Scott Freiman

Scott Freiman may be the only person to have sold out Carnegie Hall and been a Finalist for Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year.  He works with corporations and non-profits, implementing technology and optimizing processes around it to enhance organizational efficiency, streamline internal operations, and strengthen engagement with clients, investors, and funders. He is also a leading expert on the music of the Beatles, who has appeared in eleven films and is the host of the public television series ‘Deconstructing the Beatles’.

Scott is a technology-focused executive, entrepreneur, and educator with deep experience in strategy, marketing, technology, and operations. With a track record of fostering collaboration and innovation, he successfully built strong relationships with executives, board members, employees, clients, and strategic partners. His leadership helped drive two industry-changing companies.

Scott was the co-founder and CEO of Qwire Inc., a technology company that streamlines music licensing for large studios and music companies. He worked with his technology team to develop and manage software used across large TV/film studios, such as NBCUniversal, and performance rights organizations, such as SESAC.

Prior to that, Scott was a co-founder of Credit Management Solutions, Inc. (CMSI), a leading e-finance company where he served as CEO.  Under Mr. Freiman’s direction, CMSI took an idea sketched out on a napkin and built the Credit Online network, a nationwide network linking automobile lenders and dealers that is now in use by 75% of all automobile dealers in the United States. A Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Maryland Entrepreneur of the Year, Scott helped lead CMSI’s successful IPO, and later orchestrated the sale of CMSI to the First American Corporation. 

Scott is the creator of Deconstructing The Music, a series of unique multimedia lectures on the songwriting and production techniques of musicians. He has presented his lectures to sold-out audiences at theaters nationwide and has spoken at colleges, universities, and corporations, such as Pixar, Google, and Facebook. In the Fall of 2012, he taught a semester course on “The Beatles In The Studio” at Yale University. He co-hosts the monthly Fab Four Master Class with fellow musicologist Kenneth Womack with whom he leads annual Beatles-themed trips to Liverpool and London. Scott also writes about music and "deconstructs" songs and bands for Culture Sonar.

Scott is featured in eleven Deconstructing the Beatles films currently showing in theaters and available on DVD and streaming. His six part series, Deconstructing the Beatles, airs on public television stations and PBS Passport. His first non-Beatles “deconstruction” (on Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon) premiered in August 2024.

Scott has also been a composer, music producer, and studio owner. Scott composed music for more than ten films, and contributed music to the Emmy®-award winning eleven-part BBC/Discovery series Life.  He also acted as sound editor and mixer on many films, including the first 3D made-for-television film, David Attenborough’s Flying Monsters, and the award-winning films Encounter Point and Budrus.  In September of 2005, his original music was performed at a sold out Carnegie Hall concert that featured a 17-piece orchestra, a children’s choir, and a George Bush impersonator.  

Scott is the former owner of Second Act Studio, a state-of-the-art music and video studio for composition, recording, and production designed by renowned studio architect, John Storyk.  Second Act Studio played host to a wide range of musicians -- from children to Grammy winners, such as bassist John Patitucci and the Tokyo String Quartet.  Scott produced, arranged, and played keyboards for many artists and served as producer on recordings recorded and mixed at Second Act. Scott also created courses for MacProVideo.com, providing online video training in professional software, and taught composing and music technology to children and adults.

Scott holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Music from Yale University and a Masters of Music Composition from New York University. He is married to Allison Fine, the President of Every.org and an acclaimed author and speaker on AI and philanthropy.