Executive Director of Coaching and Programming for the Career Manageme
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
June 2023 - Present
Berkeley, California, United States · Hybrid
Sr. Director of Coaching and Programming for the MBA Career Management
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
March 2017 - Present
Berkeley, CA
Coach and Interim Sr. Director of Coaching and Programming, Career Man
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
October 2015 - Present
Berkeley, CA · On-site
Head of Curriculum, DreamWorks Education
DreamWorks Animation
2011 - Present
Responsible for setting the standards and design approaches for learning content across all four studios - Glendale, CA; Redwood City, CA; Bangalore, India; and Shanghai, China.
Over-sighted the learning and development activities for all production artists, technologists and engineers, and overhead staff.
Worked closely with employees (students), leadership and management (studio and production), and creatives (artistic) to evaluate problems and needs for development. Engaged in problem finding before problem solving as a matter of policy.
Responsib
Head of Global Training and Curriculum, DreamWorks Education
DreamWorks Animation
2011 - November 2015
Global role, responsible for setting the standards and design approaches for the learning content across all four studios - Glendale and Redwood City, in California; Bangalore, India; and Shanghai, China. Developed, Designed and delivered learning programs for on-boarding, new hires, and continuing education programs. Learning topics ranged from technical and artistic skills to cognitive and soft skills.
Over-sighted the learning and development activities for all production artists, developers and engineers, and overhead staff in the studio. Lead and managed all day-to-day educational operations at the Redwood City Studio (PDI) - including artistic development, guest speakers, videography and documentation.
Led all educators across the entire company - responsible for their growth and development. Trained, mentored, coached and developed educators whose primary responsibility is to develop, deliver, and facilitate content. Moved the group from training to education - taking a more pro-active and wholistic approach to designing solutions that addressed the environmental issues that hindered learning and change. Developed a department environment where employees and management alike, felt safe to bring in challenges and ask for help.
Worked closely with employees (students), leadership and management (studio and production), and creatives (artistic) to evaluate challenges and needs for development. Engaged in problem finding before problem solving as a matter of policy. Used design thinking methods to create and innovate solutions. Collaborated across departments and all levels of management for major initiatives and changes. Managed the studio's migration to next generation software and workflows using change management.
Partnered with the University Relations team to co-create and deliver outreach and internship programs for College hires.
Provide mentorship, coaching, and thought partnering for employees and teams in the studio.
Head of Training and Development
DreamWorks Animation
2008 - 2011
Managed all educators across the entire company and continued to lead and manage all educational operations at the Redwood City Studio (PDI).
Set standards for learning content development and trained all educators in the studio. Moved the group and department from a training focus to an education focus.
Responsible for facilitating large scale rollouts of training to the entire company - encompassing all three studio locales (Glendale, CA; Redwood City, CA; and Bangalore, India)
Education Director
DreamWorks Animation
2008 - 2011
Managed all educators across the entire company and continued to lead and manage all educational operations at the Redwood City Studio (PDI).
Set standards for learning content development and trained all educators in the studio. Moved the group and department from a training focus to an education focus.
Responsible for facilitating large scale rollouts of training to the entire company - encompassing all three studio locales (Glendale, CA; Redwood City, CA; and Bangalore, India)
Training Manager of the PDI Studio
DreamWorks Animation
2005 - 2007
Lead and managed all educational activities at the Redwood City (PDI) Studio.
Activities included technical training, artistic development, documentation support and videography services for a studio of 650-700 people. In addition, produced and curated studio speaker series with internal and external talent.
Training Manager of the PDI Studio
DreamWorks Animation
2005 - 2007
Lead and managed all educational activities at the Redwood City (PDI) Studio.
Activities included technical training, artistic development, documentation support and videography services for a studio of 650-700 people. In addition, produced and curated studio speaker series with internal and external talent.
Lead Training Specialist
DreamWorks Animation
2003 - 2005
Responsible for providing direct technical training to students - new hire and continuing education for the studio.
Designed, developed and delivered learning content for all production depts. Worked with subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop content or to improve their delivery as instructors. Also co-created artistic development content with SMEs for the studio to inspire artistic thinking and develop skills.
