Birame N. Sock

Technology Council

Birame N. Sock - Founder & CEO,
Third Solutions, Inc.

Birame Sock is the Founder and CEO of Third Solutions, Inc , the developer of the leading digital receipts platform, www.myreceipts.com, based in Miami, FL. Fast Company recently named Birame's company to its 25 Women-Run Start-ups to Watch. In 2002, Birame founded Musicphone, Inc., a Wireless Entertainment company and successfully led Musicphone through its acquisition in July 2007 by Gracenote, Inc., a recognized California-based Digital Media company which was subsequently acquired by Sony Corporation. Musicphone was the first to launch a Wireless Music Recognition service called MusicID with AT&T Wireless and Virgin Mobile USA in 2005. In 2005, Birame served on the Board of CKX (NASDAQ: CKXE) as an Independent Director and Audit Committee Member. Birame also served as the Digital Media Strategist for CKX working in the ownership, development and commercial utilization of entertainment content covering major brands such as Elvis Presley, American Idol and Muhammad Ali. As a result of her successes as an entrepreneur with a strong technology background and focus on digital technologies and consumer applications, Birame has appeared on CNBC and Good Morning America, has spoken at many leading digital entertainment events and has been quoted in several articles in the New York Times, Billboard Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. Prior to Musicphone, Birame was Vice President at SetNet Corporation, a Wireless Messaging company and worked as a Senior Project Manager for Nortel Networks, Inc. Birame received Cartier's Women's Initiative Award, and was named the 2010 Laureate for North America.