What Happened?
Burbank, CA-based Disney Studios appointed Greg Brandeau as Chief Technology Officer.
About the Company
For more than nine decades, the name Walt Disney has been preeminent in the field of family entertainment. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to today`s global corporation, The Walt Disney Company continues to proudly provide quality entertainment for every member of the family, across America and around the world.
About the Person
Greg Brandeau served as the chief technology officer for The Walt Disney Studios. In that role, he was responsible for developing and implementing the Studio’s technology strategies in areas diverse as film making, marketing, and distribution. Prior to that, Brandeau held the post of senior vice president of technology for Pixar and Disney Animation Studios. He joined Pixar in 1996 as the Studio’s director of technology. After five successful years, during which he was promoted to vice president, he left the studio to broaden his expertise within other areas of technology. He returned to Pixar in 2004 and was promoted to senior vice president in 2006. In that role, Brandeau was responsible for providing, maintaining, and continually adapting the systems and technology used in creating computer animated feature films that allowed Pixar to continually be on the cutting edge of filmmaking. Among his other career milestones, Brandeau served as chief information officer for the biotechnology startup company, Perlegen Sciences. His resume also includes a variety of senior level positions in Silicon Valley, including director of Operations at NeXT. Brandeau is co-authoring a book, Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation, to be published by Harvard Press. Brandeau earned BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from MIT. After serving in the US Air Force, he continued his education at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, where he received an MBA.
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