Stewart Dixon is an accomplished executive leader with a record of success orchestrating programs and marketing strategies to drive sales in the media and technology industries for well-established brands including ABC News, the Chicago Tribune, and Motorola. Today, Stewart's firm VentureDNA is private equity and independent investment sponsor in early- and growth-stage companies. Its portfolio includes mobile, cloud, Saas, social, energy, big data, consumer brands and life sciences businesses. The firm’s history in product development, brand strategy and management consulting, augmented by its board participation and portfolio management expertise, helps create special partnerships with emerging companies. VentureDNA is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Los Angeles. Stewart also spent 10 years in LA developing new technology methodologies for the entertainment industry with Capitol Records and Apple Computer, today Apple, Inc. This experience allowed him to serve on the technology leadership boards at the American Film Institute and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Stewart is a graduate of Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Roy H. Park School of Communications. Additionally, Stewart serves as a Trustee at Cardigan Mountain School, a boys junior boarding school located in Canaan, New Hampshire. Stewart continues to share his thoughts on leadership, strategy, business operations, and long-term value creation as a sought-after speaker and as an advisor and board member to several private companies.