Jay Baage

International media executive and producer, with previous experience as a TV news anchor, voice actor and show runner in Scandinavia. In 2009, Jay founded Viking Digital Media, a Los Angeles-based boutique strategy, social media and marketing company. VDM boosts clients such as IKEA (Easy To Assemble web series) and Posh24.com/Alloy Media & Marketing. Since 2006, Jay has also played a key role at Digital Media Wire, the LA-based publishing and events company working closely with Variety, National Association of Broadcasters and Consumer Electronics Association. Jay is a frequent speaker at top international media industry events such as the LA Film Festival, International CES and Canadian Music Week. He has been a guest lecturer at UCLA and NYU and heads up the prestigious annual LA and NY Games Conferences as well as Future of Television Forum. Jay has been awarded Streamy and Webby Awards, Wallenberg Scholarships, a Sweden-America Foundation Fellowship as well as named "A Promising New Media Person" by Swedish Newspaper Publishers' Association. He sits on the Advisory Board for Mindshare LA, New Filmmakers and is also a judge for the Third Screen Film Festival. Jay has a Masters Degree in Media, Entertainment and Technology Management from the Gallatin School at New York University and a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Goteborg University in Sweden.