Byron Merritt currently is the Vice President of Design & Creative for Amazon Music. In this role he leads a multidisciplinary team of creatives across UX/Product Design, Brand Strategy & Brand Design, along with Research and Beta all focusing on elevating and igniting fandom and positioning Amazon Music as an audio first entertainment brand that can appeal to a younger more diverse audience. He is a tenured creative leader with 30 plus years at companies like Nike, Delta Air Lines and IDEO. He studied at the United States Naval Academy, has an undergraduate degree in history from Old Dominion University in Virginia and earned a Master’s Degree in Architecture from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles where he is currently a trustee. He lives in Los Angeles and works out of the Culver City campus.