Bruce Daitch is a dynamic entertainment executive whose leadership defined and distinguished Netflix and DreamWorks Animation studios and, in turn, helped shape and expand the global animation industry landscape for three decades and counting. In early 2020, Netflix appointed Mr. Daitch as the company’s first Vice President of Animation to lead the bold initiative of creating the world’s best and largest animation production studio. For the next three years, he led strategy, operations and technology, from ideation through execution, for production of the world’s largest studio slate of self-produced, partner-produced and licensed arrangements of feature, series and anime content around the globe. Prior to Netflix, Mr. Daitch spent 22 years at DreamWorks Animation, beginning in the company’s start-up phase of DreamWorks SKG. Over the span of two decades, he expanded his role to lead financial planning for worldwide film production as CFO and key strategic planning and operations initiatives involving technology, facilities, tool development, and forecasting for the bespoke production process and the creation of its intellectual properties as COO. Throughout his tenure at DreamWorks and the release of 35 feature films plus television specials, Mr. Daitch played a pivotal role in company acquisitions, the creation and negotiation of strategic partnerships like those with Hewlett Packard and Intel, and the separation and eventual IPO of DreamWorks Animation. As the Head of Worldwide Production Operation, he was responsible for all financial planning and strategy related to film production and eventually included financial and operational responsibilities for both the start up and continued day to day management of the television division as well as the live entertainment businesses. Over the years, he was deeply involved in all the stages of DreamWorks Animation’s growth and expansion, including the original design and build of the Glendale campus, the design and build of the facility expansion accommodating the transition from 2D to CG, the acquisition of Pacific Data Images in northern California, the partnership with Aardman Animations in England, the creation and running of both the Dreamworks Dedicated Unit of Technicolor in India as well as Oriental Dreamworks in Shanghai, China. His last position at DreamWorks Animation was that of Chief Financial Officer and continued as Head of Production Operations for DreamWorks after the acquisition by Comcast and played a key role in the integration into the Universal Filmed Entertainment division of NBCU. Prior to DreamWorks, Mr. Daitch held positions at Hanna Barbara Cartoons, CBS Television and Merrill Lynch. In 2019, he began advising established and emerging companies, including Riot Games, on production management, IP content development, app development as well as live experiences. Mr. Daitch has an MBA in both finance and marketing, from New York University. In addition to his corporate experience and of equal importance is his passion for the performing arts. In 2011, he was introduced to Broadway Dreams Foundation where his involvement since 2011 has led him to join the board as of 2015. Over that period, he has helped steer the not for profit, with their curriculum, program offerings both within North America as well as in Russia, Brazil and most recently German as well as their planned expansion to the digital classrooms and a potential TV series. Bruce also holds board positions on the NFL Players Inc. as well as OneTeam Partners. Bruce Daitch splits his time between Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and New York.