Todd Rosenberg
SVP, Business Development and Content Strategy, Universal Music Group
Combining an entrepreneurial approach with business development and operational expertise, Todd has a 20+ year track record of developing and leading successful ventures within entertainment, technology and advertising companies. Todd has grown revenue, audience and brand visibility through partnerships with the world’s largest corporations, agencies and brands including Walmart, IAC, Lucasfilm, Warner Brothers, YouTube, ESPN, BBC, Pixar and Facebook.
Todd currently serves as the SVP of Business Development and Content Strategy at the Universal Music Group. Before Universal, Todd served as VP of Business Development and Operations at The Walt Disney Company. As a digital thought leader and executive at The Walt Disney Company, Todd pioneered the company’s content claiming business, creating a multimillion-dollar profit center spanning all Disney’s content divisions. He was promoted in 2016 to oversee the entire Maker Studios Network including partnerships, audience development, platform management and operations. Prior to Disney, Todd spearheaded the development of OpenX’s programmatic advertising exchange. During his time with OpenX, net revenue increased by more than 60x to exceed $100 million, and he transitioned from an operational to a strategic role informing product, sales, legal and marketing.
Todd is also active in the Los Angeles start-up community, working with prominent venture funds, accelerators and advising early stage companies. His career began in the music industry as a creative executive for the world’s foremost record labels, discovering and fostering talent, curating film soundtracks and compilations, and licensing music. He is a native Angeleno, with a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business.
Content & Articles by Todd Rosenberg
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos Health
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos Health, to...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...
The 10 Security Gaps That Plague Startups Before Their A Round
A NOTE ON SEVERITY Not every item on this list carries the same level of risk. Some are the kind of finding that stops a deal. Others are serious but...
Community-Led Growth for Startups: Why Most Communities Fail and How to Build One That Actually Works
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited Sam Jacobs — founder and CEO of Pavilion — to talk about community-led growth: what it actually means, why most communities...