Business Résumé

Highly creative, detail-oriented professional with broad knowledge of the entertainment industry. Experience in producing audiobooks, theatre and online, narration and voice over, transmission of live events, application design/development, database management, and completing the tasks most people try to ignore. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills that cross business, technical and creative viewpoints. Core competencies include:

Audiobook Producer/Director/Editor/Narrator | Creative Management | Transmission | Budget Analysis | Contract Analysis | Negotiation | Application Design & Testing | Writing (Online, Theatre, TV) | Training

Remotely record audio books with authors and/or actors for many audiobook platforms. The process includes scheduling, running remote recording sessions, coaching, directing and quality control both human and technical. Having worked on numerous titles, I help authors find their voice and direct actors to achieve their best performance in a timely manner.

Schedule recording sessions on multiple web-based platforms, remotely record hosts and guests for various Podcasts. On hand throughout recording to troubleshoot and ensure clean and clear records for the best production quality.

Producer/Voice Actor/Engineer available to produce all types of Voice Over projects from home studio. Domestically with ACX, Findaway Voices, Audible, Harper Collins Audio, Audivita and USound in the UK & author2audio in Australia. Samples available at chipdavis.net and Instagram chipdavis.5074.

Audiobook

Commercial Voice Over – YouTube

Pay-Per-View arm of HBO Sports, distributing Boxing, Sporting & Entertainment events generating $3.6 billion in revenue, 65 million buys and 190 PPV events including David Bowie, The Three Tenors, Trinidad vs. Hopkins, Lewis vs. Tyson (Joint Venture w/Showtime), De La Hoya vs. Mayweather, Mayweather vs. Pacquiao (Joint Venture w/Showtime).

Oversaw business issues for Live Television Transmissions of PPV events in collaboration with HBO Transmission Ops and third-party vendors.

• Reviewed and analyzed transmission budgets for each PPV event ranging from $45K to $70K and initiated final payments to transmission vendor.
• Safeguarded live PPV signals, resulting in 100% outage-free shows for over 100 events.
• Analyzed contracts for transmission and related issues in promoter, distributor and third-party agreements, ensuring redundancy and providing that transmission signals were tested and received, guaranteeing every distributor was in compliance with all insurance requirements.
• Drafted all transmission contracts.
• Reviewed proposals and negotiated with third parties to “turn” the signal for the consumer C Band backyard dish market for each event.

Liaison between HBO PPV and IT department for all builds, fixes and issues. Worked with IT and internal parties on initial design, build and application testing.

• Managed SPAR Application (Sales, Performance and Reporting) to track, calculate and audit promoter payments for more than 50 events, each generating $1M+ in revenue.
• Directed the 2011 complete re-build of SPAR application from a single price point business model to a multi-price point application.
• Supervised SPAR’s 2005 Cash Module that reconciled receipts between the Cash and Event Performance Modules.
• Authored and maintained SPAR’s 175-page Operational Manual.

Managed all design, editorial, build and business issues of HBO PPV’s initial website.

• Analyzed and evaluated technical and financial feasibility of designers and host servers.
• Negotiated a financially favorable flat rate approach which resulted in substantial savings, allowing the site’s first 18 months to be financed by its initial ad banner.
• Developed initial site concept and design for fast loading web pages.
• Created financial projections of estimated annual costs.
• Coordinated with Marketing, Legal and HBO Interactive.
• Maintained production schedules on a per-event basis.
• Initiated and managed Celebrity Chats, promoting upcoming events and cross-promotional linkage between websites.
• Conducted website reviews for HBO.com: Earth to the Moon, World Championship Boxing, and HBO.com’s home and schedule pages.

• Managed Cash Database & Reporting for PPV events ranging from $1M to $200M per event.
• Drafted Rate Cards and sign-up letters conveying each PPV event deal structure to cable and satellite companies.
• Managed clearance of Pay-Per-View events.
• Supervised information distribution to/from cable systems.
• Developed and maintained multiple cable system participation reports.
• Acted as point person for cable and satellite distributors.
• Built and maintained (flat) databases for each PPV event.
• Achieved 90% to 95% accuracy for Overnight Buy Projections defining total buys by event used as the basis for estimated multi-million-dollar event promoter payments.
• Researched and created myriad analytics used to determine viability of multi-million-dollar pay-per-view events.
• Determined most lucrative marketing opportunities utilizing U.S. Census and state performance data to identify target demographics.

Original stage play performed at The West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theatre Bar, NYC; The Dramatists Guild, NYC; and San Diego Arts Theatre, CA.