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- Leads a global, cross-functional team of full time employees (FTEs), creatives, producers, editors and XR/VR producers to accomplish both internal and external goals for the world's largest social media company.- Scaled a small team to over 150 global staff that now produces over 5000 videos annually.- Partners closely with The Office of the CEO, several other high profile executives and senior leaders.- Builds and manages future-looking studio and video capture environments including AR, VR and XR production. Developed the first-of-its-kind virtual LED stage (Project Parallax) for Meta.- Mentors and develops other leaders across the company.- Develops educational and self-service programs to inspire, teach and enable employees and contractors across the company.- Executive Produces Meta's high impact, highly visible projects including: Meta Connect, Company All-Hands, GMS Summit, Creator Summit, House of Instagram and many others.- Strong understanding of forward-looking technologies and continues to invest in techniques that push both the boundaries of the imagination and efficiency.

- Fast paced concurrent project management of no less than 6 live college sports events per week, totaling 292 for school year.- Created and steamlined best practices for video production, marketing, brand management and communications.- Produced live events in studio and remotely.- Cross functional project management of inbound projects pertaining to marketing, events and other activations.- Researched and procured new technologies pertaining to broadcast and event production.- Project management from inception to completion including transmission, talent and crew management, scheduling, payroll and technical equipment. - Acted as a liason to digital and engineering teams and bridged communication gaps for live broadcasts.- Managed a team of 3 in our corporate office and 15 remote unit/site managers.- Worked with senior management, marketing, talent and university relations to unify Pac-12 Networks brand, increase national and local exposure.- Worked closely with our digital team to deliver live streaming solutions for networks and .com events. Worked with Ustream, LiveU and others. - Created, managed and balanced budgets in excess of $500,000 per show and $40 million annually.- Worked closely with private and public universities and their partners and worked with teams to stream video from pratices and events.- Troubleshot bottlenecks and other technical and operational issues in relation to live broadcasts.- On site technical/production manager for our larger broadcasts.- Ran student technical training sessions throughout the Pac-12 Network.

Produced "Little Steven's Underground Garage A-Go-Go" for AT&T Blue Room. Directed, shot and produced live concerts, interviews and other behind the scenes content.