Jeff Perkins Joins Soundstripe As CEO
Jeff Perkins
Soundstripe, the music licensing technology company, has appointed Jeff Perkins as the company’s new CEO.
Current Co-CEO and co-founder Travis Terrell will transition into the role of President. He will focus on further strengthening Soundstripe’s music business and leading its business development team to secure rightsholder and other strategic partnerships. Co-founder and Co-CEO Micah Sannan will shift to an advisory role, supporting Perkins, while co-founder Trevor Hinesley will remain CTO.
Perkins joins the company with a background in marketing and experience in the New York ad industry at notable agencies like Saatchi & Saatchi and Havas. He has led several companies to profitable growth, most recently as CEO of ParkMobile, where he helped increase revenue by more than 230% during his tenure.
Soundstripe now serves over 1,000 enterprise companies and more than one million individual content creators. Designed specifically for use in sync, its curated catalog now features over 15,000 songs selected to meet the unique needs of filmmakers, marketers and creators across a wide range of projects. The company recently launched its AI-powered Song Editing tool, which empowers creators to customize tracks for their projects. Additionally, Soundstripe reached a milestone of $13.2 million in all-time payouts to artists.
Perkins joins as Soundstripe prepares to launch an innovative new click-to-license music solution later this year.
“As co-founders, we are thrilled to welcome Jeff to our team,” says Terrell, co-founder of Soundstripe. “He has proven himself a highly effective leader with experience scaling businesses that cater to both large enterprises and individual users. We know Jeff is the right person at the right time to lead Soundstripe into our next stage of growth.”
“I am very excited to join the Soundstripe team,” shares Perkins. “Our founders, Travis, Micah and Trevor, have built an incredible company that combines the highest quality music with an innovative AI-powered platform that solves a major problem in the industry. I look forward to working with this talented team as we continue to expand our business and provide creators with the best music and technology solutions available on the market.”
