About Cornax

David E. Goldman works at the intersection of media and technology and currently runs Cornax Media Alliance, an agency representing several hundred technology brands, many of whom are contributing to the evolution of Web 3.0 and the Metaverse. He sits on the Board of Governors of the Advanced Imaging Society and is the Chairman of the Advisory Services Committee of MESA (Media and Entertainment Services Alliance).

David has advised consumer brands such as Starbucks and Mattel on their immersive content strategy and is retained by media-technology brands to advise on product/market fit and business development strategy. He has had overall producing deals at Viacom, Fox and Disney and was an early mover in the digital content space having produced and distributed over 1,000 hours of content to Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Google, Direct TV, Sprint, Verizon, Roku, Pluto TV, Tubi TV, Samsung, Xbox, Sony, Apple, LG, and AT&T among others.

David served as senior leadership at the William Morris Agency (now WME) where he ran the Motion Picture Directors Division and has guided the careers of Will Smith, Kurt Russell, Mick Jagger, Seth Meyers, Billy Idol, David Lee Roth, Eugene Levy, Fred Armisen, Roland Emmerich, Cheech and Chong and the Beach Boys to name a few.

He is a graduate of UCLA and UCLA Law School and is a member of the California Bar.

Adam Slohn is a best-in-class expert in production applications & other media workflow technologies who has been at the leading edge of the digitization of “script to screen” production processes for the past 20 years. He currently leads Dark Fiber Production Technology where he consults technology product & services companies on product strategy, partnerships, GTM messaging, and business development to facilitate growth within the M&E industry vertical. He also consults with studios and individual productions on technology architecture as it relates to various production media workflows. Prior to this, Adam was an executive responsible for production technology at one of the largest Hollywood studios, where he has had a “birds-eye” view of the full technology stack across all of the studio’s live action and animated movies as well as all supporting studio departments. He has mastered the art of credibly collaborating with filmmakers, creative and studio production executives to translate their creative vision, requirements, and budget constraints to define technology solution architectures, while overseeing their rapid implementation and white glove support. Before working in M&E, Adam was a management consultant specializing in supply chain optimization and related applications as well a mechanical design engineer working on military grade electro-optical system. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School as well as a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from MIT.

Specialties:

~Product Strategy for Emerging Content Production Apps, Hybrid Cloud Services & Infrastructure
~Business Development to Grow M&E Vertical for Technology Businesses
~Connecting Early Stage Investors to Start-ups in M&E Production Technology
~Studio Content Production Technology Architecture Strategy
~Technology Enterprise Deal Negotiations & Contracts
~Strategic Partnership Business Development

Phil has been a Chief Operations Officer for over 30 years has collaborated with companies to modernize or configure their operations to drive and support growth. Deep experience in media (TV, print and digital), music and entertainment, CPG, health and wellness, and SaaS industries.

• Active operator at board, c-suite, and senior executive driving strategic growth through tech enablement
• Specialize in post-seed, series A operational planning to ramp and scale ventures
• Operations leader navigating the complexities of highly competitive markets
• Work with senior leadership to develop proper operating plan, path, and pace
• Develop forward-facing innovative corporate cultures to thrive
• Led enterprise-wide modernization projects at CNN, NBC Regional Sports Network, The Grammys
• Active member of due diligence M&A teams ranging from $10 to $450 million

Advisor to ventures and funds, speaker/lecturer, and avid traveler.

Seasoned executive with 20+ years of technology, digital and operational experience. Operational experience in media, online advertising and marketing, software and eCommerce, with comfort and success in large organizations as well as mid-size and startups; often in CTO, CDO or COO roles. Expertise in operations, innovation, technology and infrastructure platforms, projects and teams, budgeting and process, as well as mobile, video/OTT, big data, marketing operations, business development, analytics, content/editorial and more.

Worked on various Internet standards groups and written over a dozen books. Have worked in full time roles with organizations, as well as running Ripple Group; a boutique consulting company that works for Executives, Owners and Investors.