David Shulman doesn’t fit the typical CFO mold. An artist in his own right and longtime force behind major XP projects, he brings sharp financial strategy and wild creative range to everything he touches. As CFO of Obscura Digital, David helped shepherd numerous large-scale projects, including The Sphere (and ultimate sale of Obscura to MSG). In London, he backed Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue as both investor and peer review partner — helping secure funding, align brand integrity and hit over 250,000 attendees worldwide ahead of its Toronto expansion. As the current CFO of Brilliant Work, David plays a key role in production finance and development on projects like The Cortège, a genre-blurring live performance that combines technology, music and dance. And he's also working on a variety of forthcoming location-based experiences based on both licensed and original IP. His sweet spot? Turning ambitious ideas into bankable experiences and proving that left brain thinking has a place at the front of the creative process.
