Andrew McGovern

Executive Vice President at NanosTech
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Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, CA

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Credentials

  • Advanced Diver
    PADI
    Aug, 2001
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Textile Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Vice President
      • Apr 2021 - Present

    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Vice President, Director
      • Jan 2019 - Present

      Decarbonizing the transportation industry by creating low-carbon fuels from waste. Decarbonizing the transportation industry by creating low-carbon fuels from waste.

    • Lebanon
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Vice President, VR/AR Production
      • 2016 - Dec 2018

      Reported directly to the Chief Executive Officer of North America, led all aspects of Digital Domain’s virtual and augmented reality division.• Built Digital Domain's VR/AR creative services division after the acquisition of Immersive Media Company in 2015. Consolidated N.A operations, grew core personnel from 15 to 30 people while increasing revenue by 50% year over year.• Determined strategic direction and spearheaded the technological development of Digital Domain’s Live 360° broadcast pipeline.• Oversaw the largest ever 360° live broadcast for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games; broadcasted over 325 hours of live and on-demand VR content to 14 rights holders worldwide. • Led key outbound sales strategy across the media and entertainment vertical securing content partnerships with fortune 500 agencies, brands, networks, and studios across North America, Europe, and China.

    • Canada
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • Vice President, Media and Entertainment
      • 2015 - 2016

      Reported directly to the Chief Executive Officer of Immersive Media, managed all aspects of IM360’s media and entertainment division. • Positioned IM360 as the industry leader in virtual and augmented reality creative services. Multiple Emmy nominations and industry awards for high-profile projects such as; Nike Neymar Jr Experience, Samsung UFC 212, ESPN 2017 Summer X-Games, Sportsnet NHL VR, MTV VMA’s live in VR, CBS Sports Facebook VR launch.• Oversaw all virtual reality productions including VFX, live broadcast, and cinematic projects.• Spearheaded the business development efforts at IM360 for the media entertainment market and was responsible for negotiating and closing strategic accounts that account for 75% of IM360’s gross revenue in 2015.• Installed organizational system for budgeting, cost management, and inventory for all production/post production services which resulted in increasing margins by 45% while reducing equipment loss by 50%.

    • South Africa
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director, Media & Entertainment
      • 2010 - 2015

      Reported directly to the president, responsible for business development of Immersive Media’s software, hardware, and entertainment products and services.• Joined the company as employee number #3 and consistently met and exceeded quarterly and annual targets for Immersive’s hardware, software, and services offerings.• Implemented Immersive Media’s +$1M MSA with ABC Television to deploy the first ever live 360° broadcast camera systems in ABC’s eight O&O news stations across the US market.• Developed and led the Emmy award winning Taylor Swift Experience with AMEX and Radical Media• Led the end to end launch of the New York Times NYT VR product which became the most successful product launch in the history of the New York Times.

    • GeoImmersive Data Producer / Eastern Canada (Google Street View)
      • May 2007 - Sep 2007

      Reported directly to the director of GIS and Mapping, responsible for spherical data collection for eastern Canada. • Spearheaded the spherical video data collection for eastern Canada for the launch of Google’s “Street view” product. • Responsible for, implementing Immersive’s 360° spherical video productions for the launch of MapQuest’s “360° View”.• Led a team of two people to film Immersive Media’s 360° “points of interest” for all of Canada, including such notable locations as: The Vancouver Aquarium, Stanley Park, CN tower, Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Calgary Stampede.

Education

  • Smith School of Business at Queen's University
    Master of Business Administration - EMBA
    2018 - 2020
  • The University of British Columbia
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Political Science, Philosophy
    2005 - 2009

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