Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Troy Carter’s Q&A hires Spotify and Facebook veterans Phillip Eubanks and Marc Hemeon | Music Business Worldwide

Artist services company Q&A has appointed Phillip Eubanks (pictured right) as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Marc Hemeon (pictured left) as Head of Design.

Eubanks and Hemeon join the company’s team that already includes Troy Carter, J. Erving (Human Re Sources, Atom Factory), Suzy Ryoo (Atom Factory, OMD) and Tim Luckow (Stem, GHouse) who recently moved to the role of Chief Product Officer. 

Carter, formerly Spotify’s Global Head of Creator Services, launched Q&A in partnership with J.Erving in April.

Prior to joining Q&A, Eubanks spent six years at Spotify, most recently as the Global Head of Strategy & Operations for the Creator Services Division, working closely with Carter, Spotify’s then Global Head of Creator Services, to rebuild the music streaming company’s Creator Services division, opening itself to the creative community and enabling more opportunity for content creators.

He also led Spotify’s Commercial Partnerships division managing the operational relationships to Universal, Sony, Warner, and Merlin.

Earlier in his time at Spotify, he also worked across Premium Growth, Business Development & Partnerships, and Content Management.

“Both bring an impressive track record working with some of the world’s leading technology companies. Their incredible talent, leadership and strategic vision will continue to accelerate the growth of Q&A.”

Troy Carter

Hemeon joins Q&A from Facebook AI where he worked to design and conceptualize emerging products and technologies.

He was also the Founder and CEO of Design Inc., a service to help companies find and work with amazing designers.

In addition, Hemeon co-founded a number of companies including North Technologies which merged with Hodinkee.com as well as fflick, which YouTube acquired in 2011.

“I’m incredibly excited to join Q&A and help bring its vision to life at such a crucial point in the evolution of the music industry.”

Phillip Eubanks

Following the acquisition, he was part of the sitewide redesign team for YouTube and led design for a number of initiatives including YouTube Player and YouTube TV.

“We are fortunate to welcome innovative forces like Phillip and Marc to the Q&A team,” said Q&A Co-Founder Troy Carter.

“Both bring an impressive track record working with some of the world’s leading technology companies. Their incredible talent, leadership and strategic vision will continue to accelerate the growth of Q&A.” 

“I’m ecstatic to be joining the Q&A team to help reimagine and build the next generation music company, blending the best of the music world with the best of the tech world.”

Marc Hemeon

Q&A COO Phillip Eubanks added: “I’m incredibly excited to join Q&A and help bring its vision to life at such a crucial point in the evolution of the music industry.

“Building on the opportunities technology has unlocked for creators, Q&A will provide a new ecosystem for creativity and cultural engagement for many more artist and fans.”

Q&A Head of Design Marc Hemeon, said:  “Troy is known for pushing the future of music and innovating new and interesting ways to help artists realize their dreams.

“I’m ecstatic to be joining the Q&A team to help reimagine and build the next generation music company, blending the best of the music world with the best of the tech world.”

Sony/ATV Music Publishing recently signed a worldwide deal with Q&A.Music Business Worldwide

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