BMI Executive Action

• BMI announced the appointment of two senior executives who will lead major initiatives as the company advances its strategic growth plan — Tom Kershaw, a technology leader in internet and mobile communications, joins the company as Chief Technology Officer, and Justin Rohde, who has more than 20 years’ experience in strategic management and building growth opportunities for corporations and consulting firms, joins BMI in the newly created position of Chief Transformation Officer.

Kershaw (left) previously co-founded one of the leading open-source software organizations in the Internet community (prebid.org), and most recently worked with Travelport, a leader in travel distribution for air, hotel, car, and rail. He also held positions at Google and Ericsson. Kershaw succeeds BMI’s current Chief Information Officer, Mike West, who recently announced his retirement.

Rohde (right) joins the company from Xplor Technologies, a private equity owned Global SaaS and Payments conglomerate where he served as both Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Transformation Officer.

Both Kershaw and Rohde will report to Mike O’Neill, President & CEO of BMI, who noted, “Tom and Justin have the experience and leadership qualities to enable us to enhance and increase the value we provide to our songwriters, composers and publishers. Working with our team, they will be instrumental as we carry out the key elements of our strategic growth plan, to continue to grow distributions, advance our technology and customer service and to seek new sources of revenue for our affiliates.”