Michael Hall Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Tx

Helps audit early voting at all Dallas County polling places and, when necessary, determines whether any particular ballot that is invalid or may be fraudulent, should be rejected under Texas law.

Co-founder and partner in this online/interactive new media consulting and design firm. Help to plan interactive strategies for clients of all sizes including real estate companies, city governments, retailers and non-profit corporations. Oversee design and development of client sites and maintenance of those sites. Job functions include overall business and site strategy, online marketing/advertising, search engine optimization, site design, programming and database backend design and development. Also a photographer with a growing portfolio currently for license on both iStockPhoto.com and Photolia.com as well as digital art and gifts available through CafePress.com. A personal online portfolio of all work including web design, digital art, music and some photography is available at a personal website at "http://www.michaelwhall.info".

Oversaw the online creation and management of online ticket transaction capabilities for Disneyland.com as well as affiliate and niche services including work with top travel partners such as Orbitz, Travelocity, Cheaptickets.com and America Online. Worked closely with Disney's Travel Sales Group to produce and maintain sites for several resort niche services including Disney's Meetings and Wedding sites. Helped manage online promotion of the launch of the new "Twilight Zone Tower of Terror" ride at Disney's California Adventure theme park. Also facilitated the selection of outside vendors in the production of various online assets including graphical banners and online games. Position was contracted through Software Resources, Inc. of Orlando, Florida.

This online interactive game company, a division of eUniverse, Inc., provided skill-based games, game downloads and community-based subscription services for online games. Responsibilities included working with partners such as Microsoft, AtomShockwave, PopCap Games, Gamehouse and others in developing highly interactive and profitable gaming platforms. Projects included managing the creation of skill-based game sites for Microsoft's Zone.com, AtomShockwave's Shockwave.com and Media General's Boxerjam.com.

Worked with small to medium sized businesses to develop comprehensive web strategies for their businesses as well as various consulting assignments. For The Three Percent Club, an organization that provides wealth management consulting to large investors, I provided a comprehensive consultation for moving their offline membership database online during the development of their online media activities and designed and developed the database system. Also designed and developed a web destination for Canyon Creek Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based motion picture production company. The site gave them the ability to accept story pitches from writers as well as document management sharing which allowed them to share access to their various projects in different stages of development with studios, agents and other groups who needed access to them while providing the necessary security needed for the protection of the company’s creative assets.

Oversaw projects for several major entertainment clients in the Entertainment & Media Business Venture Unit for one of the largest Internet consulting firms in the country. Project budgets ranged from $100,000 to over $1 million dollars. Clients included Warner Home Video, NBC, Sony Pictures Entertainment and College Broadcast. Worked with strategy consultants during requirements phases to interview client owners and develop a comprehensive requirements document and discover ways of improving the client’s current business model through the use of Internet technology. Participated in business development with directors and partners, seeking out new strategic partnerships and growing client engagements.

Worked with the Vice President of Marketing for this international investment bank to create an interactive marketing plan and strategize and produce key sites to further market the firm internationally in an efficient, cost-effective way as well as to produce sites with potential revenue generating capabilities. Also developed e-commerce capabilities to sites, enabling on-line ordering and subscription renewal. Managed a small team of both internal and outsourced talent and technical/hosting individuals to design, program and maintain all international and domestic sites, interactive multimedia presentations and CD-ROMs as well as developing key Internet strategies for the company. Sites produced for HLHZ include the main HLHZ web site (www.hlhz.com), Mergerstat (www.mergerstat.com), Sunrise Capital Partners, Samjong Houlihan Lokey, KAMCO/HLHZ, and HLHZ Technology Group.

Hollywood, Ca

Edited screenplays of projects already purchased and under development, determining just what areas needed to be further developed or changed and helped read and determine which additional screenplays submitted by agents we should purchase.

Bachelor Of Arts, Communications (Radio/Tv/Film)

Communications