Ben Peters
NBC Global Networks

GE / NBC Universal (nbcuni.com) – $14.7 billion / 14000 employees (GE)                      

Single point of contact and project co-ordinator for global business functions and the centralised support of group wide initiatives. Managed multiple projects, supporting digital and traditional broadcast operations.

• Established business communication infrastructure across 3 continents, 10 offices. Facilitated more efficient communications with the centralised management team and promoted successful working relationships with the regional channel variations.
• Responsible for the development of international and regional websites and the unification of shared online resources, such as a digital asset management site, achieving reduced localised costs, cohesive market branding. (Including online community iVillage)
• Led the co-ordination of IT infrastructure and broadcast change requirements for 10 TV channel brands worldwide; 38+ regional channels within the GE/NBCU centralised business model. Reducing regional overheads and simplifying support/change procedures.
• Application release mgmt. Responsible for the propagation of local implementations across the other regional business. Accelerating the uptake of technology and procedures and standardisation of technology platforms.
• Developed NBCU Global network businesses and their brands in collaboration with the local FD and MD.
• Organised the resulting requirements and coordinated the transformation/change management global resources within NBCU and GE.

• Global multi-channel communication systems, broadcast and technology alignment.
• Responsible for the EMEA brand and marketing campaign alignment.
• Managed the change, quality and project risk within a global structure for NBC EMEA offices.
• Leverage initiatives from regional and global franchises, align business growth for maximum efficiency.

• Team management – 2 full time reports, plus global project team members and contractors.

• Prince2, waterfall project management, focus on stakeholder management, communication and reporting
• Global communication and documentation of regional daily requirements, business status and future strategy.

A member of the acquisitions and mergers team I coordinated the integration of Sparrow Hawk Media (SHM).

• Worked with management and business dev. to coordinate the integration strategy for the 5 SHM offices and 150 employees.
• Implemented the restructuring of HR, Finance, Legal, IT, Tech Ops and Marketing operations creating centralised business functions. The resulting formation was designed to reduce operational overheads, improve coordination and greater efficiencies for brand management.
• Coordinated the physical global departmental moves and buildings consolidation plan.
• Worked with marketing and creative to implement NBC brand style guide to maximise portfolio brand recognition and cross-promotional benefits for European channels SyFy,13^th Street, iVillage, Hero’s.