Dan Hontz

About

A long-time digital-media creator, editor, and product strategist applying AI to streamline content production and product development, while safeguarding quality. With deep experience across startups and large media brands, he conceptualizes and launches apps, sites, and marketing assets; combines photography, videography, and writing with data-informed workflows. Recently led AI-enabled workflow redesigns for marketing and content production and defined AI product specs for startups, helping teams scale efficiently while maintaining governance.

Experience

• Principal and Owner · Hontz Media01-01-2004 –

  Provides product and project management, as well as media production and process design, for both start ups and established companies in the media and technology spaces.

• Producer / Director · Belmondo Studios01-01-2012 –

  Writes, shoots, edits and project-manages video productions.

• Consultant · The Osder Group01-01-2012 –

  Provides product and project management services for clients focused on content publication and optimization.

• Vice President, Product · Appolicious Inc.07-01-2009 – 12-01-2013

  Oversaw all product development at app recommendation sites appolicious.com, androidapps.com and appvee.com, as well as their related apps.

• Director, Product Management, Yahoo News · Yahoo10-01-2007 – 04-01-2009
• Sr. Product Manager · Yahoo10-01-2005 – 10-01-2007
• Operations Manager · latimes.com02-01-2001 – 09-01-2005
• Deputy Editorial Director, latimes.com · latimes.com09-01-1998 – 02-01-2001
• Online Manager · The Arizona Republic01-01-1995 – 01-01-1998

Education

• Arizona State UniversityBachelor of Science, Photojournalism

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