Stuart W. Volkow, has been working in feature films, television and digital media technology for over 10 years. In addition to his consulting practice and teaching, he is currently Strategist for Venture DNA (www.venturedna.com), a mobile software developer, and The Institute, an award-winning broadcast and feature film production company (www.theinstitute.tv). Prior to these positions he was President of One Llama Media Inc. (www.onellama.com) A software technology developer at the Univ. of IL, specializing in machine learning, semantic analysis, and collaborative filtering. One Llama was recently sold to URFILEZ.com.  Mr. Volkow has worked as a consultant to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),  and to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

After a career in biomedical science and information technology, Mr. Volkow followed a path into the rapidly evolving digital media industry.  As a Project Manager for Intellimation-ABC CLIO in Santa Barbara CA, he Produced interactive courses in health and environmental sciences. Stuart Co-Produced the multi-media encyclopedia for the 50^th Anniversary of the United Nations, and produced television programs on environmental issues for Santa Barbara Cable TV.  After completing a Producing Certificate program at the American Film Institute, He worked in feature film development and production at Phoenix Pictures Inc. under Chairman Mike Medavoy.

In 1999 Stuart became an Executive Producer and VP of Internet Operations for the 5^th Avenue Channel out of Miami, FL. The NASDAQ Company broadcast lifestyle programming and personal financial news on Comcast and the Dish Network. He Produced STOCK TALK CENTRAL, BUSINESS TODAY and INSIDE HEALTH.  While at 5AC, he launched and managed one of the first television operations to simulcast live over the Internet and offer searchable, on-demand video archives. 5AC’s personal financial news, became one of the first broadband channels on MSN.

Since 1993 Mr. Volkow has been teaching in the University of California system at the Anderson Graduate School of Management and through UCLA Extension’s Department of Film and TV.  He has taught over 30 courses on digital media and production and delivered hundreds of lectures. He has been a contributing Editor for Videography Magazine, and CMS Newsline, covering technology trends. He has taught courses on media strategy in South Korea for the Ministry of Digital Information Promotion and to groups of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese business executives at UCLA’s office of Custom Programs.

Mr. Volkow has a degree in Physiology from Southern Illinois University. He was a graduate assistant in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Akron in Ohio and a Clinical Research Associate focusing on acute and chronic pain and stress disease. He is a graduate of the American Film Institute’s Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies Producing Program. He sails, studies Yoga and Martial Arts, and is a communications specialist for CA-9 Disaster Medical Assistance Team. His amateur radio call sign is KG6YYJ.