So you thought David's only career was as an actor? Think again. As Founder, Chairman and CEO of Lexicon Digital Communications, he is making a name for himself as a serious businessman.
What is LDC? That's a very good question. The company, as of right now, is in self-proclaimed 'stealth mode'. Here's what I can tell you. Currently they are "collaborating, consulting and working with companies such as Microsoft, Nokia, CBS, Paramount, Ripple, SynergySportsTech/NBA, and Sony/Ericsson, among many others". It would seem that they're going to be involved with "intellectual proprietary applications, solutions, services and products specializing in the following: B2B and direct to consumer, viewer, and user based cross platform areas such as Interactive TV & IPTV, Online/Web & Internet, P2P, Mobile Media & Wireless within the entertainment, digital media and media sectors to help create an Optimal Experience." 1
Who is involved? David has two partners (as of now), Nils B. Lahr and Frank H. Nein. Lahr's positions is as Co-Founder and Chief Architect & Technology Officer. Nein's position is as Co-Founder and SVP of Business Development & Marketing Communications. For more information about Mr. Lahr and Mr. Nein, check out LDC's homepage. Just click on "The Company".
Perhaps the best source for answers is from the men themselves. On the videos page there are three video interviews dealing specifically with LDC.
A Whole New Lexicon
Online magazine Streaming Media recently featured David, Nils Lahr and Frank Nein on the cover of their June/July 2008 issue. The article, entitled "A Whole New Lexicon" features a much more in depth look at what people can expect from Lexicon Digital Communications. To read the article, click the image.
Hint: To navigate through the magazine, either click the bottom corners of the pages or use the arrows at the top of the menu.
The Red Couch Interview: Lexicon Digital Communications
(Transcript of video interview. To watch the original video, click here.)
Interviewer: RED COUCHInterviewees: DAVID CARUSO AND NILS LAHR
RC: How important is technology?
DC: The world of forensic science is all technology now. Um, and in fact, the real investigators are going to school all the time because uh, it’s a developing science. Um, one of the things that we joke about on the show is that we actually have (laughs) available to us stuff that the real crime labs can’t get. Um, but it’s…it’s pure science and it’s a process of elimination. Uh, it’s a different discipline in terms of rendering drama because it’s a process show and you have to allow the technology and the process to go before you to do the job, and it will if you have the patience.
RC: What do you see happening now that you never thought possible years ago?
DC: I’ll give you an example of something that they’ve just recently developed. Let’s say you commit a crime in a parking lot in…Los Angeles. They can go back to that parking lot and recover your essence two weeks later. (slightly laughs) Now that’s pretty scary. So, um, that’s a pretty good example. Um, DNA and the developing science of DNA; it’s a finite science and what’s powerful about it and what it’s changed is it can only be you. So there’s not a list of suspects, there’s not a possibility of it being somebody else. Just the other day they let somebody out of jail--again, been in jail for 25 years, wrongly committed. DNA: saved the man’s life.
RC: What are users looking for?
DC: Simplification. Simplify, simplify, simplify. Um (clears throat), I still don’t see this, and as I say from my own personal experience as user friendly. Um, we want to take the pain out of it, and the time out of it…because right now, uh, we have a theory that if you’re twenty-six years of age or older you have ten hours a week for yourself. So, if you’re cutting into that ten hours searching for something, surfing for something, looking for something, getting lost…if it’s not made available to you, uh, you’re going to give up the gold; and the gold is time. So we are about synthesizing that process, simplifying the process, um (clears throat), and having the technology that we are developing do the work for you. You’re not going to pursue anything. It’s going to pursue it for you, and it’s going to do the work for you.
The Team
David Caruso -- Founder, Chairman & CEO. The Visionary Businessman and Entrepreneur behind his new Digital Media startup company, "Lexicon Digital Communications". Mr. Caruso, star of NYPD Blue and CSI Miami; is an International Broadcast/TV, Cinema Veteran and Hollywood Superstar with 30+ years of Professional and Industry experience as well as Global Success. His Expert status and Leadership position as the Lead Character on CSI Miami via CBS currently represents the most watched syndicated television show in the world and can be viewed on average of four to six times on any given day, 24/7 on several leading Global TV and affiliate networks such as A&E, DirectTV and others which brings in anywhere on average of 200 to 250+ million Viewers and Consumers a Month.
Frank H. Nein -- Cofounder, SVP of Business Development & Marketing Communications, Senior Digital Media & Industry Analyst/Consultant for Numerous Corporations that included CNNfn, Lucent Technologies, The Cimarron Group, iCON Broadcasting Network and OrionsWave Inc., Inc. as well as 10 years of various areas/LOB's within Verizon Communications/Bell Atlantic, with 15+ year's of overall industry related experience. He maintains his Media, Press, Analyst accreditation/status and has covered Hundreds of Conferences as well as speaks on panel sessions for such groups as "CES, NAB & Digital Hollywood".
Nils B. Lahr -- Cofounder, Chief Architect & Technology Officer, former Cofounder of CDN iBEAM Broadcasting, Co-Creator of the Microsoft Windows Media Platform, Senior Engineer/Programmer of CNNfn Digital Studios NYC and Founder/CTO of OrionsWave, Inc. with 15+ years of senior level and industry experience. A Senior/Lead Microsoft Development Team Member & "Emmy Award Recipient" of the 1998 Technology & Engineering for Streaming Media Architectures & Components which became the Windows Media 9 Player and additonal features.
Mr. Robert C. Raciti -- Ph.D., Senior Advisor on the LDC LLC. Advisory Board. Currently SVP and Industry Advisor for one of the top US Commercial Finance Businesses Globally "GE" that specializes in the Media, Communications & Entertainment sectors, Dr. Raciti has 20+ years of experience in the science and technology fields. He is also a published author and has been quoted in industry publications including the Commercial Lending Review, Television Business Report, CNNMoney, Hollywood Reporter, and Silicon Alley Insider. Dr. Raciti holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University's School of Computer and Information Sciences, as well as an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Fordham University and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE) from Manhattan College.