I DIRECT THE STRATEGY
THAT GIVES
TALENTED PEOPLE
MORE ROOM TO
CREATE.
For over 10 years, I’ve built my career in the space between how entertainment is made and how the business around it is changing.
First that meant social media. Then streaming. Now AI.
Across each shift, I’ve built audiences, developed workflows, convinced A-listers they need to get on that dang TikTok to connect with new fans, and designed systems that allow talented people to focus on what they do best:
CREATE.
FOX SOUL
Built an audience six months before launch to give advertisers a reason to buy in.
25 Words or Less
Reimagined existing episodes as live audience events.MATLOCK
Turned reboot fatigue into a reason to watch a legacy title.
CSI: VEGAS
Turned an internet subculture into a network television moment.
AI PRODUCTION PIPELINE
Taught AI to make decisions like a producer.
EARLY WRITING ON AI & TECHNOLOGY
Or, as I like to say: Writing about AI before AI could write about AI.
2018–2019
A selection of my writing from Vody on machine learning, recommendation systems, natural language processing, and the technology changing how we discover entertainment.
SUPERVISED LEARNING FOR DUMMIES!
October 2018 · Machine Learning
Making the fundamentals of machine learning understandable without requiring a technical background. Medium
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BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO UNSUPERVISED LEARNING
November 2018 · Machine Learning
Exploring how algorithms find patterns without labeled data—and what that means for entertainment discovery. Medium
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NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING: WHAT ARE YOU?!
November 2018 · NLP
Breaking down how machines learn to interpret human language and context. Medium
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RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS: WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY WANT?
February 2019 · Data Science
Looking beyond accuracy to the human side of recommendations: novelty, diversity, serendipity, and discovery. Medium
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ALSO FROM VODY
Emergence of DevOps — January 2019 → Medium
Why Are We Addicted to Binge-Watching? The Science Behind It! — June 2019 →
My very first cinematic vision was a space epic with a grand budget of zero dollars.Since I relied strictly on practical effects, I needed actors who scaled correctly to the size of library books, which naturally led me to my two female Polly Pockets. The pristine, perfect Polly Pocket was cast as the heroine, while the slightly less cute one—the one the neighbor's dog had chewed up—was instantly demoted to playing the boyfriend.Steven Spielberg had absolutely nothing on me.