Stephen Schmidt

Current

• Sr. Production Manager at AlphaZeta, Inc.
• Founder, Writer, Producer, CTO at Schadenfreude Media, LLC

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Information Technology and Services

Stephen Schmidt’s Experience

• Sr. Production Manager

  AlphaZeta, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2004 — Present (4 years 9 months)

  Currently, I act as on-site Account/Project Manager for Motorola - leading merchandising initiatives, managing all updates/advances to the store site platform and working with 3rd party vendors to support increasing traffic, average order value and conversion. In addition, I lead the hosting operations of the business - including transference of sites, oversight of technical considerations, and all domain management.

• Founder, Writer, Producer, CTO

  Schadenfreude Media, LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  September 1998 — Present (10 years 2 months)

  Concept, develop and write for stage, screen, television and the web. Humor-based selling hired by ad agencies looking for specialists to "liven" up their pitches. From 2003-2005 worked as a writer and producer for Chicago Public Radio's "Schadenfreude" - a 1/2 hour sketch comedy show. Currently developing a 1/2 hour television show for WTTW in Chicago.
  
  Since the company's formation, I have been the "CTO" - driving the web presence, evolving the branding and messaging, leveraging the power of the web to allow all members scattered around the country to participate in the growth of the Schadenfreude Comedy brand.