CDA MUSIC GROUP - Key Persons

For the past 30 years, Ms. Trainor has enjoyed a prolific career as a producer and entertainment executive for the music, TV and film industries. She has been behind the successful careers of some of the most iconic artistic figures for the Hispanic and Ibero American markets. Her skills, abilities, and expertise in areas of production, A&R, marketing, and distribution come from 20 years of experience as artist manager and major record label executive at BMG, PolyGram, Warner, and Universal Music in Mexico and the US. Before joining CdA, Ms. Trainor worked for 10 years in the independent film and TV industries in areas of marketing, distribution, acquisitions and video journalism.

Before founding CdAMG, Mr. Alvarez founded the region and served as Senior Vice President, Latin America for Universal Music Publishing Group for more than ten years. During his tenure, Universal was named ASCAP's Latin Publisher of the Year five times and Universal's BMI company was ranked as Billboard's number 1 music publishing company for the Latin market. Mr. Alvarez also served as President of FLADEM (the Federation of Latin American Publishers) and was Director of Latin Membership for ASCAP. Earlier in his career he also worked with the National Music Publisher's Association and Harry Fox Agency negotiating synchronization licenses on behalf of its publishers. Alvarez holds two degrees from New York University including an Associate in Arts and Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Finance, Accounting and International Business. He also holds a Juris Doctor degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, which is consistently ranked in the top 10 in Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution Law Schools by U.S. News & World Report. His legal training includes International Law studies in Hong Kong.