CJ Cornell

Current

Kauffman Professor of Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University
Board Member, Venture Advisor, EIR at Silicom Ventures. LLC

Past

Sr. Vice President, Programming & Product Management at Ruckus Network
CEO, President at Chaos Media Networks
Board/Committee Member at CTAM - Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing

Sr. Director - Business Development at Canal+/Vivendi/Universal
Group Manager - Media & Entertainment at Sun Microsystems
Program Manager at Disney/Americast

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Education

Columbus University/Stanford University
New York Institute of Technology-Old Westbury
State University of New York at Stony Brook

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CJ Cornell’s Summary

Kauffman Professor of Digital Media & Entrepreneurship
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Arizona State University

Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship

Also, Venture Partner and EIR to Venture Capital Investment firm Silicom Ventures, LLC. and sits on the board of several high tech companies in Silicon Valley.

Formerly Sr. Vice President of Programming & Product Management for Ruckus Networks - the music and movie network for college campuses.

CEO of Chaos Media Networks since 2001-2005: A Video on Demand Cable Television Network. Prior: Business Development Executive at Canal+/Vivendi - focusing Television Programming & Technology. Former CEO of Sagesse Interactive/Wisdom TV - one of the early interactive television services in the US.

Held management positions at Sun Microsystems in advanced television and consumer entertainment technologies, and with Americast (Digital Cable TV venture between Disney, GTE, SBC, Ameritech, BellSouth and SNET). Was on the founding board of ATVEF.

BS double-major in electrical and mechanical engineering; MS-Engineering Management. PhD-Marketing & Strategy - dissertation in "Strategy and Chaos Theory in Complex Markets."

Founded 4 Toastmasters clubs & received numerous speaking awards including Speaker of the Year-1994 and distinguished officer 1992, 1993 & 1999. Active member in The Marketing Society for the Cable and Telecommunications Industry (CTAM) serving on committees at the national and chapter level.

Martial Arts practicioner for 21 years and an instructor for the past 8. Holds advanced Black Belts in Karate, Jujitsu, Aikido and other arts. The Smithsonian recognized CJ Cornell as one of the influential teachers and mentors of 1999.

CJ Cornell’s Specialties:

Cable Television. Video on Demand. Interactive Television. Entertainment. Digital Media. Social Networking
Venture Capital. Management. Business Development. Marketing. Negotiations. Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship

CJ Cornell’s Experience

Kauffman Professor of Digital Media Entrepreneurship

Arizona State University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year)

Kauffman Professor of Digital Media Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University

The Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship is devoted to the development of new media entrepreneurship and the creation of innovative digital media products.

My primary roles are
1) mentoring new student ventures - from concept to product to launch and funding/commercial
2) Teaching real-world entrepreneurship in a semi-formal classroom/lab environment
3) Teaching cutting edge concepts of digital media, software - including product design, concepts of social networking, mixing user generated content with professional content, and multi-platform digital product development (mobile, digital display, other)
4) Writing and research on media.

The main focus of my work, and the university program is to develop the next generation of journalism (techniques and students) - ie. what news, information and entertainment are like after print and broadcast lose their dominance. This includes new thinking and development of digital content, interactivity, user behavior, engagement, on web, mobile, out of home screens, and set-top boxes - and most important transforming students into lifelong entrepreneurs.
Board Member, Venture Advisor, EIR

Silicom Ventures. LLC

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur In Residence. Venture Capital & Angel Investment firm. Advisor and Consultant to media/technology ventures - focusing on marketing, business and media product launches.
Sr. Vice President, Programming & Product Management

Ruckus Network

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

July 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 7 months)

Ruckus networks is the largest music and video network for college students, deployed on college campuses throughout the US.
CEO, President

Chaos Media Networks

(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

January 2001 — June 2005 (4 years 6 months)

Chaos was the first and largest Video on Demand Cable Television Network - with over 10,000 hours of video and deployed over 2.2 million households. Also developing interactive VOD technologies that made TV shows more personalized and interactive.
Board/Committee Member

CTAM - Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

1999 — 2003 (4 years)

Industry organization for Marketing/Business professionals in the Cable and Media industries. Served on various committees (marketing committee, interactive, educational committees) as well as helped establish the Silicon Valley/Pacific Northwest chapter and served on its board.
Sr. Director - Business Development

Canal+/Vivendi/Universal

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Entertainment industry)

October 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 2 months)

Business Development/Corporate Development for this Interactive Television, Programming and Entertainment Corp.
Group Manager - Media & Entertainment

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1997 — October 1999 (2 years 2 months)

Focus on technology solutions for media, television, interactive television.
Program Manager

Disney/Americast

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

June 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 4 months)

Focus on Partnerships and deployments for this digital television partnership between Disney, Ameritech, SBC Corp, GTE, BellSouth and SNET

CJ Cornell’s Education

Columbus University/Stanford University

Ph.D. , Marketing, Strategy, Game Theory , 1995 — 1999
New York Institute of Technology-Old Westbury

MBA , Business, Marketing, Strategy , 1983 — 1985
State University of New York at Stony Brook

BS , EE, ME , 1980 — 1984