Bonnie Rosen
Bonnie Rosen leads the Disney Accelerator, a business development program that creates actionable opportunities for The Walt Disney Company to build collaborations with external companies working at the cutting-edge of media and technology. The Disney Accelerator has invested in companies like Epic Games, Kahoot!, Attentive, and Eleven Labs.
Before joining Disney, Bonnie co-led Techstars Space Accelerator, a program focused on new space and frontier technology investments in partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Air Force, Maxar Technologies, SAIC, Israel Aerospace Industries, and Arrow Electronics. An entrepreneur herself, Bonnie participated in the 2015 Disney Accelerator as part of FEM, Inc., a personalized video engagement platform, which was ultimately acquired by Nielsen Gracenote. Bonnie began her media career at Viacom Media Networks in Content Distribution, first as an attorney and later as an executive lead in business development. Over her career, Bonnie has also served as a consultant and advisor for media and space startup, brand agency, and non-profit organizations.
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