Who We Are

FireBringer is a strategy, design and delivery studio enabled by technology.

Caldera is that technology; an enterprise grade orchestration platform built for modern AI-enabled enterprises.

Craft, Quality and Integrity

  • TPN Certification

    Trusted Production Standards

    Affirming FireBringer/Caldera’s commitment to secure, responsible production standards across digital workflows.

  • Movielabs 2030 Vision

    Future-Focused Production Innovation

    Aligned with MovieLabs’ 2030 Vision for media creation, we support industry collaboration on interoperable, efficient, and human-centric production technologies.

  • Creators Coalition on AI

    Creators First, Always

    We support the Creators Coalition on AI — a cross-industry alliance advocating ethical AI standards that protect creative labor, transparency, consent, and human expression.

  • Emmys AI Summit 2025

    Leading Responsible AI Dialogue

    Our CEO, Eric Shamlin keynoted and chaired the 2025 Television Academy AI Summit, urging the industry to lead with thoughtful, creator-driven AI policies.  

  • Emmys AI Key Considerations

    Ethical AI in Entertainment

    We embrace the Academy’s Emmy AI Guidelines to uphold creative integrity, fair use, permissions, and ethical standards in AI-assisted storytelling. 

  • Deadline Quote: Creatives Must Lead

    Creatives Shaping AI’s Future

    Quoted in Deadline, Eric Shamlin champions proactive leadership by creative professionals to guide AI adoption ethically — otherwise technology will define the rules for us.

Our Team

Eric W. Shamlin

Eric W. Shamlin is a four-time Emmy, sixteen-time Cannes Lion, and two-time Peabody honoree, and one of the industry’s most versatile All-Terrain Storytellers, with nearly three decades of work across all mediums.

A Governor of the Television Academy and Chair of its AI Task Force, he leads industry-wide education and advocacy around ethical, human-centered AI adoption, and is frequently quoted by Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Forbes, and Newsweek. 

As CEO of FireBringer and strategic lead for CalderaOS, he is building the AI-assisted studio model of the future and redefining how global fandoms are built, sustained, and monetized.

Founder

Jordan Snyder

Jordan Timber Snyder is an enterprise SaaS product leader and software architect with 25+ years building high-performance platforms for creative production, immersive entertainment, and global enterprise workflows. Formerly VP of Platform at Meow Wolf and CEO of Snowtrack (now Perforce P4 One), she brings deep expertise in bridging engineering and creative systems. 

As Chief Product Officer at FireBringer, Jordan drives the product vision and architecture of CalderaOS — shaping the next-generation operating system for AI-accelerated content creation.

Chief Product Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Fred Volhuer

Frederic Volhuer is an operations and production executive with extensive experience in immersive media, event production, and experiential content delivery.

He has led multi-disciplinary creative and technical teams, ensuring coordination across creative, technical, and logistical dimensions.

As COO of FireBringer, Fred builds the operational infrastructure and production backbone necessary to deliver world-class storytelling and immersive experiences at scale.