Sidney Blum

Sidney Blum , CPA, CFE, CrFA, CFF, DAFBA, FACFEI, CPEA is currently the Head of Audit at Beats Electronics, LLC (aka: Beats By Dr. Dre) in Santa Monica, California. He is one of America's leading royalty auditors, having represented leading licensors in a vast number of industries such as high technology, biotechnology, media & entertainment, toys, apparel, software, digital distribution, team sports, consumer products, medical devices, oil & gas, and aerospace. Mr. Blum has gathered his...See more

Sidney Blum , CPA, CFE, CrFA, CFF, DAFBA, FACFEI, CPEA is currently the Head of Audit at Beats Electronics, LLC (aka: Beats By Dr. Dre) in Santa Monica, California. He is one of America's leading royalty auditors, having represented leading licensors in a vast number of industries such as high technology, biotechnology, media & entertainment, toys, apparel, software, digital distribution, team sports, consumer products, medical devices, oil & gas, and aerospace. Mr. Blum has gathered his skills by auditing the following types of self-reporting contracts: construction, most favored nation, residual, participation, joint venture, advertising, service, time & material, cost-plus, distribution and digital distribution. He also performs expert witness testimony and is a frequent lecturer on royalty auditing. Sidney Blum wrote the royalty audit methodology for two of the Big 4 Accounting firms where he was a partner for approximately five years. In addition to working at the Big 4, he has seven years of industry experience as an internal auditor, split between Fortune 50 oil and gas companies and entertainment. See less