After beginning his career in Operations under Quality Control for FUGA, Diederik has amassed over 9 years of experience in the music tech/operations space. In 2018, he created FUGA’s content operations department focusing on the music industry's increasing need for good quality metadata and later added fraud monitoring and prevention as an important aspect of the department. In his current role as Downtown Music’s Director of Operations, Diederik manages strategic projects at the group level; which entails aligning on strategy and collaboration under Trust & Safety initiatives across all of Downtown’s companies.