Epidemic Sound bolsters administration workforce with appointment of former Airbnb and Google execs

Sweden-headquartered royalty-free soundtrack supplier Epidemic Sound has appointed Rikard Herlitz to the position of Chief Know-how Officer (CTO) and Julian Persaud as Chief Industrial Officer (CCO), each beginning January 2023.

Julian Persaud joins from Omio, a European journey platform, the place he was Chief Industrial Officer.

Beforehand, Persaud was the World Head of Operations for Airbnb Experiences, liable for growing and managing operations for the Airbnb enterprise unit.

Earlier than taking up this position, Persaud was the Regional Managing Director for Airbnb in Asia-Pacific, the place he led technique and provide operations primarily based out of Singapore.

Persaud joined Airbnb from Google, the place he was Managing Director, South East Asia, increasing Google’s enterprise throughout the area.

Rikard Herlitz joins Epidemic Sound from Google the place he has held the place of Engineering Director for Google Meet for the reason that starting of 2019.

Previous to that, Herlitz held the position of Chief Know-how Officer at Mojang Studios working particularly with the event of Minecraft.

Earlier than Mojang, he based and labored because the CTO in two completely different firms, Goo Applied sciences and Ardor Labs AB, constructing merchandise utilized by firms like Amazon and NASA.

Epidemic Sound says that Herlitz will present tech management and strategic course throughout all of markets.

“I’m assured we’ve got discovered the appropriate abilities to assist us take Epidemic Sound into the following part on our journey to soundtrack the world.”

Oscar Höglund, Epidemic Sound

Oscar Höglund, Epidemic Sound co-founder and CEO, mentioned: “We’re thrilled to welcome each Rikard and Julian to our management workforce.

“Their in-depth data and international experiences from each the business, and the technological aspect shall be important as we transfer into our subsequent stage of improvement.

“I’m assured we’ve got discovered the appropriate abilities to assist us take Epidemic Sound into the following part on our journey to soundtrack the world.”

“With their disruptive enterprise mannequin and stellar workforce, the potential to amplify Epidemic Sound’s strengths via elevated technological investments is staggering.”

Rikard Herlitz

Rikard Herlitz, Epidemic Sound’s new CTO, mentioned: “With their disruptive enterprise mannequin and stellar workforce, the potential to amplify Epidemic Sound’s strengths via elevated technological investments is staggering.

“I’m extremely comfortable to have the chance to assist foster this improvement, and contribute to the implausible journey Epidemic Sound is on.”

“I’m really delighted to be becoming a member of Epidemic at such an thrilling stage of their progress and improvement journey.”

Julian Persaud

Julian Persaud, Epidemic Sound’s new CCO, added: “I’m really delighted to be becoming a member of Epidemic at such an thrilling stage of their progress and improvement journey.

“The mix of such an enormous mission, spectacular momentum, and stellar expertise made this an apparent subsequent transfer for me. I sit up for contributing to their future successes.”Music Enterprise Worldwide