Greg Tyree

Current

• VP, Consumer Network Services at WebMD

Past

• VP, Web Development at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
• VP, CNN.com Technology at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
• Director, Application Services at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

• Manager, Application Services at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
• Software Developer at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
• Web Editor at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

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Education

• Georgia State University
• Georgia Institute of Technology

Connections

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Industry

Health, Wellness and Fitness

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• My Company

Greg Tyree’s Summary

Senior IT executive with 14 years’ experience and an exemplary record of leadership and problem solving. Shrewd manager who exudes calm energy and confidence and excels in strategic planning, high-performance team-building and delivery of mission-critical products and services in a fast-paced environment. Adept at leveraging human capital.

Greg Tyree’s Specialties:

Front End Developement • New Media • Digital Media • Content Management • Social Media • Social Networking • Web 2.0 • Internet Architecture • Search • Requirements Gathering • Product Development • Strategy & Planning • User Experience • Technical Management

Greg Tyree’s Experience

• VP, Consumer Network Services

  WebMD

  (Online Media industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• VP, Web Development

  Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

  (Public Company; TWX; Broadcast Media industry)

  March 2003 — January 2009 (5 years 11 months)

  Broad portfolio of responsibility for respected family of websites: CNN.com, CNNMoney.com, NASCAR.com, PGATour.com and SI.com. Significant P & L accountability with senior risk and vendor contract approval authority. Managed 8 direct reports and their teams (55-80 persons total). Lead the Web Development teams in Atlanta, New York, London and Hong Kong responsible for over a dozen websites and mobile services. Communicate with senior management for the various business units in setting direction and priorities for long term strategic goals. Allocate resources across business units and projects to maintain on-time delivery. Set departmental and employee performance goals.

• VP, CNN.com Technology

  Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)

  December 2000 — March 2003 (2 years 4 months)

  Responsible for fulfilling the strategic technical objectives of general news efforts for CNN Interactive, including CNN.com, CNN’s seven international Web sites and content for mobile and wireless products. Spearheaded the development of software to support external content publishing. P&L oversight of multimillion-dollar budget. Implemented new processes for improved operations and issue tracking.

• Director, Application Services

  Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)

  March 2000 — December 2000 (10 months)

  Responsible for Web development applications and browser-based content applications deployed as part of the CNN family of web sites. Front line team lead for record breaking 2000 Elections coverage.

• Manager, Application Services

  Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)

  September 1997 — March 2000 (2 years 7 months)

  Responsible for managing the day-to-day technical operations and integrating project implementation plans of the CNN Interactive sites.

• Software Developer

  Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)

  September 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 1 month)

  Developed and maintained customer-facing and internal applications and scripts for CNN.com, primarily using PERL, C++, UNIX, HTML, CGI.

• Web Editor

  Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Online Media industry)

  November 1995 — September 1996 (11 months)

  Handled day-to-day content publishing for CNN.com. Aided in design on initial sports automation process and feeds ingest.

Greg Tyree’s Education

• Georgia State University

  BBA , Computer Information Systems , 1994 — 1996

  C/C++ Certificate of Excellence

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Civil Engineering 1987 — 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Theta Chi

Additional Information

Greg Tyree’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• My Company

Greg Tyree’s Interests:

Organized basketball, digital photography, Blogs, RSS, syndication, emerging technologies, podcasting, gadgets

Greg Tyree’s Groups:

We Media, TAG

•    We Media
•    Internet Strategy Forum
•    CNN News
•    ThoseinMedia
•    TechLINKS
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    AWERT (Atlanta Web Executives Round Table)
•    Online Media
•    Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
•    CNN Alumni
•    Digital Media Technologies

Greg Tyree’s Honors:

“RSS: Changing Web Dynamics"
Panel for Technology Association of Georgia, 2/2006

“Plugged In: Using the Internet for High School (and Professional) Journalism”
Radio and Television News Directors Foundation High School Journalism Project, 2002

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