Projects? We've got projects!
No project too large or too small
Melissa has worked on several large-scale projects, such as the renovation of eight postproduction dub stages including Sony's famed Cary Grant Theatre and the creation of SDDS. She led the Disney Sound database development nd smaller-budget ventures, including the Employee Enhancement Initiative at Universal Studios.
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People, Places and Things...all working together...
By integrating disparate systems through the customization of multi-platform software, the workflow from initial client research, sales, scheduling, and production through billing, reconciliation, receivables, vaulting and archiving, cost reduction was achieved through allocation of all shared resources.
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Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
As the Operations Director at Sony Pictures Studios, Melissa was 1 of 5 people who worked on the creation, development and rollout of Sony Dynamic Digital Sound. SDDS is a cinema sound system which compresses digital sound information and records it on both outer edges of the 35mm film release print.
All that and more...
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The system supports up to eight independent channels of sound: five front channels, two surround channels and a sub-woofer bass channel.
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Walt Disney Imagineering
When Melissa joined the team at Walt Disney Imagineering, her department had years of old depreciation to pay down before it could invest in renovation, new equipment and upgraded processes.
She successfully convinced the company to allow her to pull the department out of the cost center, institute new ways of operating and recruiting outside business.
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Strike a deal...
After negotiating with management, unions, attorneys, executives, agents, staff and clients, she spearheaded an interactive system that was customized to manage projects from potential client status through sales, scheduling crew, assets and studios, subsequent billing and archiving of thousands of elements. The system was so streamlined that two other divisions of the company adopted its use.
Best practices
By using evidence-based decision making to institute a "best practices approach," the department was able to "do more with less." Ad
ditional studios were added and routed through the central machine room rather than having redundant machines in each studio, saving on capital expenditures and increased headcount.
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The 32-percent Solution
Best Practices Applied
Best Practices Applied
Best Practices Applied
At NBC, Melissa helped revamp the paper-intensive scheduling and billing systems in Network Operations by applying the best practices procedures she had refined at Disney.
Customized Approach
Best Practices Applied
Best Practices Applied
Adapting the scheduling and reconciliation of crew and stages functions that she developed at Disney, Melissa automated many manual procedures for DAYS OF OUR LIVES, THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, ELLEN, ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, local affiliate KNBC and other television series.
Do More with Less
Best Practices Applied
Do More with Less
By streamlining the scheduling and reconciliation functions, processes were moved from a paper-based system to online, reducing redundancies by 32%.
Do More with Less