Timm Chiusano

Early Years

BORN IN CHICAGO IN 1977 TO TOM, A CAREER RADIO EXECUTIVE, AND PENELOPE, AN ARTIST

LIVED IN CHICAGO, MANHATTAN AND JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA BEFORE HIS FATHER’S RADIO CAREER SETTLED PERMANENTLY IN NEW YORK CITY


First job at age 11 as a caddie

MOVED TO CANADA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL TO ENROLL IN A POST-GRADUATE YEAR OR “GRADE 13” AT TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL IN PORT HOPE, ONTARIO

ATHLETIC “CLAIM TO FAME” WAS BEATING OUT NHL GOALTENDER, MIKE SMITH, FOR HIS SPOT ON THE NORTH FRONTENAC FLYERS

CAPTAIN OF BOTH HIS VARSITY GOLF AND HOCKEY TEAMS STUDIED AT QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO WHILE PLAYING JUNIOR HOCKEY

Career

ABC Sports

2002 - 2007

Quickly stood out for his attention to all detail, insatiable work ethic, unique creative ideas, unflappable on-air composure and quiet yet resounding leadership. Promoted 6 times over the course of 5 years

ESPN Customer Marketing & Sales

2007 - 2012

MOVED INTO A MORE BUSINESS SPECIFIC ROLE CRAFTING ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES BY CREATING CUSTOM BRAND ENHANCEMENTS WITHIN ESPN PROGRAMMING AND CONTENT ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS.

CREATED AND/OR MANAGED MULTIPLE BRAND ENHANCEMENTS, INCLUDING, ESPN’S NEXT GENERATION BILLBOARDS ‘THE MINIMERCIAL’ FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES; CRAFTSMAN TECH GARAGE SET IN NASCARS NATIONWIDE SERIES AND SPRINT CUP SERIES RACING; ESPN NASCAR NONSTOP COVERAGE; “THE NEXT ROUND SERVED UP BY JIM BEAM”, SPONSOR INTEGRATION INTO ESPN FILMS “30 FOR 30” PROJECT; MNF PRE-GAME LAUNCH ENGINEERED BY THE GMC SIERRA AND TOYOTA MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HALFTIME SHOW.

Spectrum Reach (Kernel)

2013 - Present

Vice President, Production & Creative Services
First MSO executive to accomplish constructing and leading an enterprise approach to internal and external Production & Creative Services.

Lead of a 240-person team through the Charter/TWC/BrightHouse merger including the integration of all personnel and infrastructure. Headed the department rebranding into a creative agency with its own look and feel under the Spectrum brand.

Directed a team of six during one of the company’s most extensive department overhauls in 2013 while managing both the day to day of a 120-person team being dissolved and the buildout of a future state model, all within a 6-month deadline.

 

Career

ABC Sports

Quickly stood out for his attention to all detail, insatiable work ethic, unique creative ideas, unflappable on-air composure and quiet yet resounding leadership.

Promoted 6 times over the course of 5 years

ESPN Customer Marketing & Sales

ESPN Customer Marketing & Sales MOVED INTO A MORE BUSINESS SPECIFIC ROLE CRAFTING ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES BY CREATING CUSTOM BRAND ENHANCEMENTS WITHIN ESPN PROGRAMMING AND CONTENT ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS.

CREATED AND/OR MANAGED MULTIPLE BRAND ENHANCEMENTS, INCLUDING, ESPN’S NEXT GENERATION BILLBOARDS ‘THE MINIMERCIAL’ FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES; CRAFTSMAN TECH GARAGE SET IN NASCARS NATIONWIDE SERIES AND SPRINT CUP SERIES RACING; ESPN NASCAR NONSTOP COVERAGE; “THE NEXT ROUND SERVED UP BY JIM BEAM”, SPONSOR INTEGRATION INTO ESPN FILMS “30 FOR 30” PROJECT; MNF PRE-GAME LAUNCH ENGINEERED BY THE GMC SIERRA AND TOYOTA MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HALFTIME SHOW.

Spectrum Reach (Kernel)

Vice President, Production & Creative Services First MSO executive to accomplish constructing and leading an enterprise approach to internal and external Production & Creative Services.

Directed a team of six during one of the company’s most extensive department overhauls in 2013 while managing both the day to day of a 120-person team being dissolved and the buildout of a future state model, all within a 6-month deadline.

Lead of a 240-person team through the Charter/TWC/BrightHouse merger including the integration of all personnel and infrastructure. Headed the department rebranding into a creative agency with its own look and feel under the Spectrum brand.

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