*Was named Producer of the Year in 1989 by the Academy of Country Music. *Was President of [http://musicbrainz.org/label/36d29cc1-f4c6-4e84-8f95-55706f49e6a0.html|Giant Records] in the 1990's *Served as served as co-CEO for [http://musicbrainz.org/label/19d052fa-570a-4b17-9a3d-8f2f029b7b57.html|Universal Music Group] from 2005 to 2007. *Founded his own label [http://musicbrainz.org/label/a493ca11-fbf6-4e5b-9db7-e1a34f1ed211.html|Stroudavarious Records] in 2008.