Professional Summary
My lifelong love affair with global entertainment and events began the day I miraculously attended the 1984 Olympic Closing Ceremonies at the Coliseum — at 13, solo, and without my parents’ knowledge. I have spent over 20 years across live broadcast television, large scale event operations, and program management in the US, Asia, and Europe. At Jimmy Kimmel Live, I was one of the producers of ABC’s daily live national broadcast and produced Hollywood Boulevard street closure concerts as Associate Producer, coordinating across talent, legal, finance, marketing, production staff, senior network executives, the City of Los Angeles, LAPD, LAFD, and outside vendor teams. At ASTRO Television in Kuala Lumpur, I built the children’s programming division for the launch of Malaysia’s first satellite network, traveling through more than 10 countries in Asia and Europe to negotiate co production partnerships and working across multiple language landscapes including English, Malay, and Spanish. As a longtime advocate for sports and events that unite fans across geographic and cultural borders, I serve as an unpaid advisor and volunteer with F1 in Schools (now STEM Racing), traveling to Grands Prix in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Abu Dhabi, and Austin.
Core Competencies
- Program Management & Operational Execution
- Cross Team Integration & Stakeholder Coordination
- Live Broadcast & Large Event Operations
- Master Schedule, Critical Path & Risk Mitigation
- Influence Without Direct Authority
- Steering Committees, Governance & Leadership Briefings
- Multilingual Stakeholder Management (EN, ES, Malay)
- AI Strategy, Training & Integration
Professional Experience
- Founded and run a boutique virtual operations firm providing program management, executive operations, contract drafting, vendor procurement and coordination, budget tracking, web development, and AI integration for clients in entertainment, fine art, nonprofit, and real estate.
- Lead AI strategy, build, and integration for clients, designing custom personal AI agents and proprietary multi agent systems that automate executive workflows across Gmail, CRM, calendar, and document management.
- Operate as executive right hand across multiple concurrent client engagements, translating strategic direction into actionable plans and serving as the central coordination point across attorneys, vendors, family office staff, and creative partners.
- Coordinate complex initiatives with milestone tracking, dependency management, and risk identification across functions, often spanning time zone differences of 16 hours between Los Angeles and Kuala Lumpur.
- Design, develop, and deploy bilingual client websites and digital infrastructure. Produce SEO audits, content roadmaps, and compliance documentation.
Notable Engagements, 2020 to 2026
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Senior Childcare Supervisor, Emergency Shelter Operations. Oversaw operations, scheduling, and management for a staff of more than 50 at a six month federal emergency shelter for unaccompanied minors at the Pomona Fairplex. Led operational readiness, logistics, staffing plans, and daily reporting under federal compliance standards and tight operational deadlines.
- Wilson Cetina Group, Event Production & Business Development Consultant. Ongoing consulting engagement covering contract negotiation and drafting, budget creation, scheduling, technical production logistics, and post project analysis for immersive and live event projects. Provide ongoing business development support and prepare complex proposals for government agencies including Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA).
- SEE Global Entertainment, Inc., Associate Producer, Immersive Experience. Managed production logistics, vendor coordination, and budget oversight for the immersive experience “Louvre Fantastique” in Chicago.
- Produced live national broadcast television during its early formative and transformational years, reporting directly to the executive producer.
- Produced integrated marketing campaigns and product integrations for sponsors including Sony Connect, Pontiac, Volkswagen, the NFL, and Virgin Atlantic, coordinating across talent, legal, finance, marketing, and senior network executives.
- Produced live concerts on Hollywood Boulevard, coordinating street closures and permits with the City of Los Angeles, LAPD, and LAFD, managing vendor contracts and contingency planning, and building schedules and budgets from scratch.
- Negotiated and managed corporate sponsorship partnerships totaling more than $4.9M, including a $3.2M Pontiac integration deal and a $1.7M exclusive content partnership with SonyConnect.com.
- Produced internal staff events and tentpole show events for talent in a daily live broadcast environment. Served as show concierge for green room guests.
- Built the children’s programming division from the ground up for the launch of ASTRO, Malaysia’s first satellite television network and sister company to Matinee Entertainment, an LA based children’s programming production house.
- Built the dialogue dubbing department from scratch to localize acquired international content for Malaysian audiences.
- Set and executed strategy for the children’s programming category from launch through expansion, managing milestones and deliverables across multiple internal teams and external partners.
- Traveled through more than 10 countries in Asia and Europe to negotiate co production partnerships, secure international content licensing, and develop original programming.
- Managed creative and production teams across multiple languages, time zones, and cultural contexts.
Service & Humanitarian Engagement
- Camp Hope, Nepal. Arrived in Kathmandu days after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake with five suitcases of donated supplies. Served at grassroots relief sites distributing aid to displaced families.
- Shanti Leprahilfe. Active with the residential care community in Nepal serving individuals affected by leprosy as well as mental and physical disabilities.
- Street Dog Care, Kathmandu. Supports veterinary treatment and animal welfare work.
- PAWA (Pan Asian Women’s Association). Backs initiatives advancing girls’ education across Asia.
Education & Professional Development
- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton). Certification, AI Project Management Specialization.
- Duke University. Certification, AI for Business Specialization.
- University of California, Los Angeles. B.A., Political Science.
Technical Proficiencies
Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) ·
Google Workspace ·
Adobe Acrobat ·
Concur ·
Salesforce ·
SharePoint ·
Slack ·
Smartsheet, Monday.com, Asana ·
Mac OS / Windows ·
AI Tools & Multi-Agent System Development (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) ·
FastAPI ·
Database management & data integrity