Director of Fleet Operations

Director of Fleet Operations responsible for operational status and location reporting for 60,000 fleet vehicles for Fair’s monthly subscription and Fair Go weekly rental products.Developed and executed operating procedures during Fair Go’s expansion to 10 markets and 20,000 vehicles.Implemented a fleet management system to guide and track workflows for rental fleet inspection, cleaning, maintenance, and inventory activities.Developed tools to coordinate, track, and report process status across insurance, repossessions, impounds, maintenance, and auction activities.

Operated business development, production, marketing, and finance functions for virtual reality (VR) platform and production company specializing in immersive experiences for live events.High profile projects include music festival (Coldplay, Coachella, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits), esports/sports (League of Legends, CS:GO, NBA), and other live events for leading entertainment and brand clients (Google/YouTube, Samsung, Hulu, Disney, NBC, Fox, Turner, T-Mobile, Coca-Cola, Red Bull).Developed and managed partner relationships with clients, event promoters, artist agents/managers, and content rights holders with responsibility for deal terms, contracts, and technical specifications and deliverables.Developed and executed industry-leading production operations strategy that allowed Vantage.tv to enjoy technical leadership and cost advantages for multicamera livestream, VR, and augmented reality productions.Technical producer and project manager for VR livestream broadcast productions, responsible for planning and executing the technical workflow and managing production teams on live event locations.Oversaw marketing and promotional campaign for launch of Vantage.tv portal and VR applications on the Google Cardboard and Oculus platforms for Apple and Android mobile devices.Developed strategic plan, financial models, and operating and production budgets to evaluate new business and projects.Financial roles included monthly and project P&L close, variance analysis, cash management, capital budgeting, and overseeing AR/AP activity.

Technical lead and project manager responsible for developing and executing industry-leading best practices for live multicamera livestream, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) broadcast productions.Responsible for planning, sourcing, and executing the technical workflow and managing production teams on live event locations.

Founded and operated multi-platform digital media company to connect electronic music fans with their favorite artists by producing, aggregating, and distributing live music performance video and lifestyle content.Product managed the development of LiveEx.tv online video marketplace to empower the creator ecosystem to produce and distribute video performances for pay-per-view exhibition in remote nightlife venues.Produced over 100 video programs featuring full-length live performances by popular international DJs.Managed all aspects of multicamera live production including capture, live switch, post production, and live and archive video distribution.Developed and managed business partner relationships with event promoters, venues, artists, agents/managers, and content rights holders.Evaluated and managed content monetization strategy through distribution channel partnerships and white label video platform.

Non-profit start-up with a mission to expose, immerse, and engage America’s youth on issues of character through watching inspiring movies. TrueSpark carries out its mission through a variety of initiatives that educate while providing inspirational, entertaining, and interactive experiences.Managed the ideation, design, development, and launch of online and offline educational products with video, social, and interactive educational elements.Developed and executed plan to acquire and train the program’s instructor user base, reaching over 250 educational locations and 25,000 students.

First employee of non-profit start-up with a mission to develop positive character in America’s youth through viewing inspirational movies and participating in interactive educational activities.Managed all strategy, business development, product development, operations, and finance activities from founding to August 2012.Created the strategic plan, financial model, operating budget, and executed full P&L responsibility.Evaluated, developed, and managed partner relationships with film studios, youth development organizations, and content distribution platforms.Developed and presented quarterly and annual reports to founding donors and the Board of Directors.

Assisted the founders of ScrollMotion with strategy, business plan, financial modeling, and fundraising activities that enabled application development company to secure $1.2 million financing.Performed industry and competitive research and analysis, strategic analysis, financial modeling, and authored investor presentation materials (business plan, pitch deck).

Performed user segmentation study to recommended innovative product features and functions catered to sub-segments of mobile social networking company’s user base and monetization strategy for each product offering.

Recommended innovative strategic product offerings and Web 2.0 features implementation to improve user experience and monetization of restaurant, bar, and nightlife resource and social event planning website.

Developed online and mobile casual gaming strategy including execution and monetization recommendations and detailed game concepts adapted to user market segmentation.

Recommended new features, functions, and complementary services for product development.Performed strategic analysis of mobile media market and competitor offerings and organizations.Authored and conducted survey and interview research of international customers and sales force.Developed test design and selected third-party consultant to perform comparative test of competitor products.Developed sales force strategy for addressing competition in the mobile media market.

Managed cross-functional project teams in the valuation of business enterprise, equity, intangible assets, and other financial instruments for Fortune 500 companies for strategic, financial reporting, and M&A purposes.Developed expertise in the identification and valuation of complex intangible assets including in-process research and development, developed technology, customer relationships, and trademarks and trade names.Responsible for project management and client communication with C-suite executives including identifying valuation needs, proposing engagements, conducting management interviews, and presenting valuation results.Presented and defended procedures and results during adversarial third party auditor, SEC, and legal counsel reviews.Performed industry and competitive analysis, financial statement analysis, and complex financial modeling exercises to identify the sources of value inside businesses, reporting units, and intangible assets.Modeling exercises include developing financial projections and application of various forms of income and market approach valuations for businesses, reporting units, and intangible assets; methods include discounted cash flow (DCF), purchase price allocation (PPA), relief from royalty, similar transaction, and public company methods.Authored valuation reports to document, describe, and support valuation procedures and assumptions; reports include analysis of economic conditions, industry and competition, and the business and assets under consideration.

Summer Analyst in the Corporate Finance Healthcare Group of the Investment Banking Division.

New Line Cinema Fine Line FeaturesOrganized and executed special promotions for two summer film releases.