since 2014. A digital music pioneer, 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 digital music business in Europe and China. She built one of the first DMCA-compliant services at taste-making Seattle station KEXP and has an executive TRIUM MBA through the London School of Economics, NYU-Stern, and HEC-Paris. She works with some of the world’s most innovative companies, including Beat Saber/Oculus, Pixelynx, Downtown Holdings and more listed on
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CrossBorderWorks is a Los Angeles based Consultancy and Advisory firm of Vickie Nauman, who manages a portfolio of forward-thinking digital media and technology companies navigate the complex global digital music landscape. As experienced pros in music, CrossBorderWorks can spin up initiatives, license music, act as project or company advisor, guide strategy, and yes, fix problems. Its core interests are innovative uses of music, emerging tech, and creating new business models.
CrossBorderWorks has active relationships with the digital business and sync departments at Universal, Warner, Sony, Sony Publishing, UMPG, Warner Chappell, Merlin, Beggars, and more labels, publishers, PROs, distributors, and emerging sync platforms and rights administration services.