Speaker Bio
Isaac Bess is the Global Head of Distribution Partnerships at TikTok. Bess oversees Business Development, Strategy, and Operations supporting Telecommunications, Infrastructure, Product, and Trust & Safety to drive adoption, usage, retention, brand lift and product excellence across TikTok and other applications within ByteDance's portfolio. The Distribution team have executed and launched thousands of partnerships around the world, establishing new standards for impact on user growth, revenue, retention, infrastructure, brand lift and technology, with particular focus on innovation.
Prior to TikTok, Bess spent over 20 years in the music business as a journalist, record label executive and digital distributor, in addition to strategic partnerships on YouTube‘s Business Development team. He holds a BA from Cornell University, MBAs from UCLA and National University of Singapore, and resides in Los Angeles, California.