SoundHound Inc., Director of User Experience

Aaron leads the team of engineers, designers, and support staff that produceSoundHound's products and services, and is responsible for end-to-end user experiences. Under Aaron's leadership, the SoundHound apps have become the most decorated music apps in the history of mobile software, earning top ten honors from the New York Times, CNet, Gizmodo and the Times of London, and the Billboard Best Music Engagement App award. Highlights from Aaron's tenure include the launching of viral features that increased users' social sharing twelve fold over ten months; in-app world premieres of singles by Secondhand Serenade, Pitbull, and Daughtry; and LiveLyrics, a multi-disciplinary project in which Aaron led five teams to deliver the largest real-time lyrics feature in the world. Aaron has also served as a lead research engineer at SoundHound; his work enabled accurate singing search, the exclusive Underplayed list, and a three-fold speed increase in music recognition.

Aaron holds a Bachelor's degree in music performance from the Eastman School of Music, a Master's in Speech Processing from the University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he also served as an advisor in human-computer interaction to Nissan Motor Company.

Follow Aaron on Twitter: @aaronmidomi