DAVID LOSCOS - CO-FOUNDER
David started his career in the music industry at BMG Music Spain at the end of 1997, where he worked both as international and local Product Manager. In 2000 he joined Eresmas Interactiva - Wanadoo as World Music Channel Manager. From 2001 until 2003 he worked at MUXXIC Records, within the PRISA Media Group; first as Label Manager of WorldMUXXIC and later as Director of the Other Music Division. In 2003 he founded and managed Fireyellow, his own music company. Since then, he has been the Co-Director of the Music Industry Management Course at the Univerity Pompeu Fabra's Institute of Continuing Education in Barcelona. And in 2006 he joined ESMUC as Professor of Music Publishing and Record Production.
David has a Degree in Business Management from the University of Barcelona, and an MBA in Music Industries from the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool. H e has also completed an Executive Program in the consulting field at the University Pompeu Fabra.
VENTURA BARBA - CO-FOUNDER
Ventura Barba is the Co-founder & Chairman at Tenzing Media. He is also the COO at Advanced Music, the organizer of Sonar (The International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art), among other events.
Ventura worked at Yahoo! from January 2000 till 2009. Until 2002 he was the General Counsel for Yahoo! Spain and from June 2003 till June 2007 he was the Director of the Legal and Business Affairs Department of Yahoo! Music International. In June 2007 he was promoted to the role of General Manager for Yahoo! Music Europe and Canada. Previously, Ventura worked at BMG Music Spain & Portugal, as Director of the Legal and Business Affairs Department for both the record and publishing companies. Before that, he worked as a lawyer in the Enrich Law Firm where he was head of the New Technologies and Entertainment department. He has also worked at the Spanish Authors Collecting Society (SGAE) and in the Movie Industry at the Los Angeles (CA) based company ARENAS GROUP.
Ventura has a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona and an MBA in Cultural Enterprises Management from the University of Madrid. Ventura is co-director of the Music Industry Management Course at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona: http://www.idec.upf.edu/dgim. He is also a professor on several masters on Copyright, Music and New Technology Law at the Instituto de Empresa, ICADE.