After 17 years on the senior management team at Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, responsible for strategy, marketing, communications and organizational development in the studios visual effects, feature animation, online games, mobile and broadband entertainment businesses, I am now the co-founder of Spud Media LLC, an entertainment network designed for the family market, and am an active advisor to a variety of startups and organizations including The Entertainment Technology Center@USC, Cosmic Forces, a digital production studio, and Smartoonz, an animation company, and a member of the board of advisors to BLUE, the Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Conference. My expertise is primarily in media, entertainment and technology but not limited to those fields. I look forward to helping you in any way I can and making your mentor session worthwhile.