Steven H. Ambers, C.P.A. 

Mr. Ambers has over 25 years of experience in the music and entertainment royalty field. He has performed and supervised royalty audits worldwide on behalf of licensors of intellectual properties (trademarks, brands, characters, patents, technology, data, and content), licensing and talent agencies, fashion designers, software and video game developers, franchisors, recording artists, record companies, songwriters, music publishers, movie and television studios, producers, directors, actors, athletes, inventors, joint ventures, landlords, and tenants. Mr. Ambers’ experience also extends to the due diligence reviews of potential record company and music catalog acquisitions. This due diligence experience also includes the valuations of royalty streams for various purposes including “Bowie Bonds”, estate taxes and proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings and divorce settlements. Mr. Ambers has also consulted with both talent and corporations regarding developing and expanding current entertainment businesses; the ramification of specific royalty provisions being considered in agreements being negotiated as well as consulting and preparing royalty accountings for licensing, music and movie entities. Currently, Mr. Ambers is the Director of International Business Development and Compliance at SOCAN and the Vice President of Business Development for Dataclef, where he fosters US publisher and key influencer relations; and support strategic investment opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions.

Steven worked for Gelfand Rennert and Feldman a division of Coopers & Lybrand in their Royalty Compliance Department and then left to start the Royalty Compliance Division of Moss Adams.In 1999, Steven co-founded RoyaltyConsultants.com, a royalty tracking solution for monies due from downloaded intellectual property and the Royalty Review Council where he was credited with being one of the first to attempt to collect data about online sales of items ranging from music to videos in order to help copyright and trademark holders collect the royalties due them. Mr Ambers consulted for Tunesat and consulted and invested in Audiam prior to their sale to SOCAN. Steven utilized his royalty expertise overseeing the royalty department of GSO before joining SOCAN.

Steven received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Kenneth Leventhal School of Accounting of the University of Southern California in 1987.Steven is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts, the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Independent Music Publishers and the Recording Academy. Steven was the former President of T.J.’s Friends in Los Angeles, a division of the T.J. Martell Foundation, the former Treasurer and Board Member of Temple Isaiah and the Harold and Carole Pump Memorial Foundation and current Treasurer of the National Board of the Association of Independent Music Publishers.Steven has lectured at many Universities including American University, Northeastern University and the University of Southern California. He has spoken on panels on behalf of SXSW, Music Biz, AIMP, MEIEA, Vegas Music Summit, the Musician’s Institute, the California Copyright Society and the Motion Picture Television Fund. Steven has also testified as an expert witness in judicial proceedings in state and federal court.