Advisory Board Member Profile
Kristen Lange |
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Activision Blizzard
Director, Production Finance 
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Kristen Lange has served as the Director, Production Finance at Activision Blizzard since September 2019. She transitioned into Production Finance after spending years working on the Production and Operations side of the business, she is now turning her experience and insights directly into reducing costs, maximizing spend, efficiencies and process improvements. Her gift for team building combined with an extremely high EQ has facilitated strong relationships and clear alignment to the company vision.
Prior to her role at Activision Blizzard, she was with Riot Games first joining the company as the Production Lead EU Esports, based in Berlin Germany where she was tasked with building out the internal infrastructure needed to improve operational efficiency. Those accomplishments included creating a production team and establishing baseline business operational workflows to work across the region. Kristen then relocated back to Santa Monica, CA where she became the Production Management Lead, Global Esports where she created, managed and reconciled +50M budgets for multiple complex global events; leaning on her previous experience she provided leadership and guidance to help lead the team to a successful and smooth-running event, all while staying on budget. Before making the transition into the Esports/Gaming industry, Kristen had a long and successful engagement with NFL Media, where she was promoted from Production Manager to Director of Production Management and Strategy. Leading the team responsible for cost management and execution for the full slate of yearly programming across all platforms, she learned the value of aligning the company and creative vision, establishing strong connections across teams and with clients and fans.During a brief hiatus with the NFL, Kristen was able to accomplish a professional goal of working on an Olympic Games as she was the Operations Manager for London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. Kristen got her start at Cisco Systems, the world’s premiere networking company, where she first learned the differentiators which enable market leaders to shine. When she could no longer ignore the desire to get into the world of sport, she returned to school at the University of San Francisco for her Master’s in Sport Management, launching her career in sport. |
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