Stefan Schulz is the CEO and Founder of ConvertMedia. He has spent over 25 years in the music industry, pioneering technology to benefit artists. In 2001, Stefan became the founding member of Universal Mobile, a Vivendi business unit that dominated the mobile music market. Later, while working in Universal Music’s Digital Business in Central and Eastern Europe, he led milestone deals with large technology players such as Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Nokia, Verisign, Apple, NTT DoCoMo, Deezer, Spotify and more. Stefan actively designed and developed new business models for Universal Music and Vivendi around audio and video content and licenses for equity programs and consumer platforms. Since 2010, he has been the co-CEO and founder of Vivendi’s WATCHEVER, a European OTT video platform with 1mio. Paying subscribers that preceded Netflix in Germany and worked with all major Film Studios globally. In 2016, Stefan joined Simon Fuller (XIX Entertainment) in his project Now United, the first autonomous global pop group entirely based on social media and audience engagement. Most recently, he led the design of digital live entertainment rights (broadcasting, social media, streaming) for promoters, artists, and music labels. He also introduced regulated financial securities for IP rights to the German market. As a former Member of the Management Board at Bitfury Group (a global leader in the Bitcoin mining industry), Member of the Global Blockchain Business Council, H2 Global Leadership Network, and participant at the Milken Blockchain Group, Stefan has been at the forefront of driving the music and entertainment marketplace to higher levels through technology, decentralisation, tokenisation, and AI technology. Stefan holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and has accumulated experience working with numerous top-tier artists and management in Europe and the US.