Rick Schwartz serves as product manager for PacketVideo’s Twonky line of media management software and mobile applications. Prior to joining PacketVideo in 2008, Schwartz logged a rich history in digital media innovation. Six years before Apple sold its first song online, Schwartz was product manager at Liquid Audio. During this time, oversaw a team that created the first secure online music distribution system.

Following his tenure at Liquid Audio, Schwartz joined Gateway where he was in charge of product marketing for the company’s Desktop PC division. Schwartz played an integral role in launching hundreds of unique products and services to market, including Media Center PCs, the Gateway/Napster Music Service, Gateway MP3 Jukebox and Gateway Rhapsody Music Service. Schwartz also launched the Music Vault – an industry-first program that included preloading thousands of songs onto millions of PCs worldwide. Schwartz works from PacketVideo’s headquarters in San Diego.