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NICK CHOATBackground and Qualifications
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AGENDA Introduction Media and entertainment experience Professional services background Core principles and competencies Work product examples
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INTRODUCTION Somewhere north of 25 years of industry
experience 9 years in Media and Entertainment
Business and Computer Science (M.S.) degrees
Developer first then project leadership Consulting and traditional roles Multiple industries 4.5 years with the Walt Disney Company Unique ability to bridge technology and
business functions Independent consultant
project leadership organizational coaching
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GETTY IMAGES Pioneer and industry leader in digital stock
photography and footage for commercial and editorial consumption.
4+ years as VP of Engineering Accomplishments
Migrated 90% of revenue to on-line channel 2004 CIO 100 award recipient Created www.gettyimages.com Created www.gettyimages.co.jp Delivered commerce sites to
NBA MLB GM Boeing …
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THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 4.5 years in corporate technology. Provider of technology services to all Disney
Segments. Functions:
Corporate PMO Digital Ad Operations Ad Technology Big Data infrastructure
Accomplishments Built the first successful corporate wide PMO. Served as the Program Management community
leader. Modernized Ad Operations. Led transition off of proprietary Ad technology. Led the build-out of the corporate Big Data
infrastructure.
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BACKGROUND
Ernst & Young ERP Implementations Custom software development
VeriSign Telco enterprise product implementation
The Walt Disney Company Internal professional services organization Organizational coach for Big Data adoption
Gerson Lehrman Group Council Member Big data advisor to consulting and financial
services firms
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CLIENTS
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CORE PRINCIPLES Value a relationship more than a
transaction. Relationships really, really matter.
Closely partner with both technology and business stakeholders.
Always remain objective and emotionally detached.
Continuously demonstrate value.
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CONSULTING CORE COMPETENCY Project leadership Consulting: Leading large
scale and strategic initiatives
Coaching: Helping software organizations improve
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EXAMPLE MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT PROJECTS
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LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST EVENTS
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VIDEO ON DEMAND ANALYTICS
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DO TRAILERS DRIVE VIEWERSHIP?
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WHERE TO INVEST STUDIO MARKETING
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WALT DISNEY CORPORATE DATA CENTER
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EXAMPLE COACHING PROJECTS
Retooled a product implementation methodology to become a revenue source.
Built-out the first successful corporate PMO. Created a project framework as the
engagement model. Establishes communities of practice to
facilitate longer term knowledge sharing.
Created an innovation framework.
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WHY AN INNOVATION FRAMEWORK? Companies struggle with guiding new/innovative
ideas from concept to operational use. In creatively driven companies, there’s rarely a
shortage of new ideas. Inspiration for the Innovation Framework came
from working closely with world class creative organizations.
This framework was developed and proven with Big Data but can be applied in other domains as well.
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INNOVATION FRAMEWORK OVERVIEW
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THANK YOU
Nick Choat 206.265.3130 nick.choat@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/
nickchoat/