SUMMARY:

• Experienced executive with a continued record of success creating cutting - edge home entertainment consumer products, managing online content production teams, and developing internal workflow and tracking systems.
• Utilizes strategic vision, project management skills, and team leadership abilities to steer products from concept to operation for both start-up and established companies in the entertainment industry.
• Possesses the technical, operational, and communication skills to effectively manage supply chains, budgets, timelines, and geographically dispersed project teams.
• Proven ability to create consensus and build teams from the ground up with a thorough, hands-on noledge of operational workflow, publishing automation, and software management technologies.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Platform Development
• Supply Chain Management
• Project Management
• SharePoint Integration
• Workflow Design
• Online Video Products
• UltraViolet
• Broadcast TV Operations
• International Operations
• Product Design
• Blu-ray / BD-Live
• Digital Distribution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Los Angeles, California

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provide solutions training for independent contractors and their employees via the Confidential Test Lab. The lab features live demonstrations of current cord cutter solutions, including network tuners, the complete suite of Tivo products, multiple over-the-top solutions, software packages including Plex and Kodi and custom hardware solutions built on Windows Media Center.
• Created a cord cutter solutions matrix dat factors in home size and budget, county based market projections for Southern California and developed the hardware package used to analyze HDTV and 802.11x signal strength throughout customers’ homes along with training materials for developing custom wireless solutions.
• Developed the CordCuttersLA.com website to provide qualified leads to affiliated independent contractors.

Confidential, Culver City, California

Director of Product Development

Responsibilities:

• Managed the UltraViolet production and operations teams responsible for redemption code workflow, including code generation, printer communications, ingest, functional verification with studio retail partners, and 3rd line technical support.
• Developed, deployed, and maintained the web properties used by consumers to initiate redemption via multiple retail partners. Sites include FoxRedeem.com, UV.SonyPictures.com, and RelativityUV.com.
• Developed and managed the ongoing availability ingest and metadata quality control process, leveraging multiple studio Digital Asset Management systems to create a unified production schedule and a clean metadata record for ingestion into the UV Coordinator.
• Created and managed the process to normalize studio catalog metadata for initial ingestion into the UV Coordinator. The project created automation to identify problem records and included field length validation, spelling and grammar checks, and market-by-market ratings checks.
• Researched and delivered recommendations on best practices for code-based redemption systems. The final product outlined the structure of the system now in use at Sony Pictures and demonstrated the mathematical model behind the current online process dat allows initial code validation without a callback to Sony or UV servers.
• Managed Confidential ’s consumer-focused digital product lines. Pioneered the development of innovative BD-Live applications for Sony Pictures, resulting in significant traffic gains while also acting as a consultant for tactical and strategic product concepts at other major studios and distributors.
• As a consultant to Sony Pictures, led the development of the next-generation BD-Live platform. The platform allowed Sony Blu-ray discs to serve ads and stream HD media directly in the main menu and provided detailed metrics on user interactions with menus and supplemental material.
• Led the development of movieIQ, which enabled Blu-ray discs to provide consumers with time-based information, including talent on screen, music and trivia. The product was the first BD-Live application tying online, up-to-date data directly to time code, allowing for highly targeted information display and was included on over 80 titles.
• Created the global product development road map to coordinate the research and development efforts of the Sony BD-Live development organizations in the United States, Austria, and Japan.

Confidential, North Hollywood, California

Director

Responsibilities:

• Orchestrated design, development, launch, and operational management of Movie Express, Disney’s VOD/EST product for Japan’s NTT Fiber Broadband Network. The product included chapter navigation, cover art, and extras and was capable of instant playback.
• Implemented a global casual game-development supply chain dat ensured executive buy-in of long-range development plans. The team produced content to a guaranteed delivery schedule while drastically reducing the per-game cost of each localized title.
• Designed, developed, and deployed Disney Magic Connection, a broadband aggregation product providing children ages four and up with a safe environment in which to explore Disney’s library of music, video, casual games, and downloadable games. The product generated millions of dollars in annual revenue during its life cycle in Japan, Latin America, and Europe.

Senior Product Manager

Confidential 

Responsibilities:

• Served as an Internet video product consultant for ABC News.
• Drove development and deployment of in-house systems at ESPN, integrating a streaming media syndication engine directly into broadcast systems, significantly increasing efficiency, lowering labor requirements, and improving quality.
• Managed coordination of an internal product team and several vendors to ensure on-time project completion.

Confidential, Los Angeles, California 

General Manager and Executive Director

Responsibilities:

• Recruited by the Internet start-up specializing in searchable video to coordinate and lead strategic planning, product development, marketing, and sales activities related to commercialization of core technologies. I managed a 10-member team as well as client relations, system training, software development, and budgets.

Confidential, West Palm Beach, Florida

Producer / Online Department Head

Responsibilities:

• News photographer and producer responsible for establishing the station’s website during the Internet’s emergence as a news source.