Kevin Arnold founded IODA in 2003 with the goal of empowering the independent content community via technology. Since then, his digital distribution and marketing company has grown to include more than 900,000 tracks and videos from over 3,500 independent labels and producers worldwide. Prior to IODA, Arnold guided the development of Listen.com's back-end data and royalty systems that power RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service. Arnold is an inaugural board member of Merlin and serves on the advisory board of the Future of Music Coalition. A lifelong music fan, he also co-produces Noise Pop, San Francisco's seminal indie music festival, a week-long, annual event he created in 1993.
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