Douglas Kay

Douglas Kay brings an extensive background of over 30 years in entertainment industry development, production, and technology. Mr. Kay is a consultant to entertainment and technology companies and a Director of the Alliance of CEO's. Mr. Kay was previously President and Chairman of Mondo Media, leading the online-entertainment company through three successful venture rounds and overseeing its growth into the leading creator and syndicator of original entertainment content on the web. Prior to joining Mondo, Mr. Kay was VP of Development for Berkeley Systems, where he was responsible for online and CD-ROM development and supervised the creation of the Berkeley On-Line Network. Previously, Mr. Kay was CTO of LucasArts Entertainment Company and Senior Manager for Digital Operations at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic, where he founded the ILM Computer Graphics Department in 1985 and grew the department to more than 150 artists and production personnel by 1994. Previously, Mr. Kay was founder and principal of Joblove/Kay, Inc., producing computer-generated animation for television commercials and feature films worldwide. Mr. Kay holds a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Computer Graphics from Cornell University and was jointly awarded the Academy Technical Achievement Award in 1995 for his work at ILM.