Lead Training Specialist
DreamWorks Animation
2003 - 2005
Responsible for providing direct technical training to students - new hire and continuing education for the studio.
Designed, developed and delivered learning content for all production depts. Worked with subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop content or to improve their delivery as instructors. Also co-created artistic development content with SMEs for the studio to inspire artistic thinking and develop skills.
Head of Creative Services and Engineering Support Manager, The America
Vizrt
1997 - 2002
New York, NY
Joined as a start-up.
Engaged directly with clients to identify needs and solutions - responsible for the overall customer success. Transformed feedback into features and workflow improvements. Managed a successful team of creative engineers responsible for pre-sales, production, and post sales engineering. Led the technical training and creative development with clients. Contributed to the product development for the company's real-time and virtual 3D graphics solutions. Extensive international experience. Collaborated extensively with marketing, sales, and research and development.
Practical experience with Camera and talent tracking systems, virtual reality and 3D world systems, real-time graphics, real-time digital puppetry and motion capture, and supporting technical systems in broadcast and film studios.
Practical experience in content creation tools and techniques for producing high fidelity sets for real-time performance.
Territory included - North America, Latin America, China, South Korea, and Japan
Notable clients include, but not limited to, CBS (LA and NY), FOX (LA), ABC (LA and NY), MTV (NY), TNT, CCTV (Beijing), SBS (Seoul), MBS (Osaka), Televisa (Mexico City) and the New York Stock Exchange.
Creative Services and Engineering Support Manager, The Ameri
Vizrt
1997 - 2002
Joined as a start-up.
Performed the pre-sales, production, and post sales engineering, training and development and support for the company's real-time 3D broadcast graphics products. This included everything from virtual studios to simple info graphics.
Practical experience with Camera and talent tracking systems, virtual reality and 3D world systems, real-time graphics, real-time digital puppetry and motion capture, and supporting technical systems in broadcast and film studios.
Territory included - North America, Latin America, China, South Korea,
Visual Effects Artist - Compositing and Technical Support
Paramount Pictures
1995 - 1995
Hollywood, CA
Did compositing shot work on visual effects for the film "Virtuosity". Also provided technical support for the team of 3D CG artists on the film. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures and starred Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
The visual effects team I was on, (L-squared Communications), was tasked with producing visual effects using off-the-shelf software and hardware. This was one of the first attempts in the effects industry to produce film quality work without using SGI hardware or software costing tens of thousands of dollars.
Visual Effects Artist - Compositing and Technical Support
Paramount Pictures
1995 - 1995
Did compositing shot work on visual effects for the film "Virtuosity". Also provided technical support for the team of 3D CG artists on the film. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures and starred Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
The visual effects team I was on, (L-squared Communications), was tasked with producing visual effects using off-the-shelf software and hardware. This was one of the first attempts in the effects industry to produce film quality work without using SGI hardware or software costing tens of thousands of dollars.
Senior Game Designer
BANDAI NAMCO Games America Inc.
1994 - 1995
San Jose, CA
Joined as a start-up division - Namco HomeTek. It was Namco's first US based game development group.
Collaborated closely with designers, artists, programmers and marketing to develop original game titles for the US market.
Translated arcade based games for home console play.
Senior Game Designer
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.
1994 - 1995
Joined as a start-up division - Namco HomeTek. It was Namco's first US based game development group.
Collaborated closely with designers, artists, programmers and marketing to develop original game titles for the US market.
Translated arcade based games for home console play.
Lead Game Designer
Sega Of America, Inc.
1989 - 1994
San Mateo, CA
Joined as a start-up division - SEGA Technical Institute (STI). STI was SEGA's first US based R&D division tasked with creating original titles. It was jointly staffed with US and Japanese nationals.
Game designer for SEGA Genisis titles. Collaborated with Artists, Programmers and Marketing to deliver original titles. Managed outsider vendors for additional work on the games.
Lead Game Designer
Sega Of America, Inc.
1989 - 1994
Joined as a start-up division - SEGA Technical Institute (STI). STI was SEGA's first US based R&D division tasked with creating original titles. It was jointly staffed with US and Japanese nationals.
Game designer for SEGA Genisis titles. Collaborated with Artists, Programmers and Marketing to deliver original titles. Managed outsider vendors for additional work on the games.
