Albhy Galuten is an American technology executive, futurist, inventor, Grammy Award-winning record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator, and conductor. He has produced 13 number 1 singles with titles selling over 100,000,000 copies. He has been nominated for seven and won two Grammy Awards, a Dramalogue award, a BMI award and is the recipient of multiple gold and platinum records.
Galuten was Vice President, New Technology at Ion where he invented and developed the enhanced CD (used by all major labels); Senior Vice President of Advanced Technology at Universal Music Group running the music industry’s first technology division; and Vice President, Media Technology Strategy at Sony Corporation of America.
Currently, Galuten is Founder and CEO of Agora Media; Senior Fellow, Technology Initiatives at Intertrust Technologies and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
As an inventor, Galuten is noted for having created and used the first drum loop for Saturday Night Fever (digital versions are used today in many thousands of recordings) and the Enhanced CD which was used and distributed by all the major labels.
Galuten has 13 issued patents.