Dave Davis is the GM of Protege Media, the media vertical of Protege, a platform for AI training. Dave is a senior entertainment and media executive with experience on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Before joining Protege in December 2024, Dave co-founded Calliope Networks (acquired recently by Protege). He was Chief Commercial Officer at the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation, a company that collects royalties from thousands of licensors on behalf of TV and film producers. Pror to MPLC, Dave served in senior roles at NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, and 20th Century Fox. Dave began his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and was a corporate lawyer in Silicon Valley at Gunderson Dettmer. Dave has a BA from Wesleyan University and a JD from the University of Michigan School of Law.