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Exactuals has promoted Bryan Walley to CEO, where he has served as COO for eight years and President for almost two years. In this role, Walley will lead all day-to-day aspects of Exactuals, including overseeing its flagship platform PaymentHub, which has processed over $2 billion all-time for payees in film, TV, music, the insurance industry, and more.

Exactuals Co-Founder Mike Hurst will transition into the role of Chairman, where he will continue to provide leadership and value to Exactuals while he dedicates more time to investment, advisory, and entrepreneurial activities outside of the company.

“It has been a longstanding goal at Exactuals that our colleagues have the opportunity to grow and reach their highest potential within the company. Bryan is a prime example of this endeavor, and I am thrilled to name him as our new CEO. Additionally, his promotion will open leadership opportunities for our strong and growing team, many of whom are ready to take on greater responsibilities. I look forward to continuing my work with Bryan as Chairman, and I am more than confident in his ability to build on Exactuals’ successful trajectory, leading with a clear mission to an even brighter future.”

“Mike has shepherded our company and our products PaymentHub and SR1 to an incredible point, and I am honored to take on more responsibilities as CEO of Exactuals while continuing to work with him in his new role as Chairman,” said Walley. “We’re continuing to close new, historic deals, develop new business opportunities, and all our divisions have been running full steam ahead for the next chapter. The best is yet to come!”

Walley’s role at Exactuals combines his love of technology and automation with his background in financial services and process improvement.

Prior to joining the company in 2014, he held senior positions at IP3 Networks Inc., Intuit, and Exactuals’ parent company City National Bank. In 2003, Walley joined IP3 Networks Inc. as Director of Operations, where he was responsible for internal systems development and management, process and policy definition and implementation, vendor management, procurement and distribution, interviewing and hiring decisions, and budgeting. At the time, he was named Vice President, Information Services Project Manager at City National Bank, where he helped deliver technical and process-driven results on time, on scope, and on budget, both internally and for the company’s clients.

Exactuals also promoted Lindsay Conlin to SVP of Revenue. In this role, Conlin will oversee all sales and marketing operations for Exactuals and its suite of products, including flagship platform, PaymentHub, and royalty calculation and statement generation service, SR1.

Conlin is based in Nashville, Tenn., and will report to Exactuals CEO Bryan Walley.

“Lindsay has played an integral part in Exactuals’ success from the moment she joined the company in 2018,” said Mike Hurst, Chairman of Exactuals. “Lindsay is a trusted and inspiring leader, and her promotion to SVP of Revenue comes with my utmost confidence and excitement. She continues to develop new business and bring our flagship products, PaymentHub and SR1, to new clients while continuing in her efforts in fostering payment and data best practices across the entertainment industry.”

Before her promotion to SVP of Revenue, Conlin served as Director of Business Development at Exactuals, where she focused on building partnerships, negotiating deals, developing marketing strategies, and more. She played a key role in finalizing deals with more than 100 labels, publishers, libraries, and distributors in the music and literary publishing spaces. Conlin has also been an advocate for proper metadata in the music industry, receiving a nomination for the Master of Metadata Award at the 2022 Music Biz Annual Conference.

“I am excited to be leading Exactuals forward in this next chapter shoulder to shoulder with an executive as incredible and deserving as Lindsay,” said Bryan Walley, CEO of Exactuals. “The current momentum Exactuals is in no small part due to the work Lindsay has been doing in attracting and completing deals with new clients and I’m excited to see her continue to grow in her new role as SVP of Revenue.”

Hurst started Exactuals with Chief Technology Officer Jason Hiller while at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2011, establishing Exactuals as a SaaS leader in the film/TV payments space by solidifying long-term contracts with the industry’s largest talent union, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and the industry’s largest payroll provider, Entertainment Partners, amongst others. In August 2018, Hurst led Exactuals toward its acquisition by City National Bank.

Walley is based in Los Angeles and will report directly to Verna Grayce Chao, Executive Vice President at City National Bank, the parent company of Exactuals.