Greg Munson Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Creator and Founder of BattleBots (along with Edward Roski) -- the internationally televised, robot-fighting series previously on the Comedy Central, ABC and now on Discovery and Science Channel. Executive Producer of all live/televised events for this show's original five season, 100 episode run. Executive Producer for the new incarnations on ABC, Discovery and Science Channel. Also served as President/COO of BattleBots Inc.Highlights:• Co-Created a pop culture phenomenon that helped usher in the gear head TV genre and the creation of a new technology sport.• Produced the second highest rated series premiere in Comedy Central’s history, and the third highest rated sports show on basic cable.• Created, negotiated and managed seven figure budgets for twelve BattleBots events.• Invented and oversaw the creation of the company Tournament Management Application (TMA): An Internet enabled software program that streamlined the process of event production, coordination and scheduling.• Approved and brand managed all products created by third-party licensees that represented over 60 million in retail sales.• Executive Producer of the BattleBots website that received between 300,000-500,000 unique user sessions per month (that was a great number for a cable TV show back in the early 2000s : )

Started a high-school education program where students design and build competitive robots. This course teaches advanced engineering, team building and problem solving skills, and has be hailed by NASA, JPL, MIT and DARPA for being vital in helping to create our future inventors and innovators.Highlights:• Produced over 20 national tournaments.• Developed an online curriculum under the mentorship of MIT's Mechanical Engineering Department.• The program has been implemented across the country and has educated thousands of students• Over 30% attendance by girls.• Graduates are moving on to careers in Mechanical Engineering, Rocketry, Biomedical Engineering and the like.

San Francisco Bay Area

Continually providing roll-up-the-sleeves leadership for all company projects, and delivering outstanding results for clients and brands.Some examples:• Co-Developed an iPad Career Management Application for LinkedIN / Korn Ferry that modernized their ongoing recruiting efforts and extended their brand leadership.• Produced online virtual tours for all US Lexus dealerships, increasing site visitation and strengthening brand loyalty. Also built the backend pipeline that managed the entire project from logistics through finances.• Created ground breaking web presences for sports brands including The LA Kings, Oakland Raiders, STAPLES Center, LA Stadium and Kristi Yamaguchi.• Designed a patient survey iPad application for the Mayo Clinic that positively impacted course-of-treatment strategies and significantly improved patient quality-of-care.• Designed and deployed numerous social media experiences for Norton/Symantec and their media partners (Marvel Entertainment, Anthony Zuiker (CSI), and others) positively effecting user engagement and brand experience.• Produced a viral video for startup Double Robotics that materially contributed to their venture capital fund raising efforts and record sales of the telepresence robot product.• Architected numerous customer-enabling web application for non-profits such as The Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Dodge Foundation, The Tides Foundation and The United Way.

Greater San Diego Area

Provided Branding, Strategy and Production leadership for the ground breaking eSports television show Gamecaster. Highlights:• Was instrumental in creating the Gamecaster Field of Play which was unique to the world of competitive eSports, video game tournaments. Our trade dress and packaging set us apart from the pack, brought video gaming up to par with the look of professional sports, and set the stage for a thrilling television experience.• Consulted on the creation of the Gamercaster Cybercam—A hardware device that enabled professional camera operators to control in-game virtual cameras, conduct real-time virtual cinematography, and deliver an outstanding viewing experience unlike anything seen before in professional video game tournaments.

Managed production for client print / direct mail campaigns. Clients included: American Medical Association, San Francisco Ballet, NFL, NHL, NBA.

Yes! I worked on a Japanese Monster Movie!

San Francisco Bay Area

Cut my teeth in the entertainment industry as a Stage Hand.

I was a rock star for 10 days in Japan! No kidding, we played Budokan!

Was the house engineer, MIDI specialist and studio musician at a prominent Los Angeles recording studio.

Ba, Music, Film

Activities and Societies: Film, band, audio production,

Ba, Broadcast, Electronic Communications

Activities and Societies: Computer science, audio production, video productionMagna Cum Laude