Christopher Degeorge Email & Phone Number

Stillwater, OK, US

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon, United States

Disney's Hollywood Studios

• Oversaw the daily operations of one of the world’s busiest theme parks with a team of operations managers and hundreds of Part Time and Full Time employees
• Played an integral role on the Toy Story Land Operations Leadership Opening Team helping to lead and develop over 300 Cast Members with a team of fellow operations leaders and welcome nearly one million Guests in the.

Lake Buena Vista, FL

• Oversaw critical ride testing and operational project details for attractions at Toy Story Land and Star Wars Galaxy Edge as a part of Disney Park's largest single site expansion.
• Led an operations team of 160 employees with 5 leaders to open Toy Story Land and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
• Fostered high levels of collaboration, engagement, and trust with Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), Pixar, and Lucasfilm®
• Assisted in the development and implementation of onboarding and training strategies for over 500 Cast Members
• Collaborated with fellow leaders to influence the operational design for the largest site expansion in Disney Parks’ history

Walt Disney World - Experience Integration

• Reshaped and revitalize dozens of operational processes across the Walt Disney World Resort® and introduced Lean Six Sigma to a hospitality environment and the Disney Culture.
• Managed 18 unique projects and Kaizen events with 17 different lines of business resulting cost and productivity savings including an in-depth revitalization of the operations training and delivery process for internal.
• Created executive/senior leader buy-in on experience enhancing projects through monthly presentations and creative proposals
• Led 5 multi-day training sessions with 9 management teams focusing on business optimization and change management
• Designed 7 customized brainstorming and ideation events with Parks and Resorts Partners to develop innovative solutions to long-standing issues
• Facilitated 32 90-minute innovation workshops to 285 resort managers focusing on process improvement and company initiatives

Disney University - Lake Buena Vista, FL

• Selected to be a part of the 2016 Walt Disney World Traditions Team, facilitating engaging company orientation classes showcasing Disney Legacy, values, and role expectations to hundreds of incoming Walt Disney Cast.
• Collaborated with fellow facilitators to model Disney’s level of service, peer leadership, and how to execute key business points
• Motivated, inspired, and acted as a story-teller, welcoming brand-new Cast Members to cultivate their personal talents and utilize them to deliver the company’s common goals

Disney's Hollywood Studios

• Served in the development, motivation, and coordination of over 450 Cast Members in the Icon/Theater District Attractions area and prepared future managers for internships and leader development programs
• Assisted in the interview and on-boarding of candidates for new property openings, areas trainers, and coordinators
• Revitalized area training efforts using Lean Six Sigma processes to create a value-add plan that created labor savings and an enhanced training experience
• Partnered with Walt Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm to bring engaging story-telling initiatives to the Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, and Disney Cruise Line

Disney's Hollywood Studios -Operations Support

• Directed the means of support for the day to day operational needs of Disney's Hollywood Studios with a team of leaders and frontline employees
• Collaborated with internal transportation and third-party partners to effectively plan offsite-parking strategies for future park-wide growth
• Partnered with areas across the park to map out employee break space to assist with future capital improvements

• Led the Oklahoma State Campus Representative Team, and a dozen other university/college campus teams remotely in four states, to creatively promote and effectively market the Disney College Program to prospective.
• Conceptualized and facilitated a Disney Internships Panel to illustrate the College Program Experience to prospective students
• Created retention strategies to reduce attrition rates of Oklahoma State University students participating on the Disney College Program

Organized, documented, and prepared print media to be bound and archived for future academic retrieval.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Concentration In Ethical Leadership

"Bachelor Of Science", Nutritional Sciences - Dietetics, Graduated Cum Laude, Honors College Degree

Minor: International Studies

Cambridge Scholars Program - Magdelene College - International Food Security

Summer 2010 - Individual Focus - Water Scarcity in Southern California - San Joaquin Valley