Vickie Nauman
Vickie Nauman specializes in the intersection between technology and music, and is a subject matter expert in music licensing, creating new business models, products, relationships and rights. She helps grow companies, is a thought leader and does global strategic development. She is Founder and CEO of the Los Angeles-based boutique consulting and advisory firm CrossBorderWorks and has managed an ambitious portfolio of forward-thinking companies since 2014.
Nauman has a primary focus in the music/gaming/XR world, leading sync licensing projects including in-game licensing for Beat Saber (Meta), Riot Games, BrainJar Games, Paradiddle XR, Roblox with UMG, WMG, Comic Relief, Melon, Ralph Lauren and more. A digital music pioneer and tech enthusiast, Nauman worked on product for one of the first legal digital services MusicNet (RealNetworks JV), led strategic partnerships for connected device company Sonos, started and ran the US business for global music platform 7digital, and did early digital music business in China as a consultant. She built one of the first DMCA-compliant services at taste-making Seattle station KEXP and has an MBA through the London School of Economics, NYU-Stern, and HEC-Paris, in the executive program TRIUM. She is an advisor and works with some of the world’s most innovative companies.