With over 15 years of experience in the finance, music and technology arenas, Edward Ginis has built a reputation for developing effective legacy technology modernization strategies, incubating new business models, and successfully managing large-scale global software system implementations. Ginis currently serves as Chief Client Officer at OpenPlay, a company he co-founded in 2013 after serving as the CTO of Concord Music Group. In his current role, Ginis heads planning and development of new features and products for OpenPlay’s diverse client roster while driving client growth and acquisition.

Ginis began his career at Gursey, Schneider & Co., where he built and scaled a technical team responsible for servicing local communities and municipalities, as well as developing custom software to help with the firm’s other practices. He then held senior positions at Concord Music Group and Village Roadshow Entertainment Group before co-founding OpenPlay.

At Concord, Ginis served as VP of Information Services, where he was responsible for managing all aspects of corporate technology. He also oversaw technology alignment and all software integrations associated with Concord’s acquisitions of Fantasy Records, Rounder Records and Telarc International. After Concord itself was acquired by Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, Ginis was named their VP of Information Services & Technology. In this role, he was responsible for all technology across both Village Roadshow and Concord, leading efforts to integrate their offerings during and after the merger. Ginis was then promoted to SVP, Information Services & Technology, where he oversaw all aspects of technical separation during the sale of Concord to Wood Creek Capital Management.

As an industry leader in the technology space, Ginis is an in-demand speaker at major music industry events including the annual Music Biz conference, SXSW and Indie-Con. In June 2021, he was chosen as one of 46 music industry leaders to be a part of Leadership Music’s 32nd Class, graduating in May 2022. Ginis is also an advisor for startups Westcott Multimedia and ScreenSpace, as well as an advisor and investor in hologram company Proto.

Ginis holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from UCLA. He currently resides in Beverly Hills, CA, and enjoys spending time with his kids, traveling, building and programming computers, and reading. He is a huge fan of sci-fi and is currently re-reading the works of Isaac Asimov.