David Cogan Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Drive automation through migration to cloud based MAM and Content delivery system utilized internally and by SAAS customers for mastering, localization, QC and digital fulfillment.
• Manage teams to support day to day operations of cloud-based platform including Technical Product Manager’s, Data Management, Business Intelligence and Technical Onboarding.

Burbank

Culver City, CA

• Project Manager driving workflow onboarding and automation for cloud-based Media Asset Management system and content delivery.
• Onboarding of Crackle US, Crackle LATAM and LATAM Linear Network on prem processes to cloud-based workflows through onboarding providers, specifications, content preparation, training (US/LATAM) and support.

Culver City

• Advise, analyze and support Master Data Management, MAM and workflow management projects
• Project Manager for Media Centre, a cloud based Media Asset Management system for SPT Networks
• Current Latin America Project includes usage rollout to support ingest, QC and in-sourcing of content preparation
• Current Crackle US and LATAM rollout of usage including onboarding providers, content preparation and creative teams access to material as ‘self-service’ model
• Troubleshooting, testing and training of Media Centre platform to US and LATAM users

Culver City, CA

-Oversee team of 20+ with responsibilities to identify innovation, implementing change, and sustain efficiency through the automation of workflow processes in support of supply chain (from Sales Order receipt to customer delivery).-Project Manager and owner for centralized order management system (HUB) which was operationalized in May 2014 and aggregates.

- Manage a consolidated Data Operations team responsible for Title and asset metadata in Sony Pictures title management system GPSM (feeds over 60+ systems; holds 280k+ titles; 21k+ titles set-up by team in FY11) and inventory/purchase order system GOLD (over 3+ million unique assets).- Oversee Metadata Services team responsible for the metadata.

- Oversaw a team in the verification of Sony Pictures key manufacturing assets used for servicing. For the top 1500 serviced titles, identified and standardized metadata for over 17,000 assets in inventory system (GOLD) for physical and digital fulfillment.- Designed, implemented and audited internal asset verification process utilizing Business Objects.

• Managed episodic and feature film projects through all aspects of post production, including dailies, online, color correction,titling, quality control and duplication of delivery elements.
• Oversaw internal post on HBO’s Pacific, a 10 part mini-series companion piece to Band of Brothers. HD Digital Intermediatework flow included color correction on a Resolve; SAN storage, tracking and management of data.
• Additional clients include Warner Bros. Cold Case, 20th Century Fox’s Bones, NBC Universal’s Las Vegas, 20th CenturyFox’s Prison Break, HBO’s True Blood, J.J. Abram’s/HBO Pilot Hope. Feature film dailies on Lakeshore.

• Managed telecine department that included up to fifteen colorists and assists, eight telecine bays, and coordinated betweenAccount Management and engineering for any needs.
• Managed Non-linear department that included up to 40 offline Avid rentals, Avid assists, staff editors, freelance talent, Unitymaintenance, budgeting and rental/purchases of needed equipment.
• Handled budgeting for non-linear rentals and purchase order fulfillment.
• Developed and trained onboarding of new Account Management members on telecine and non-linear systems.