Music Business Worldwide
Alejandro Duque is a Miami-based music industry executive, and currently Managing Director of Universal Music Latino, Machete and Capitol Latin.
In addition, since March 2020, Duque has overseen Aftercluv, Universal Music’s dance platform for the Latin market.
With a strong background in the digital side of the music business, Duque joined Universal in 2005 via Universal Music Colombia, where he was New Media Manager.
In 2007 he rose to Digital Manager of Latin America for Universal Music, before being promoted again to Head of Sales & Business Development for Universal Music Latin America (Southern Cone) in 2009.
In this role, Duque managed all of Universal’s revenue-generating activities in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, where he achieved a +200% growth in Digital Revenues across a two-year period.
Date started current role: April 2017
Location: Denver, CO
Purnima Wagle is CIO and Vice President, Information Technology, for DCP Midstream. She has more than 25 years of global corporate experience working for medium to large multi-national companies in industries that span oil and gas, high tech, automotive and supply chain.
What was your first job? Programmer Analyst Trainee at Tata Motors, a leading global automobile manufacturing company.
Did you always want to work in IT? It has always been my passion to work in IT; it has given me the opportunity to comprehend all facets of the organisation like Supply Chain, Operations, Services, Engineering, Finance, & HR. I had a deep appreciation for the logical composable structures and enjoyed writing code to automate repetitive tasks and solve business problems.