Douglas Kay - Alliance Director
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Biography
Douglas Kay brings to bear an extensive background of over 24 years in entertainment industry development, production, and technology. Douglas is currently an Advisor to Mondo Media. In this role, he provides guidance on the company's strategic direction and partnerships, overall business structure and development, and sales strategies. In his previous roles as President, and then Chairman, Douglas led the company through three successful venture rounds and oversaw the company's growth into the leading creator and syndicator of original entertainment content on the web.
Douglas is also a consultant to entertainment and technology companies. In this capacity, he is serving as Interim Chief Technology Officer for Big Idea Productions, the creator of the VeggieTales home video series, the feature film Jonah, and other music and related products.
Prior to joining Mondo Media in 1998, Douglas was Vice President of Development for Berkeley Systems, Inc., where he was responsible for online and CD-ROM development. While at Berkeley Systems, he supervised the creation of the Bezerk On-Line Network and its innovative use of television-like advertisements.
Previously, Douglas was Chief Technical Officer of LucasArts Entertainment Company and Senior Manager for Digital Operations at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic. He founded the ILM Computer Graphics Department in 1985 and grew the department to more than 150 artists and production personnel by 1994. He played a key role in ILM's pioneering efforts in the use of digital technology for feature films which are evidenced in the Academy Award winning Jurassic Park, Terminator 2 and The Abyss. He is the recipient of an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Technical Achievement award for his work in the development of Digital Compositing Technology.
Previously, Douglas was a founder and principal of Joblove/Kay, Inc., which produced computer-generated animation for television commercials and feature films broadcast all over the world.
Douglas has lectured for the entrepreneurship programs at both Stanford University and Cornell University and delivered papers and participated in panels at numerous industry conferences. He is a member of the Technical Advisory Board of Nvidia, the leading maker of high-end graphics processors.
He holds a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Computer Graphics from Cornell University.