Reading it here first: Tom Ryan, who recently left EMI as SVP of digital and mobile and development worldwide, has now joined Bessemer Venture Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence. He will be based in Larchmont, NY office and focusing on opportunities in the digital media sector. Of course, that means he’s exploring hatching a startup, or join an existing one.
In 1996, Ryan founded CDuctive, one of the first sellers of downloadable music and custom CD compilations. In 1999, he sold CDuctive to Emusic, which was in turn acquired by Universal Music Group. Before joining EMI, Tom led mobile music strategy and business development at Virgin Mobile USA.
Tom’s newish blog is here.