Dick Wingate

Mr. Dick Wingate is a Director at Digital Transaction Machines, Inc. and an Advisor at Cava Capital LLC.
He is on the Board of Directors at Digital Transaction Machines, Inc. He is currently Head of East Coast Client Relations for TAG Strategic, a digital entertainment consulting firm, where he consults with clients on business development, content licensing and distribution strategy.
Previously he served as President, Media Development & Chief Content Officer for Nellymoser Inc, an early provider of rich media mobile services, overseeing content, licensing and biz dev strategies, and worked closely with top media companies such as Sony Music, Warner Music, ABC, and MTV.
He was responsible for Nellymoser’s music discovery services, currently operating on AT&T, Virgin Mobile and Alltel.
In addition, Mr. Wingate helped pioneer the digital music business during his years as SVP, Content Dev., at Liquid Audio, Inc, playing an integral role in their IPO in 1999 and was responsible for managing music licensing, label relations, affiliate mgmt and content marketing.
He has deep industry experience from many years as SVP, Marketing, Arista Records (BMG); SVP, A&R PolyGram Records; Dir.
Talent Acquisition, Epic Records; and Dir.,Product Mgmt, Columbia Records.
He was integrally involved with the careers of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Aimee Mann.
Dick speaks at numerous industry events, including: CTIA, MEFCON, Billboard Live, Jupiter Plug-In, CMJ, Midem, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, Business Week and SXSW, has been featured in the Sunday NY Times Business section, a front page LA Times article as well as quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Time Mag, USA Today, the NY Times Mag and Billboard Mag.
Mr. Wingate received his undergraduate degree from Brown University.