John Pershing Joins ASCAP As SVP & Chief Technology Officer

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John Pershing.

ASCAP has added John Pershing as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, effective Sept. 22.

“ASCAP is excited to bring John on board as we continue to drive innovative global technology solutions that benefit our songwriter, composer and publisher members as well as our licensees,” shares ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews. “He will be instrumental as we harness the power of AI in exciting new ways to create growth, solve market needs, and advance efficiencies.”

“ASCAP has a future forward approach to developing technology initiatives that drive industry solutions,” adds Pershing. “It is especially exciting to join the team at a time when there are so many new opportunities to innovate in service of ASCAP’s strategic goals across the organization.”

Pershing joins ASCAP from What If Media Group where he held the role of CTO and Head of Product for the past six years. At the company, he was responsible for all IT functions, including software, product and data engineering, corporate IT structure and operations, information security and more. Before What If Media Group, he serves as Vice President of Software Engineering at 1010data.

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