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Produced episodes of two series for A&E, The First 48 Presents: Critical Minutes and After the First 48. Managed team of field producers, editors, and associate producers - delivering strong to exceptional ratings.

Served as sole archival source for "Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days", a 2-hour documentary series for ABC, utilizing experience with show format to set editorial direction and identifying best practices for production cycle, especially given unique challenges during work-from-home periodManaged team of APs and PAs in the search for archival content.

Oversaw development and production of premium TV shows to support Time Inc.’s brands (Time, Sports Illustrated, People, and Entertainment Weekly). Shows & networks included: ABC - The Story of Diana (2017), The Story of the Royals (2018), The Story of Soaps (2019): 2 two-hour events per year; FOX Sports – 89 Blocks (2017): Emmy-nominated documentary; Apple.

NY, NY

• Responsible for overall creative direction of several MLBP shows, including the Emmy-award winning documentary series, The Franchise
• Oversaw all editorial decisions for assigned shows: from developing treatments and storylines to writing scripts and making final editing choices
• Financially responsible for more than $2M in production budgets; cable documentary series made more than $1M profit in first year
• Managed team of 25 production personnel, including more than 15 producers
• Coordinated and maintained production schedules between show producers, production coordinators and Executive Producers; ensured that all production deadlines were met
• Acted as conduit between MLBP and outside clients to ensure a continuing dialogue and an efficient, productive work flow between the partners

Wrote/produced/directed more than 50 long form, 10-15 minute segments; stories included investigations into sports stalkers, bulimia amongst thoroughbred jockeys and blood doping in cycling; profiled Curt Schilling, Maria Sharapova and Brandon JenningsWon 4 National Sports Emmy Awards (outstanding journalism; 3 for outstanding edited series) and.

Co-produced entire segments for nightly news show; conducted pre-interviews, wrote questions for host and coordinated video elements for stories on President Clinton’s Impeachment, the war in Kosovo and the Columbine High School Massacre

Played a pivotal role in the start-up phase of the network; initiated and implemented procedures throughout the organizationAdministered and leveraged the production and overhead costs for five primetime showsWorked closely with Executive Producers to discuss programming and identify cost-saving alternatives