Lateral Management is a full service management company based out of New York City, and is owned and operated by James Woodward a.k.a. "Woody". Woody graduated from Olivet College with his Bachelor's Degree and Columbia College Chicago with his Master's Degree. He interned with Universal Records in college which led to his entrance into Columbia College Chicago's Arts & Entertainment Management Masters program. There, he studied Music Business and Theater Management. Woody then returned home to Michigan for one year before re-locating to NYC where he met DavidK, who he currently represents. After managing a diversified range of artists, running an independent record label, and working in theater management for the last 4 years, Woody proudly returns to the music industry to establish a full service management company.