Passionate storyteller with executive experience developing and producing television content for streaming, linear and interactive platforms • Skilled producer with 12+ years experience leading diverse creative teams • Award-winning film writer and director • Great collaboration, communication and presentation skills
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Creative Executive – Kids & Family – Netflix 2018 – 2019
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Oversaw
development and production of all animated interactive content for
kids and families on Netflix.
Built
the strategy for the kids and family interactive content initiative,
identifying IP targets for the slate.
Shepherded
development of Netflix’s (unannounced) first all-original
interactive animated special.
Supervised
creative for Kid Cosmic and Fast and Furious: Spy Racers, including story-editing
and animatics.
Managed
story, production and creative on interactive specials for Boss
Baby: Back in Business, Last Kids on Earth, Captain
Underpants, the Emmy-nominated Carmen Sandiego and
another (unannounced) title.
Identified
and developed talent, projects and concepts for both Netflix’s
animated and live action slates.
Sr. Manager – Kids & Family Interactive Content – Disney Channels Worldwide 2014 – 2018
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Lead
interactive content development
and production for all Disney Channel and XD series and movies.
Provided creative direction and notes on series
and movie outlines,
shooting scripts and network
cuts as well as digital extensions like LIVE interactive
TV events, casual games and mobile storytelling activities.
Developed, pitched and produced content for AAA IP like Marvel, Star Wars, Descendants and
DuckTales.
Maintained a list of creative contacts, including writers, producers,
designers, devs, vendors and agents.
Manager – Digital Content Strategy – Disney Channels Worldwide 2011 – 2014
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Produced
2 seasons of Doof Daily, a YouTube series based on the
Emmy-award winning Phineas and Ferb.
Managed
development and production of multi-platform video creative for
Disney Channel and XD.
Senior Product Specialist – Digital Strategy – Disney XD 2010 – 2011
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Produced
two top web games on Disney.com: Phineas
and Ferb in: The Transport-inators of Doooom! and Phineas
and Ferb: The Movie Game,
pioneering UNITY content development for Disney Interactive.
Associate Producer – Casual Games – Disney XD and JETIX 2008 – 2010
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Produced
the Promax Award-winning browser-based web game Pucca
Sooga Mountain Super Race.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Current Series Executive – Disney Channels Worldwide (Stretch Roles) 2015 – 2018
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Current
series executive
for season
2 of the Disney
Junior scripted
series Marvel
Super Hero Adventures.
Writers
room and creative consultant on Disney XD’s Gamers
Guide to Pretty Much Everything.
Developed
a 3-part web series starring Tyrel Jackson Williams from Lab
Rats featured in
TIME for Kids.
KEY SKILLS
Proven Track Record of Creative Leadership • Passion to Push the Boundaries of Story • Ability to Multi-task • Excellent Oral Communication Skills • Self-Starter • Experience Working with Multi-Disciplinary Teams • Demonstrated Instinct for Story • Hands-On Experience in Development, Production and Interactive
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Disney
Inventor Award recipient – patent application filed for
TV-to-Game Sync technology
Wrote & Directed the
independent film The
Prodigal Song; winner San
Diego Black Film Festival
Cynopsis
Model D Finalist for Doof's
Daily Dirt Branded Web Series & Solo Video: Comedy
Grand
Prize Winner of the Nintendo Power ‘Design the Game of the
Future’ Contest
INDEPENDENT HIGHLIGHTS
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Featured
in Polygon
Magazine - “Designing
the game console of the future (in 1997) - How
one clever idea inspired a life of creativity” by
Ben Bertoli
Semi-finalist
in the NBC Writers on the Verge Program – spec script for the
BBC original series Sherlock.
Wrote,
produced and managed TrekWars:
The Furry Conflict,
a shared-universe fan fiction forum with a staff of 20+ contributors
and hundreds of fans; officially recognized by the Syfy Channel and
Lucasfilm.
Wrote
and produced Silent
Universe,
an online community and audio drama podcast, featured by Geek Cred,
Upon Further Review, PodcastRev, AlienSkin Magazine, Slice of SciFi
and sold on Audible.com.
EDUCATION
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University
of Southern California – B.S. Business Administration (Marketing);
Dean’s List
VOLUNTEER WORK & ORGANIZATIONS
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Television
Academy – New Media Peer Group Executive Committee (2019)
Disney
VoluntEARS – LA Food Bank (2011), MEND (2012), PLAYWORKS (2015)
Video
and Social Media Ministry – Santa Clarita Christian Fellowship
church, Valencia CA (2013)