and Counting Crows.