Gerry Kearby

Gerald "Gerry" Kearby is an entrepreneur who rose to prominence during the "dot-com" boom of the late 1990s. He has worked predominantly with music and audio-related electronics and software companies.

He was previously co-founder, CEO and President of Liquid Audio, Inc. [ [http://www.museresearch.com/bio_gerry_kearby.php Bio at museresearch.com] ] In that position, he testified before the US Congress regarding digital music distribution [ [http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=198&wit_id=266 Digital music testimony before US Congress] ] . At Liquid Audio he also drove development of digital audio watermarking technology since acquired and used by Microsoft [ [http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,899756,00.asp eweek's article on Microsoft acquision of Liquid Audio] ] At its peak, Liquid Audio had a market capitalization close to $1 billion.

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