Mike Caren is an American record producer, songwriter, publisher, A&R representative, music manager & entrepreneur. He is Founder & CEO of Artist Publishing Group & Artist Partner Group, the former President of Worldwide A&R at Warner Music Group. Prior to that, Caren was the Executive Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records and the co-president of Elektra Records. He currently manages superstar producers / songwriters Cirkut and Stargate and previously managed global dance phenom David Guetta. In addition to his work as a music executive, Caren has also written or produced numerous songs for artists including Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Kanye West, and others. Also he recently announced becoming a founding partner of JEN, a cutting edge generative music AI software