Our Team
Mark Spier
President & CEO
Mark Spier is Founder and CEO of Royalty Solutions Corp., a company that provides royalty processing and licensing services for independent record labels and music publishers. Mark established RSC in 2011 after noticing a need for an affordable solution for companies looking to process royalties without creating their own specified royalty departments. Mark has a BS in Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. He worked a decade overseeing operational technology innovation in the banking industry for 10 years. Mark is also CEO of a third generation music publishing company, Memory Lane Music Group, since 2003.
Alexandra Morancy
Royalties Manager
Alexandra Morancy is a specialist in royalty processing and publishing, beginning her career back in 2014 in Berlin, Germany as a Licensing Manager for !K7 Records. Having graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Masters in Global Entertainment / Music Business in 2014, Alex has worked her way through the music industry in various capacities – finally finding her passion for royalties back in 2017 while working as a Royalty Administrator at Peermusic in Burbank. Over the course of three years, Alex evolved from a Royalty Coordinator to Royalty Manager at Peer, gaining experience processing domestic and foreign royalties while also leading a small team of administrators along the way. Before coming to Royalty Solutions, she was the Royalty Payables Manager for Warner Chappell Music in Los Angeles. Alex’s passion for music goes beyond numbers, producing electronic music in her spare time. Alex looks forward to growing with the Royalty Solutions team and assisting clients with all their processing and analytical needs.
Jessica Brant
Royalties Manager
Jessica Brant has been working in music publishing for over 6 years, lending her expertise in a variety of areas including Income Tracking, Copyright, Account Setup and Client Relations, and Royalty Processing. From Sony /ATV Music Publishing to BMG Rights Management, she has continued to hone her craft to help artists and songwriters get the attention and understanding they want for their music. Adding to this her knowledge of PRO accounting and processes from her time working at SESAC, she brings a well-rounded base to any company. .
Maya Funaro
Business affairs director
Maya Funaro is the Business Affairs Director at Royalty Solutions. Her 20+ years in the music business started with over a decade of paralegal and licensing/copyright administration work with attorney M. William Krasilovsky. It was an invaluable opportunity to learn the skills of drafting and negotiating a wide variety of music business contracts from a leading music business attorney. Maya enjoys the complex and ever-evolving puzzle that is copyright law, but finds the work most satisfying when supporting independent artists, labels, songwriters, publishers, and music business innovators to achieve their business and artistic goals.
Michael Elliott
licensing & copyright Manager
Michael Elliott has worked in music publishing and licensing since graduating from New York University in 2014. He has a BA in Music Business from the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He is currently the Licensing and Copyright Manager at Royalty Solutions, overseeing mechanical licensing for label and distributor clients as well as catalog ingestion and registration for publishing clients. Michael is also an active member of the AIMP NY Youth Advisory Committee, founded in January 2020.