Kyle Schad

Experience

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  Viacom

  Oct 1995 - Nov 1998

  Producer, Nickelodeon Online

  Ideated and produced concepts for original content areas in support of core brand properties. Established strategic promotional campaigns to support brand presence on AOL. Member of team that conceived and executed launch of the brand’s first website.

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  USA Networks

  Oct 1999 - Mar 2000

  Senior Producer, USA Network Interactive

  Directed projects, workflow, resource allocation and scheduling. Navigated diverse cross-functional leadership teams to produce content and campaigns in support of brand properties.

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  LetsPlay, Inc

  Mar 2000 - Apr 2001

  Executive Producer

  Lead product definition, design and UX, client relations and development efforts at small startup including management of a team of producers, designers, and engineers.

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  Time Inc.

  May 2003 - Mar 2015

  Collaborated with senior leadership to define, build and maintain a portfolio of products that generated over $45 million in annual revenue by building an audience that accounted for over a billion cross-platform page views per month across desktop web, mobile web and mobile apps. Refined and implemented processes to provide transparency to leadership team and enable smoother delivery of projects by program teams including project intake, resource management, change control, financial management and risk management. Show less

  • Director of Program Management, Time Inc.

    Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Director of Project Management, PEOPLE Digital

    Jun 2010 - Sept 2014

  • Senior Project Manager, PEOPLE Digital

    Sept 2006 - May 2010

  • Senior Producer, TIME For Kids

    May 2003 - Sept 2006
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  Chartbeat

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2017

  Head of Project Planning (Agile Coach / Scrum Master)

  Facilitated the learning of agile practices, principles and thinking. Identified areas of improvement and developed methods for optimizing team dynamics, predictability and delivery of highest value work. Created an environment with a goal of continuous improvement through use of lightweight process framework. Coached product engineering teams on how to improve collaboration and adaptive planning. Ensured focus and alignment at all levels of the organization.

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  Major League Baseball

  Mar 2018 - now

  • Director, Program Management

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Associate Director, Program Management

    Mar 2019 - Mar 2022

  • Sr. Technical Project Manager

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2019