An accomplished manager with nearly 20 years of product development experience and a proven track record of working with engineering, marketing and sales teams to bring successful digital products to the marketplace. Led key initiatives that increased revenues on time and under budget. Deep expertise in developing interactive entertainment products across web, console, tablet, and smartphone platforms.
Specialties: Consumer oriented product planning and development, requirements definition and execution, market research and customer analysis, interactive prototype development, user interface design, and information architecture.
Senior Vice President, Labs @ Responsible for leading an organization devoted to innovation and the creation of next-generation digital and physical products that extend Disney’s stories and characters to emerging platforms and devices.
The Labs group’s charter includes development of next generation consumer hardware and software, content distribution platforms, original digital video programming, and management of The Muppets Studio. From June 2015 to Present (5 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaVP, Product & Head of Disney Interactive Labs @ Responsible for developing digital products for new and emerging consumer platforms. Also accountable for developing and creating video series for traditional and non-traditional digital platforms. From January 2011 to June 2015 (4 years 6 months) Glendale, CAHead of Sports and Games @ Head of the Yahoo! Sports and Yahoo! Games properties in the North American region. From May 2009 to January 2011 (1 year 9 months) Sr. Director & Head of Games @ Responsible for the strategic product direction, content, programming and business operations for the largest online games site. From October 2007 to May 2009 (1 year 8 months) Director, Product Management @ Responsible for the overall product and monetization strategy for Yahoo! Games From March 2007 to September 2007 (7 months) Sr. Manager, Product Development @ Responsible for developing community based internet applications to support Helio’s mobile devices. Created overall business strategy and pricing plans for future project development. Gathered product requirements, defined 3/6/12 month product vision and created preliminary design concepts for web-to-phone internet applications From March 2006 to March 2007 (1 year 1 month) Manager, User Experience @ Responsible for working with Fortune 500 clients to scope, plan and estimate website development projects. Work closely with clients to develop and measure interactive marketing campaigns to ensure that development goals align with their business objectives. Incorporate and educate clients with online best practices and processes. From September 2000 to December 2005 (5 years 4 months) UI Developer @ From 2003 to 2004 (1 year) Information Architect @ Responsible for driving the product roadmap for the end-to-end customer experience for MorganWorks online recruiting software. Translated and develop requirements for product updates with marketing and development teams. Created recommendations for enhancements based on product performance and analytics to drive increases in lead generation. From 1998 to 2000 (2 years)
B.S., Management Information Systems @ University of Arizona, Eller College of Management Kyle Laughlin is skilled in: Information Architecture, User Interface Design, SEO, User Experience, Mobile Devices, Mobile Applications, Product Management, E-commerce, Digital Strategy, Digital Media, Web Analytics, Analytics, Online Advertising, Lead Generation, Mobile Advertising, Agile Methodologies, Mobile Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, User Interface, Marketing, Online Marketing, SEM, Product Development, Digital Marketing, Strategy, Project Management, Monetization, User-centered Design, Content Strategy, Web Applications, Mobile Internet, Omniture, Content Management, Web Project Management, Interactive Marketing, Interactive Advertising, Google Analytics, New Media
Websites:
http://www.disney.com