Hazel Savage, Music Intelligence VP at SoundCloud, and founding father of Musiio, joins Tuned World board

Hazel Savage, Music Intelligence VP at SoundCloud, has joined B2B streaming know-how specialist Tuned World as a non-executive board member.

UK-based Savage will primarily give attention to supporting progress throughout EMEA, US and APAC territories.

Tuned World says that Savage’s arrival “will provide an impartial perspective on choices round technique, governance and future know-how course”.

The addition of Savage comes after the latest appointment of Rick Gleave within the UK, as SVP Head of Europe & MENA, plus the enlargement of the Tuned World workforce in Europe.

Following roles at Shazam, Pandora, Common Music and HMV, Savage based Synthetic Intelligence music curation firm Musiio in 2018.

The agency was acquired by SoundCloud in 2022 to bolster the music platform’s discovery capabilities.

Tuned World says that Savage’s appointment to its board builds on a profitable present relationship, having already labored collectively on numerous shopper initiatives.

A few of these initiatives embody Thailand’s first localized streaming app, Plern from the market’s largest media and leisure conglomerate, GMM Grammy, in addition to music for video games tech agency Reactional Music and Music providers supplier Rehegoo Music Group.

 Tuned World built-in know-how from Musiio into its API again in March.

Based in 2011, Tuned World runs places of work in Australia, the UK and the US. The corporate helps telcos, manufacturers, enterprises and startups globally launch, run and develop a music streaming service or challenge.

Tuned World has beforehand labored on {custom} apps for the likes of Warner Music Group (on a {custom} Ed Sheeran app), and Common Music Group and Pizza Hut, and its know-how additionally powers the UFC Final Sounds app within the US, and Deedo, a Pan-African streaming service in Europe and Africa.

Elsewhere, Tuned World introduced earlier this yr that it’s powering a custom-made kids’s streaming service known as Gabb Music within the US from cell know-how agency Gabb Wi-fi.

The corporate can also be lively within the health business.

“I’m very excited and honoured to affix the Tuned World board. That they would choose its first impartial director as a feminine tech founder exhibits this enterprise’s forward-thinking.”

Hazel Savage

Stated Savage: “I’m very excited and honoured to affix the Tuned World board. That they would choose its first impartial director as a feminine tech founder exhibits this enterprise’s forward-thinking.

“I’ve all the time had a fantastic working relationship with the Tuned World workforce, and I can’t wait to deliver what I’ve learnt all through my profession to the enterprise because it enters its enlargement section into new markets and the launch of significant providers within the metaverse”.

“We’re delighted that Hazel is becoming a member of our board at a really thrilling time for the corporate.”

Con Raso, Tuned World 

Con Raso, MD and Co-founder, Tuned World added: “We’re delighted that Hazel is becoming a member of our board at a really thrilling time for the corporate.

“Her experience and unbeatable business data will show very important to Tuned World as we proceed to scale and develop the enterprise in new markets.”

“It’s been vastly rewarding to look at Tuned World’s quick progress over the previous few years.”

Will Deane, Tuned World Chairman / Exto Companions

Will Deane, Tuned World Chairman and Managing Director of Exto Companions, mentioned: “It’s been vastly rewarding to look at Tuned World’s quick progress over the previous few years.

“I stay up for working with Hazel and I’ve little question her experience and expertise in rising a data-focussed firm can assist Tuned World’s give attention to creating the world’s greatest streaming know-how and delivering essentially the most distinctive buyer expertise.”

 Music Enterprise Worldwide