Tom Feuer Eugene, OR 97401 | [email protected] | (213) 399-2077
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Tom Feuer Eugene, OR 97401 | [email protected] | (213) 399-2077 Senior Executive Producer Content Production | Live Sports | Digital Video Career Summary Highly accomplished and dedicated National Emmy Award Winning Senior Executive Producer, holding a bachelor’s degree, offering over two decades of progressive expertise in television and news media on a global level. Successful track record in managing, leading, and overseeing diverse cross-functional teams in all aspects of complex digital media, studio, and production. Decisive, solutions-focused, and results-oriented leader, willing and able to travel, possessing an in-depth ability to work across divisional and departmental lines in managing issues with competing priorities. Core Competencies • Writing • Digital Video Production • Commentating • Public Address Announcing • Project Management • Content Production Management • Program Management • Team Leadership & Development • Live Sports Production • Continuous Process Improvement Professional Experience Self-Employed (Nationwide & Internationally) 04/1990 – Present Freelance Television Commentating and Producing / Public Address Announcer Recognized with commentating credits for ESPN, Pac-12, and Fox Sports Networks. Held position of NBC’s race walk commentator for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece. Demonstrated exceptional abilities in producing credits for various events to include NBC, CBS, ESPN, Turner Sports, and ABC Sports covering 12 Olympic Games with a focus on men's and women's collegiate basketball, Major League Baseball, soccer, indoor men's and women's volleyball, wrestling, track and field, and beach volleyball. Displayed optimal abilities as a Public Address Announcer for Texas A&M and UCLA. Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism 03/2014 – 06/2019 and Mass Communications (Santa Monica, CA) Professor of Practice, Director Santa Monica Sports Bureau Successfully initiated the nation’s first ever student supported sports production bureau. Displayed in-depth skills in teaching immersive lab-like environment operations focused on providing teaching hospital-like experiences for a different cohort of seniors each semester. Fox Sports (Los Angeles, CA) 12/2005 – 02/2014 Executive Producer, Fox Sports West & Prime Ticket Networks Recognized with expert-level skills in managing, leading, and overseeing all editorial and operations / engineering functions for a region with 2 networks and serving 5M+ subscribers across 3 states. Held a pivotal role in leading all national productions of Pac-10 football and basketball, a professional sports remote product covering the Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers, Angels, Clippers, Kings, Sparks, Chivas and Galaxy, and the Anaheim Ducks. Credited with successfully managing a total production budget in excess of $39M. Tom Feuer Page 2 of 3 Displayed exceptional abilities in overseeing the content production and execution of over 800 events a year, as well as pre-and-post games and various 30-minute shows such as “Before the Bigs,” “In My Own Words,” and “Insiders”. Successfully pioneered the 50th Anniversary vignettes and profiles for Dodgers, Lakers, and Angels, resulting in individual vignettes being re-positioned as 30-minute shows. Credited with starting team “Live” format incubation, resulting in being spread to other FSN regions around the country. Proactively integrated remote and news production teams, resulting in significant financial and editorial efficiencies. Provided in-depth supervision of a successful re-launch of FSN West 2 into Prime Ticket Network. Recognized with successfully supervising the FS West / Prime Ticket as the first Fox regional sports networks to go to full-time HD production. Demonstrated broad abilities in supervising the transition from a tape-based, Final Cut Pro production environment to an Avid asset management tapeless system. Held a pivotal role in initiating the growth and development plans aimed at identifying and promoting young talent towards senior management positions. Successfully negotiated 2 long term labor agreements with local IATSE. Fox Sports Northwest (Bellevue, WA) 11/2002 – 12/2005 Executive Producer Effectively managed, led, and oversaw all editorial and operations / engineering aspects of a region serving 3.5M subscribers throughout 5 states. Demonstrated solid abilities in overseeing production operations for a twice-nightly Detroit Sports Report, a professional sports remote product covering the Seattle Mariners, Portland Trail Blazers, and Seattle Sonics. Recognized with in-depth skills in leading the content production and execution of 300+ events a year, as well as a twice nightly FSN Live news / entertainment show. Successfully developed and executed 34 “Before the Bigs” docudramas, recognized as one of the most successful undertakings in FSN history and concept being copied by other FSN regions nationwide. Displayed broad skills in recruiting and upgrading production for on-air and operational talent, resulting in successfully yielding higher ratings, better relationships with partners, and optimal financial efficiencies. MSNBC.com (Redmond, WA) 08/2001 – 10/2002 Coordinating Producer, NBCSports.com Proactively managed and led editorial efforts on 2 official Olympic Winter Games sites (www.NBCOlympics.com and www.Olympics.com). Recognized with in-depth skills in producing and editing NBCSports.com, a 24-hour sports website, a joint venture between MSNBC and NBC Sports. Tom Feuer Page 3 of 3 Held a key role in supervising the overall content and production of 2 sites, www.NBCOlympics.com and www.olympics.com, resulting in successfully attracting 20M visitors along with 354M page views. Credited with developing and implementing innovative content plans for the Olympics. Demonstrated exceptional skills in recruiting and hiring a diverse cross-functional team of 30 editorial contractors in both Salt Lake City, UT and Redmond, WA with an emphasis towards supervising fulfillment of editorial objectives. Additional Professional Experience: Self-Employed (Eugene, OR) Freelance Writer Held a pivotal role as Contributing Editor to “DiG” magazine. Successfully provided freelance writing for Volleyballmag.com. Displayed broad abilities as a Columnist for “World Series of Beach Volleyball”. Quokka Sports (San Francisco, CA) Senior Vice President / Executive Producer NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR) Director, TV / Media NIKE Sports Entertainment Manager, International Public Relations Turner Sports (Atlanta, GA) Senior Researcher Associate Producer Advanced Education UCLA (Los Angeles, CA) Bachelor of Arts, Political Science Graduated Summa Cum Laude – GPA: 3.83 Phi Beta Kappa Honorable Recognition • Winner of the AVCA Grant Burger Media Award, 2015 – 2016. • Involved in the television production of 12 Olympic Games as well as organizing committee for an additional Olympics, 1984 – 2016. • National Emmy Award winner for producing the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, 2004 Olympic Summer Games, 1999 World Track and Field Championships, and 1988 Olympic Summer Games. 2 additional Emmy nominations for the 2001 Goodwill Games and 2001 World Track and Field Championships. • 13-time Southern California Emmy Award winner: 2006 - 2013. • 22-time National Telly Award winner: 1993 – 2013. • Nominated for the first-ever News Corp Global Excellence award in 2004. • 2-time Northwest Emmy Award winner for production, 2003 - 2004. • Peabody nominated as Executive Producer of NBCOlympics.com web site, 2003. • Webby nominated as Executive Producer of NBCOlympics.com web site, 2000. • Co-promoted first-ever World Championship of Beach Volleyball. Negotiated television and media contracts for the event, 1997. • CableAce nominee as the producer for the 1994 Olympic Winter Games. .