Blake White Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Worldwide, Oo

Consults with Deloitte's Media & Entertainment clients on digital technology and business transformations, leveraging over 25 years of experience in the U.S. and globally among motion picture, broadcast, cable, streaming media, communications, and digital engagement clients.

Founded the Strategic Technology Institute (STI) as a boutique network of independent consultants focusing on corporate technology strategies. STI offers Strategic Advisory Services, Technology Policy Assessments, Engineering Ethics, and Strategic Program Management. Clients have included a Fortune 50 consumer products company, a Big 4 firm, a major motion picture studio, plus pro bono work for the non-profit sector. STI is also a virtual ‘think tank’ that investigates the public policy implications of emerging technologies. Research includes: Digital Transformation, CTO Strategy Alignment, Technology Ethics Framework, AI Ethics, GDPR Privacy Adoption, IP Rights Management, Content Security, and Organizational Social Distance. Technology policy advocacy has ranged from technical literacy, digital diversity & inclusion, and the historical & social implications of new technologies. Authored The Technology Assessment Process: A Strategic Framework for Managing Technical Innovation, published by Greenwood Press.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Led strategic consulting efforts in digital media management, distribution, and consumer engagement, serving Cognizant Business Consulting's US Commmunications, Media & Entertainment clients. Representative projects include: Project Planning for major broadcaster's R&D organization; Broadcast and Digital Media Technology Strategy for a global retail media company; Archive Management technology vendor recommendation and project implementation for a major US broadcast news organization; Content Security Assessment and Recommendations for a leading cable network; and Application Portfolio Rationalization for a leading cable network.

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Served as a Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Entertainment, Media & Communications (EMC) advisory practice based in San Jose and Los Angeles. Developed and led EMC's Digital Transformation Program. Advised media industry clients on the business implications of emerging technologies and technology industry clients on their strategies as participants in the content value chain. Representative projects included: Cloud-based E&M product line strategy for a major US communications company; Media Asset Management (MAM) rationalization for a global media company; Rights Management specification and vendor selection for a North American cable company; digital media strategy work for an educational publisher; media industry value chain analysis for a leading post production equipment company; M&A due diligence support for a private equity firm seeking to invest in the broadcast equipment industry. Provided assessment, frameworks, validation, and operational best practices in Media Asset Management (MAM), Digital Rights Management (DRM), and Content Distribution Networks (CDN) for the Entertainment & Media and Technology industries. The Digital Transformation team advised PwC’s account teams globally on client issues and propositions, such as: Over-the-Top (OTT) business and system assessments; secure motion picture distribution; cross channel/platform content monetization; consumer engagement; targeted advertising; digital media supply chain management; and advanced analytics.Served as PwC’s subject matter expert in digital media, developing the firm’s position papers and representing the firm at speaking engagements on DRM, MAM, and Digital Cinema at industry events.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Led the worldwide practice of Ascent Media Consulting Services (AMCS), including full P&L responsibility, client engagements, and management of its staff in London, Singapore, and San Jose. Built practice from internal start-up to multimillion billings. AMCS offered strategic, business, and technology consulting services to the electronic media industry in areas such as: transition to HD, content-centric organizations and workflows, broadcast systems integration, and aligning technology plans with corporate business strategies.

Led the Strategic Services Practice, which focused on Media Asset Management, Digital Rights Management, and issues associated with Content Distribution Networks for NTC’s Media & Entertainment industry clients seeking media production and distribution solutions. Also led the Software Services organization’s development of alliances and tools to implement SOA-based software integration solutions to broadcast problems at client accounts.

Milpitas, Ca, Us

Held several Director-level positions in SGI’s global entertainment industry vertical as it grew from 4% to 20% of SGI’s overall business: Director of Silicon Studio Business Development Director of Silicon Studio Product Marketing Director of Entertainment Industry Marketing Director of SGI Consulting Vice President & GM of WAM!NET Entertainment (SGI JV partner)This included roles as Product Marketing Director for SGI's StudioCentral digital asset management toolkit and the Silicon Studio content developer platform architecture. In addition, the sales and marketing roles allowed for work with major studios, postproduction houses, and broadcasters. Also managed the corporate entertainment industry marketing messages, positioning, solution definition, third-party ISV relationships, and SGI’s participation at industry conferences and trade shows. As Director of SGI Consulting, I led consulting, solution design/development, technology integration, and global support for entertainment and media industry client projects in: digital asset management, broadcast and web-based media streaming, real-time graphics, technologies for 2D and 3D content development, and design of digital facilities.WAM!NET was a Minneapolis-based startup digital networking service company that focused on the media industry. It was partially owned by MCI Worldcom and SGI. Responsibilities included management of P&L for the entertainment division and management of the sales, marketing, and product marketing functions of this new startup division of WAM!NET.

Cupertino, California, Us

Held several positions at Apple:Product Marketing Manager – Led a cross-functional team in the development and marketing of the PATHWORKS family of client-server networking products, jointly developed by Apple and DEC. Manager, Client-Server Product Marketing – Led a cross-functional team of engineers and marketers as part of the start-up of Apple's Enterprise Systems Division in its development and rollout of the VITAL client-server enterprise architecture and its partnership/investment strategy in cross-platform client-server development tools. Director of Corporate Development -- Supported the Office of the CEO in strategic decision-support projects, and in broad-scale strategic alliances, such as Apple's five initiatives with IBM plus its Siemens and NTT relationships.

Mla, Technology Ethics

Mba, Management Information Systems And Services

Bsie, Industrial Engineering